Resources

Photos for Download

Distance Education Sites

• Open Learning Agency Library Resources
• University of Colorado (Denver) Distance Ed.
• Study Guide for Distance Education: A Systems View
  (Moore & Kearsley)
• Distance Education Resource Page
• Distance Learning in Higher Education
• Distance Education Index
• Caso's Internet University
• Policy
• Distance at a Glance (Willis Readings)
• University of Michigan Readings
• Distance Learning Resources Network
• Reform and Technology Stars School
• Office of Training and Technology (OTT SPIDER)
• Ask ERIC

Videoconferencing Sites

• Paper by Rita Czeck
• Global Videoconferencing On-Line Store
• DVC Technology
• Techweb-Various Scenarios
• Desktop VideoConferencing
• Cornell CuSeeMe Homepage
• CuSeeMe
• Enabling Technologies 1
• Enabling Technologies 2

Copyright Sites

• Copyright and Distance Learning
• Institute for learning Technologies Guide to Copyright
• The Electronic Frontier Foundation
• The Copyright Website
• A Bibliography of Copyright Protection & Intellectual Issues
• Intellectual Property Law for Multimedia Developers
• Fair Use
• A short blurb about NON-Public Domain images and the protection offered by copyrights held by the original copyright owner. Also has great graphics and graphic links.
• Articles on multimedia and the law as well as links to other resources.
• BitLaw web site discovers patent, trademark, copyright, and Internet law.
• Copyright Act of the U.S. updated through July 1996, along withrelated case and treaty material, in both hypertext and word-processor formats.
• Copyright & Fair Use Library copyright guidelines at Stanford University
• Copyright Law, Libraries, and Universities  An overview of recent developments and future issues. An article prepared by Kenneth D. Crews Ph. D. covering fair use of material for educational purposes. This is a discussion only, not a legal opinion.
• Copyright and Universities: WWW and Gopher Sites  Great list of links to many universities and how they handle copyright issues.
• Cross-Road at The Seamless Website An assembly of links to other legal websites.
• Copyright FAQ by Terry Carroll is an excellent site. This collection covers copyright basics, common questions, international aspects, and copyright resources. An update covers more recent activity in the copyright arena.
• Digital Rights Management Technologies Prepared for Joseph S. Alen, Chairman, Committee On New Technologies, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations October, 1995, by Northeast Consulting Resources Inc. This site proposes some technology models to be used with the emerging rights protection technologies intended to be used by copyright holders and copyright purchasers to protect the interests of all. It proposes standards for Copyrights management, as well as discussing a copyright and permissions clearinghouse service, how it would work and its benefits.
• Excellent GSU Student Papers on Internet Law
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Works A Crucial Element in Educating America
• Georgia State Department of Law Unofficial Opinion on Fair Use
• Hot links to legal sites Contains many links.
• Jeffrey R. Kuester's website is intended to be the most comprehensive resource on the Internet for information related to Technology Law, especially including Intellectual Property law. Has links to many E-journals dealing with law and intellectual property rights.
• Kohn On Music Licensing a free resource for anyone who has questions about Copyright Law and Licensing Music for use and distribution over the World Wide Web.
• Legislative information on the Internet In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, a service of he U.S. Congress through its Library.
• National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyright Works (CONTU) Guidelines on Photocopying under Interlibrary Loan Arrangements
• Public Domain Images has pictures and videos for multimedia content. They can help you avoid stock photo and stock footage prices. You can browse free downloadable visuals and track down the images you need.
• Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians Many educators and librarians ask about the fair use and photocopying provisions of the copyright law. The Copyright Office cannot give legal advice or offer opinions on what is permitted or prohibited. However, we have published in this circular basic information on some of the most important legislative provisions and other documents dealing with reproduction by librarians and educators.
• Savetz's Unofficial Internet Public Domain Index An index of public domain resources on the Internet. Includes Literature, technical works, software, art and images.
• The famous Big 10 from Brad Templeton! An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.
• The Information Law Web has many links of intrest.
• U.S. Copyright Office
• With Feathers: Effects of Ownership on Scholarly Publishing Ann Okerson, College & Research Libraries, September, 1991, pp. 425-438  An adaptation from a session given by Ann Okerson, Director of the Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing at the Association of Research Libraries, Washington D.C., at the November 29, 1990 AMIGOS conferencr entitled "Electronic Publishing: Who Owns What When?" She states, "While copyright law which defines ownership of published works is effective for trad and mass market publications, its effect upon scholarly publishing can act as a barrier to the wide sharing of ideas."

Funding Sites

• Distance Education Clearinghouse

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