0505-424 - Legal and Ethical Issues for Collecting Information

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Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course presents an overview of the legal and ethical issues that govern the institutions and personnel involved in collecting cultural resources. Collecting institutions are governed by national, state, and local laws that define how facilities and collections are used. It will consider the evolution of the museum and how the legal system increasingly defined minimum standards for maintaining collections, the facilities in which they are housed, and guaranteeing public access; in addition legal standards for the collection will be studied including definitions of ownership; what this means in terms of intellectual property rights, copyright, reproduction and de-accessioning/ disposal. Required course for the cultural resource studies program. Part of the art history concentration and minor and may be taken as an elective. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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