Dwayne K. Buttler
Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication
University of Louisville
Dwayne K. Buttler serves as an Associate Professor and the first Evelyn J. Schneider
Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication at the University of Louisville, University
Libraries. Much of his work focuses on the complex interrelationship of copyright
law, licensing, and activities at the core of the university and library mission,
teaching, learning, and scholarly communication.
Professor Buttler earned a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis and holds a BA in Telecommunications from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Before joining the University of Louisville faculty in early 2002, Dwayne served IU for over a decade in central roles, including Acting Director of the Copyright Management Center and Director of Information Science for the Advanced Research & Technology Institute.
Professor Buttler has published writings on copyright in higher education,
including co-editing and authoring an article for a "perspectives"
edition of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS)
on fair use and contributing greatly to Copyright Essentials for Librarians
and Educators, Chicago, IL: ALA Editions, 2000, authored by Kenneth D. Crews
with contributions from Dwayne K. Buttler. In his work at IU, Dwayne led an
important statewide initiative, in coordination with the Indiana Commission
for Higher Education, to draft a report to the U.S. Copyright Office regarding
the possible revision of copyright laws affecting distance education and testified
about these revisions before the U.S. Copyright Office. He also teaches in other
areas of intellectual property law, including trademark, computer, and patent
law, as an adjunct at the University of Louisville and conducts numerous invited
presentations on copyright for broad audiences of administrators, faculty, librarians,
and scholars in the library and the higher education community.
Dwayne K. Buttler, J.D.
Associate Professor, University Libraries
Evelyn J. Schneider Endowed Chair for Scholarly Communication
University of Louisville
Ekstrom Library, 203
Louisville, KY 40292
Voice: (502) 852-6745
Fax: (502) 852-7394
dwayne.buttler@louisville.edu