Rina Elster Pantalony

Rina Elster Pantalony is a copyright lawyer working with cultural heritage institutions in Canada and the US. She served as Copyright Director to the Canadian Heritage Information Network, and then legal counsel to the Library and Archives of Canada on matters concerning the digital reproduction and distribution of collections. For over ten years, she was faculty in the Moving Image Archive Preservation Program of the Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Rina is the former Chair of the Legal Affairs Committee of the International Council of Museums and now chairs the Advisory Board for a new online copyright education initiative for professionals working in libraries, archives and museums. Rina is the author of the WIPO Guide to Managing Intellectual Property for Museums and has a forthcoming publication with WIPO in 2022 concerning the management of collections that include traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. Rina was appointed Director, Copyright Advisory Services, Columbia University Libraries in 2014.