John B. Straw
Assistant Dean for Digital Initiatives and Special Collections
Bracken Library
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306-0161 Phone: (765) 285-5078 JStraw@bsu.edu
Fritz Dolak, Copyright and Intellectual Property Manager of the University Copyright Office and Special Assistant to the Dean, acts as Ball State University's clearinghouse for answers related to intellectual property and copyright, and is the designated DMCA Copyright Agent to the U.S. Copyright Office.
1995-2006 member of the Distance Education Planning Committee at Ball State University
1997 member of the Washington, D. C. Instructional Telecommunications Council investigation of fair use practices under Section 110(2) of the Copyright Act
1998 committee member creating the Ball State University Copyright Compliance Document
1998 created BSU’s Internet copyright home page
1999 Federal testimony for the U.S. Register of Copyrights' “Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education” which led to the TEACH Act
2003- TEACH Act audioconferences for the Instructional Telecommunications Council of Washington, D.C.
2004- the Chair of the annual, University Libraries’ Copyright Conference
2004- created the University Copyright Center Home Page now the Copyright and Intellectual Property Office