A Conversation with Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA

Audio from the 2024 Charleston Conference Leadership Interview Series. Meg White, Senior Consultant, Delta Think interviews Nancy Kopans, Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, ITHAKA. Nancy joined JSTOR (now part of ITHAKA) 25 years ago, after a legal career focusing on internet law, and has witnessed the transformation of digital scholarship over the years. In this conversation, Nancy discusses her role at ITHAKA, the challenges currently facing higher ed and libraries such as budgetary pressures while adapting to evolving digital needs- making for complex resource allocation- and increased legal and compliance requirements. Nancy and Meg also discuss AI, Copyright, and Scholarly Publishing. Nancy believes that trust, transparency and open discussions between all of the stakeholders in the scholarly publishing industry are vital for navigating the new challenges and legal complexities involved with AI.  The video of this interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/av0JkpFAE08 Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megmorelandwhite/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-kopans-b540707/ Keywords:    #ITHAKA #JSTOR #DigitalScholarship #HigherEd #TransparencyInPublishing #AIandCopyright #AI #Copyright #LegalComplaince #TrustInPublishing #LibraryCommunity #Librarianship #ProfessionalDevelopment #LibrarianJourney #LibraryEducation #InformationAccess #BudgetaryPressures #LibraryCommunity #libraries #librarians #libraryCareer #librarySchool #LibraryLove #academic #AcademicPublishing #scholcomm #ScholarlyCommunication  #learning #learnon #information #leaders #leadership #2024ChsConf #publishing