Dear LIS-Forum Members, Greetings from the NCSI-NET Foundation.

The NCSI-NET Foundation, established to promote networking, collaboration, and professional development among library and information science professionals, is pleased to invite you to the 2026 T.B. Rajashekar Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by Ana Enriquez, Head of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State University Libraries.

Lecture Details

Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2026
 Time: 4:00 PM (IST)
 Mode: Online via Microsoft Teams

Title: Conflating Copyright and Ethics

Abstract

In resources about copyright law for lay audiences, it is common to conflate acting ethically with following copyright law. Rather than encouraging ethical behaviour, this trope shuts down the audience's ethical reasoning. Nor does this trope encourage learning about copyright law. Instead, it leads to several misunderstandings: it encourages people to think that all copyright wrongs are equivalent; it overlooks the variety of approaches to copyright, such as those of other countries or historical periods; and it conceals the flaws in copyright law. The solution is not to excise ethical reasoning from discussions of copyright law. The solution is to disentangle the two topics and pay adequate attention to both.

About the Speaker

Ana Enriquez is the Copyright Officer and Head of the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State University Libraries. As both a lawyer and a librarian, she has long advocated for improvements to the copyright system so that all may benefit from the advancement of knowledge. Earlier this year, Ana spent an academic term at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar.

Microsoft Teams Meeting

Join the meeting:
 https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/464418832178313?p=4NAsBoqiUfF1HVK9Dq

Meeting ID: 464 418 832 178 313
Passcode: b6V3UJ7H

We warmly invite all interested individuals to attend this memorial lecture. The event offers an excellent opportunity to engage with contemporary issues in copyright, scholarly communication, and research ethics, while commemorating the contributions of Prof. T.B. Rajashekar to the library and information science community.

We look forward to your participation.

Best Regards, Francis
 Francis Jayakanth
 On behalf of the NCSI-NET Foundation