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 (1 year 9 months)
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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 (1 year 11 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
Georgia Harper’s Websites:
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
