Webinar: The Legal and Policy Landscape for Research Data — April 25

Please join the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research for a webinar titled “The Legal and Policy Landscape for Research Data,” scheduled for 3-4 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013. The webinar can be viewed at the Harland Hatcher Graduate Library Gallery Lab, or at any personal computer. Presented by MacKenzie Smith, research fellow for the Creative Common’s organization, this session will focus on intellectual property and associated policy issues surrounding data sharing, use and reuse in academic research settings. Smith will discuss the legal and policy landscape for research data, including clarifying laws governing data and explaining challenges and opportunities to improving data governance from a non-lawyer’s perspective. Visit https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/354419114 for more information and registration.