RARIN OPEN FORUM MINUTES

AAM Annual Meeting

Portland, Oregon May 20, 2003

 

 

Several of us met together to discuss a variety of topics relating to issues of rights & reproductions, permissions. The forum was led by Vanessa Burkhart, Registrar, Indianapolis Museum of Art and Ruth Roberts, Rights & Reproductions Coordinator, Indianapolis Museum of Art.

 

Highlights are as follows:

 

¤   visited several websites - focused on the recently updated RARIN website & IUPUI - Copyright Management site

 

¤   reviewed the 2003 AAM activities: the Open Forum, Registrar's Marketplace, RC business lunch, session sponsored by us: Protecting Museum Images in the Digital Age, panel led by Liesl Dana, National Museum of African Art

 

¤   discussion of RARIN survey on rights & reproduction fees and procedures presently on RARIN website - also to be mailed to 700 member museums results to be analyzed this year and presented at next year's AAM meeting in New Orleans

 

¤   goals for 2004 AAM (in addition to survey results):

o      program session on determining & researching the ownership of copyright

o      presentation of outline for a rights & reproductions handbook

 

We would love to hear from any of you who would like to VOLUNTEER to organize a program/session for next year and/or create a suggested handbook outline. Please contact Vanessa at vburkhart@ima-art.org. If you were not at the meeting and would like a list of r&r contact people please e-mail Ruth at rroberts@ima-art.org.

 

Ruth V. Roberts

Coordinator of Rights & Reproductions

Indianapolis Museum of Art

4000 Michigan Road

Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3326

Phone:  317-923-1331 ext. 171

Fax:   317-926-8931

Email:  rroberts@ima-art.org