Georgia K. Harper

Georgia K. Harper is scholarly communications advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries, where she focuses on issues of digital access. She was senior attorney and manager of the intellectual property section of the Office of General Counsel for the University of Texas System until August 2006, and she currently represents the Office of General Counsel as outside counsel for copyright.

Harper holds an undergraduate degree in education from the University of Texas at Austin as well as a J.D. from the University of Texas Law School. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in information studies at the University of Texas.

Harper is author of an online publication, The Copyright Crash Course, that provides guidance to university faculty, students, and staff concerning a wide range of copyright issues and is freely accessible to all universities and colleges.