2010 TAA Conference on Text and Academic Authoring

Ramada Mall of America Minneapolis, Minnesota

June 24-26, 2010

General Session:

Barbara Waxer

Visual Content 101

Part 1: Make Your Work More Visual and Production-Friendly
Day/Time: Saturday, 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Part 2: Find and Use Media — Understand Copyright and the Public Domain
Day/Time: Saturday, 1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Presenter: Barbara Waxer, co-author of Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media

Part 1: We'll discuss the advantages of creating content and art manuscripts and how you can make it easier for your publisher and editor to print your book with the highest quality. You'll gain robust Word and PowerPoint skills you can use to prepare your manuscripts for production. Bring your laptop and your manuscript for hands-on instruction.

Part 2: Authors can intersect with copyright law as both creators and users of protected work. We'll look at best practices you can apply to find and use media, particularly visual media, in your work. You'll build on your basic knowledge of copyright law and fair use, and learn about flexible copyright licensing and the public domain so you can find works you can use.

About the Presenter:

Barbara Waxer writes and edits multimedia and software textbooks for Cengage Learning. She teaches Copyright on the Internet at Santa Fe Community College and is the co-author of Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media, a 2006 Texty award winner.