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William Maher

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William Maher is the university archivist and professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) (1995-). He was the assistant university archivist at UIUC (1977–85 & 1985–95), and program officer at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (1985–86). He was president (1997–88) and treasurer (1991–94) of the Society of American Archivists; and president (1987–89) and secretary-treasurer (1981–85) of the Midwest Archives Conference. He is president of the International Council on Archivesʼ Section on University and Research Institution Archives.

Maher holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University (1972), Washington University (1975), and UIUC (1991). As the author of one book and more than 24 articles, he is a regular speaker on archival administration and copyright law.

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"Bill is the Bob Newhart of copyright"
"This sounds like a late night infomercial but really—I never thought copyright law could be interesting!"
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  • "Bill is the Bob Newhart of copyright"
  • "This sounds like a late night infomercial but really—I never thought copyright law could be interesting!"
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