August
30, 2006
Harris loses
copyright suit
The U.S. District
Court in San Francisco, CA ruled that the San Jose Mercury News' use
of photographer Chris Harris's photo of Walker Percy in a book review
published by the newspaper constituted "fair use." The photo, individually
copyrighted by Harris, a TAA member and TAA president-elect, was used
in the book, "The Life You Save May be Your Own," by Paul Elie.
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TAA hires new
associate executive editor
TAA has hired Kim
Pawlak to fill its newly created associate executive director position.
Pawlak has worked for TAA for more than 12 years, most recently as the
association's publications editor, responsible for editing and creating
content for The Academic Author, the TAA website, its bi-monthly News
Alerts and other member communications. As associate executive director,
Pawlak will continue to be responsible for TAA's member communications
as well as for working with TAA's Executive Director Richard Hull to
develop strategies for building the association's membership. She starts
September 1. "I'm thoroughly delighted that the Council authorized this
position and even more pleased that Kim has accepted its offer," Hull
said. "Kim Pawlak brings not only a dozen years of experience with TAA,
but also many ideas about making the organization more responsive to
the interests of all its members. The Council staff, and members of
TAA are are exceptionally fortunate in having Kim join us full time.
Welcome aboard, Kim!"
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2007
TAA conference to be held in Buffalo, NY
In an effort to
attract more new and academic members, TAA has decided to hold its 2007
Conference in Buffalo, NY. A large concentration of new TAA members
reside in the Buffalo area. An informal e-mail survey of TAA members
regarding whether to hold the 2007 Conference in Buffalo, NY or Chicago,
IL, found a slightly larger number preferred Buffalo. The exact date
in June that the conference will be held has not yet been decided. The
2007 TAA Conference will include two tracks, one for textbook authors
and one for academic authors. It will also include a social networking
event and a tour of a local publishing house.
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TAA
welcomes new members
William Curry, Dana
Loewy, Ronald Roat and N. Katherine Weatherhead.
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Gift
memberships
Carol Matthews gave
a gift membership to N. Katherine Weatherhead. Mary Ellen Guffey gave
a gift to Dana Loewy. Thank you Carol and Mary Ellen. Welcome Katherine
and Dana!
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Sustaining
members
The following members
renewed at the sustaining member level ($150): Mary Ellen Guffey.
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Harris loses
copyright suit
The U.S. District
Court in San Francisco, CA ruled that the San Jose Mercury News' use
of photographer Chris Harris's photo of Walker Percy in a book review
published by the newspaper constituted "fair use." The photo, individually
copyrighted by Harris, a TAA member and TAA president-elect, was used
in the book, "The Life You Save May be Your Own," by Paul Elie.
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Book
rental same as used book?
A TAA member asks:
"Our college bookstore has instituted a textbook lending program, where
for a fee the students can borrow some of the most popular textbooks.
Is this any different than buying back used books and reselling them?"
E-mail your answers to kmpawlak@centurytel.net
or post them to TAA's Text and Academic Authoring blog http://www.taaonline.net/generalblog/
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Check
out 2006 TAA Post-Convention site
Download convention
handouts and PowerPoint presentations, view the convention photo gallery
and read more about this year's convention sessions here.
Keep checking back for more content.
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Renew your membership
online!
TAA has just launched
a new online member form that will allow members to renew online using
a secure server. The form can also be used by new members. Check it
out in the TAA Member Center here.
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