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Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Copyright
By Amalyah Keshet, Senior Consultant For every reason imaginable, the recent death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) shouldn’t go unmentioned – even in the realm of copyright. Justice Ginsburg leaned in general towards strong copyright protection; unsurprisingly, she found favour in the entertainment industry. Upon her passing, Motion Picture Association Chairman Charles […]
A Fine Balance
By Matthew Bailey Why it is Important that Cultural Heritage Institutions don’t Get Fixated on an All-or-nothing Approach to the e-Use of Digital Content In a previous blog published by Debbie McDonnell[1], she highlighted the increasing number of UK museums and galleries making digital images available under the terms of open content licences. Most of […]
Bringing Information Law in from the Cold
By Naomi Korn Challenges for Library, Information and Knowledge Management Workers Staff in library, information management and knowledge management (LIK) services are facing a challenging time, now more than ever. Technology is advancing apace and the impact of Covd-19, has utilised these changes in technology, whilst also presented challenges in terms of how we square […]
Digital Guide: Online Privacy and Security
By Naomi Korn Associates We are very excited to share our new free Online Privacy and Security digital guide created for National Lottery Heritage Fund as part of the Digital Skills for Heritage initiative, designed to raise digital skills and confidence across the UK heritage sector. Heritage organisations find themselves working increasingly online, and the […]
Press Release: New Book “Information Law” Written by Naomi Korn, Charles Oppenheim and Adrienne Muir
New book presents tried and tested ‘Compliance Methodology’ for organisations seeking to navigate the complex legal landscape of the information professions. Facet Publishing announce the release of Information Law: Compliance for librarians, information professionals and knowledge managers by Charles Oppenheim, Adrienne Muir and Naomi Korn. Library, information and knowledge professionals are often at the front […]
What About Patents?
By Charles Oppenheim, Senior Consultant The library and information professions are familiar with copyright, and will have knowledge of registered trademarks, as they will have come across services and products with such marks. However, they may not be as familiar with the other major type of intellectual property, patents. Yet they may encounter them, either […]
Free and Helpful Resources From Naomi Korn Associates
by Maddie Beeson, Projects and Programmes Officer At Naomi Korn Associates we are passionate about sharing knowledge in an accessible and engaging format. During the past few months we’ve been adding lots of new resources to our website which we hope in turn will help support the community, and in particular the shift to home […]
How Can Libraries Be an Essential Resource When Exploiting Intellectual Property?
By Patrick Ibbotson, Head of Partnerships and Projects I was delighted to speak at the recent CILIP Copyright Conference, run in partnership with Naomi Korn Associates, and this blog is an adaptation of that speech. Naomi Korn Associates has been chairing and setting the programme for the CILIP Copyright Conference for the last 10 years […]
Thinking About Copyright in Digitisation Projects
By Stephanie Ashcroft, Consultant & Rights Researcher For the heritage sector, digitisation projects are a great way of making the most of your collections. As well as preserving your collections for the long-term, digitisation allows you to make them more accessible. This can increase visitor numbers, both in-house and to your website, and help you […]
Training and Consultancy Services Now Accessible Remotely
During this time of uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19), we might find ourselves having to work remotely from home. At Naomi Korn Associates we are taking every necessary step to ensure we can continue to provide the best expert advice and support wherever we can. We are pleased to announce that all our copyright, data protection […]
GDPR and Law Libraries Revisited
By Susan Doe I have a legal background and have spent the past 30 years in the field. In my career, I spent time chairing the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians. This is a group of people that I have a huge affection for and hope to continue to support through my time […]
New Addition to Naomi Korn Associates Team Extends Services to Legal Industry Professionals
Naomi Korn Associates extends a warm welcome to Susan Doe, who joins the team as a Senior Consultant and Trainer specialising in data protection, information governance, legal compliance and regulation for professionals working within the legal industry. Susan is a qualified information and privacy professional, with over 30 years of experience working across the legal […]