UC Copyright Task Force

MEMBERS
UNIVERSITYWIDE TASK FORCE ON COPYRIGHT
1998-99

Chair
R. Michael Tanner
Professor, Computer Science
Santa Cruz

Former Executive Vice Chancellor. Worked on copyright and policy issues related to instructional technology as member of the Committee on Intercampus Networking Initiatives for Academic Purposes and Steering Committee for All-University Conference on Teaching and Learning Technologies.

Peter Berck
Professor, Agricultural Resource
Economics
Berkeley

Represented Committee on Educational Policy. Copyright and instructional technology issues were a major focus of the Committee.

John Canny
Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Berkeley

Represented Committee on Academic Freedom. Experience with copyright issues related to software; chaired Task Force Subcommittee on Faculty Issues.

James Clark
Director, UC Press
Office of the President

Experience with copyright issues as senior administrator for the University's publishing arm.

Jeffrey Cole
Director, Center for Communication Policy
UCLA

Research focus is mass media. Consults on public interest television and media policy. 

Mary Corey
Associate Professor & Department Chair, Dance
Irvine

Chair of a performing arts department and former Associate Dean of UCI School of the Arts.

Terry Feuerborn
Executive Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Office of the President

Senior administrator responsible for management of University interests in software licensing.

Suzanne Henry
Professor, Mental Health Nursing
UCSF

Represented Committee on Libraries, which has made copyright issues a high priority.

Richard Lucier
University Librarian
California Digital Library
Office of the President

Pioneer in linking library management, licensing electronic resources for academic use, and electronic publishing. Active in national discussions of copyright issues.

M. Stuart Lynn
Associate Vice President, Information
Resources & Communications
Office of the President
(retired 6/30/1999)

Former chair of National Commission on Preservation and Access. Active in national debates on copyright policy and legislation.

Mark Rose
Professor, English
Santa Barbara

Wrote history of origins of copyright law. Consults as expert witness in copyright litigation. Former director, UC Humanities Research Institute.

Pamela Samuelson
Professor, Law and Information
Management Systems
Berkeley

Holds joint appointment in Law and Information Management Systems. Leading international authority on copyright in the digital environment. Active in national and international policy debates.

Irwin Sherman
Professor Emeritus, Biology
Riverside

Former Dean, College of Natural Agricultural Sciences and Former Acting Executive Vice Chancellor.

Kevin Smith
Vice Chancellor-Research
Davis

Attends to copyright issues related to research.

Staff
Martha Kendall Winnacker
Executive Assistant for Planning & Policy,
Information Resources & Communications
Office of the President

Has followed copyright issues for the Office of the President since 1996.


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