Ph.D. student at The University of Texas at Austin, School of Information
Austin, Texas Area
- Current
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- Outside counsel for copyright matters at University of Texas System
- Scholarly Communications Advisor at University of Texas at Austin
- Past
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- Senior Attorney, Manager of Intellectual Property Section at University of Texas System
- Education
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- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas at Austin
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Georgia Harper’s Summary
From preschool teacher to intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright law -- now I'm on my third career, learning the ins and outs of social science and humanities research. My focus is the intersection of academic libraries and cultural institutions in a digitally networked world, the changing business models in the publishing, music and entertainment industries, and copyright law.
Georgia Harper’s Specialties:
My copyright law practice specialty is academic fair use.
Georgia Harper’s Experience
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Outside counsel for copyright matters
University of Texas System
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
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Scholarly Communications Advisor
University of Texas at Austin
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
I work for the Director of the UT Austin Libraries, part time, while I pursue a Ph.D. in Information Studies at UT Austin's iSchool.
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Senior Attorney, Manager of Intellectual Property Section
University of Texas System
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1991 — August 2006 (15 years )
Copyright Attorney and head of Intellectual Property Section of the Office of General Counsel, representing 15 institutions of higher education in the UT System.
Georgia Harper’s Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. , Information Studies , 2006 — 2010 (expected)
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The University of Texas at Austin
J.D. , 1986 — 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Order of the Coif
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The University of Texas at Austin
B.S. , Elementary Education , 1970 — 1975
Additional Information
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Georgia Harper’s Interests:
Future of libraries in a networked world, gardening, birding, hiking, sustainable lifestyles, foreign travel, languages, cooking and baking, ikebana, yoga, tai chi
Georgia Harper’s Groups:
NACUA (college and university attorneys) and a dozen environmental organizations from Sierra Club to Natural Resources Defense Council
Georgia Harper’s Honors:
NACUA Fellow
Georgia Harper’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
