Georgia Harper

Email: gharper@austin.utexas.edu
Homepage: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/

Committee
Dr. Philip Doty

Degrees
B.S. Elementary Education, University of Texas at Austin
J.D. University of Texas at Austin

Research Interests
Future of libraries in a networked world

Bio
Georgia K. Harper is the Scholarly Communications Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, where she focuses on issues of digital access. She was Senior Attorney and manager of the Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System until August 2006, and currently represents the Office of General Counsel as outside counsel for copyright.
She is author of the online publication, The Copyright Crash Course, that provides guidance to university faculty, students and staff concerning a wide range of copyright issues and is freely accessible to all universities and colleges.
She has conducted local, state, regional and national workshops and seminars on copyright issues and has been an advisor to the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Association of Research Libraries, the Association of American Universities, and the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges and the American Council on Education. She was named a fellow of the National Association of College and University Attorneys in June 2001. Her C.V. provides more information.
Ms. Harper graduated with High Honors from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Education and with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin's Law School with a J.D. degree. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, in Information Studies. Her academic and career goals, research interests, and how those relate to copyright law and the Crash Course, are detailed more fully in Georgia Harper -- The third career, but who's counting, and on her personal blog, Lifelong learning: The third degree.