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Pat Aufderheide
Professor,
American University
How can higher education professional staff best facilitate faculty and student use of copyrighted materials as they teach, learn, and research? Aufderheide and Butler explained basic principles of fair use in copyright law, reviewed recent changes in interpretation, discussed the best practices approach as developed by librarians, open-courseware designers, and members of the professoriate, and how to use these tools to facilitate higher-ed mission, both in physical and digital spaces. They also discussed implications of latest litigation and fielded your questions!