Peggy Hoon

Peggy E. Hoon is the North Carolina State University's Special Assistant to the Provost for Copyright Administration, effective September 2007. In this role, Ms. Hoon helps shape the university’s policies and regulations with regard to copyright, and she has shared that knowledge with countless other libraries and universities, through a busy speaking schedule and strong presence on the Internet. She also works closely with the University Copyright Committee and holds authority to grant permission to use NC State copyrighted materials. Prior to this position, she was the NCSU Libraries' first Scholarly Communication Librarian and managed their Scholarly Communication Center and its programs since its inception in 1998. Her primary responsibilities included providing guidance to the library staff on matters pertaining to scholarly communication, including electronic resource licensing, copyright and fair use, and user privacy issues. Additionally, she provided guidance to faculty and others in the NC State community on scholarly communication matters and copyright ownership or use issues and policies and speaks frequently on these topics. She has developed a new web site focused entirely on matters of copyright at http://provost.ncsu.edu/copyright/

In addition to a J.D. Degree from the University of Washington, Hoon holds a B.S. in Nursing from the University of Colorado.