Professor
School of Information Studies
Professor Lipinski completed his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received the Master of Laws (LL.M.) from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, and the Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Lipinski has worked in a variety of legal settings including the private, public and non-profit sectors.
He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters; his monographs include, THE LIBRARY’S LEGAL ANSWER BOOK co-authored with Mary Minow (2003); the COPYRIGHT LAW IN THE DISTANCE EDUCATION CLASSROOM (2005), THE COMPLETE COPYRIGHT LIABILITY HANDBOOK FOR LIBRARIANS AND EDUCATORS (2006), and THE LIBRARIAN’S LEGAL COMPANION FOR LICENSING INFORMATION RESOURCES AND SERVICES (2012). Two 2016 ebooks from ALA Editions and co-authored with Mary Minow and Gretchen McCord are entitled THE LIBRARY’S LEGAL ANSWERS MEETING ROOMS AND DISPLAYS and THE LIBRARY’S LEGAL ANSWERS FOR MAKERSPACES. Former member and now Expert Advisor to the Copyright and Other Legal Matters Committee of IFLA and current Chair of the Committee on Legislation Subcommittee on Copyright of the Copyright Legislation, Education and Advocacy Network (CLEAN) of the American Library Association.
PLA Legal Issues in Public Libraries Forum
Sunday, June 25, 2023
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CT
K-12 Copyright 101 for School Librarians
Monday, June 26, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CT