Virtual Program

Shrink-wrap and Click-wrap Licenses : Why Should Informational Professionals Care?

October 3 - November 1, 2005

New this year, we will be offering free access to virtual programs to SLA MEMBERS ONLY of virtual programs. You will be able to view them from the comfort of your own desk at no charge!

The speaker is Jonathan Franklin, associate law librarian of the Gallagher Law Library at the University of Washington. The seminar is part of SLA's Virtual Learning Series, which offers virtual learning opportunities that feature Web and audio components.

Click-on license agreements are included in most off-the-shelf and downloadable digital products. Consumers often quickly bypass the fine print of the product's license agreement. Many don't realize that certain consumer rights may not apply —rights afforded when they purchase traditional goods and services. These terms are embedded into the digital product and can jeopardize the consumer's computer security and privacy. "Shrink-Wrap and Click-Wrap Licenses: Why Should Information Professionals Care?" will address non-negotiated license agreements and provide a framework to understand the legal concepts basic to licensing. The seminar includes a walk-through review of a shrink-wrap license and the implications of key standard form terms that affect libraries.

For further information, see http://www.sla.org/content/learn/learnmore/distance/2005virtsem/092805vls/index.cfm.

If you would like to watch this virtual program, contact the program director for your region at the address below:

Calgary: Marjorie Munroe at mamunroe@telusplanet.net
Edmonton: Barb Storms at storms@arc.ab.ca
Manitoba: Elva Simundsson at SimundssonE@DFO-MPO.GC.CA
Saskatchewan: Susan McConkey at susan.mcconkey@usask.ca
Vancouver: Deb Hutchison at deborhut@vpl.ca or 604-331-4109
Vancouver Island: Karol Sinats at karol.sinats@gems7.gov.bc.ca or Susanne Barker at Susanne.Barker@gems7.gov.bc.ca
Virtual Program Chair: Suzanne Nykoluk at nykoluks@bennettjones.ca - please contact if you have questions and suggestions relating to the Chapter's Virtual Programs and/or in the instance of a director's absence

Thanks to our program sponsors LexisNexis@Canada and Micromedia Proquest