Image Use Protocol Task Force - NCC Forms Image Use Protocol Task Force:

In response to requests from users and librarians alike, the NCC has established a new task force to develop guidelines for the use of visual images in teaching, research, and publications. The mission of the task force is to study the issues involved and to create a basic set of guidelines for the legal use of Japanese materials (images) in writing, teaching and digital formats, especially to aid faculty and graduate students in the US and elsewhere. Once created those guidelines will be freely available on the NCC's website.

The Image Use Protocol Task Force is co-chaired by NCC social science faculty member Professor Robin Le Blanc of Washington & Lee University and Reiko Yoshimura, Director of the Library of the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution. Members of the task force come from both the US and Japan and include faculty, librarians, specialists in the field of intellectual property, image producers, and representatives from the publishing industry. The task force is still in formation. The list of current members is available on this page.

The initial planning meeting of the NCC's Image Use Protocol Task Force will take place at Harvard University in August 2007.

A firm timeline for task force activities is still being established and additional members are being recommended. Those who wish to make suggestions about the activities of the task force or to volunteer for membership are asked to contact NCC Executive Director, Victoria Lyon Bestor vbestor@fas.harvard.edu.