News from the City Tech Library
Fair Use Week 2024 runs from Feb. 26 to March 1.
Fair use helps balance the rights of a copyright owner with our right to reuse copyrighted materials to create new works. It is an aspect of copyright law that applies not only to creators and authors but also to faculty and students. Fair use touches everyone! Here are two infographics to introduce you to fair use:
“Fair Use Fundamentals” by Association of Research Libraries is licensed under CC BY 4.0
We’re doing a brand new workshop for faculty this Friday, November 3, Copyright for Teaching, Open Educational Resources and Scholarship!
Is it ethical to post an article to Blackboard if it’s not available online? Should you sign a restrictive author agreement with a publisher? Is it legal to show students a film in class?
As part of teaching and scholarly practices, we routinely confront (or ignore) the challenges introduced by copyright. This workshop will demystify copyright misconceptions and introduce practical solutions for the common copyright challenges you confront as a teacher and scholar.
Where: Library Modular Learning Space, A543
When: Friday, Nov. 3, 12:00-1:30 pm
Open to faculty. RSVP to Prof. Monica Berger, mberger@citytech.cuny.edu
Harvard Libraries’ Copyright at Harvard Library blog is posting an interesting, in-depth article every day for Fair Use Week.
Here’s a great infographic about Fair Use: fair-use-myths-and-facts-infographic-feb2017.
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a workshop. Do you know how copyright and fair use applies to web-based teaching? Are you interested in making material available to students online? Learn about the tools and guidelines available for your use.
Our workshop will be held on Wednesday February 19, 1-2pm in Rm. A441 in the Library, Atrium 4th Fl. RSVP to Prof. Bronwen Densmore at bdensmore@citytech.cuny.edu.
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Join Us for a Free Online Seminar sponsored by the CUNY Office of Library Services; Presented by Magna Online Seminars
“How Recent Copyright Court Cases Affect Distance Education: What Educators Need to Know About Copyright”
Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 2pm-4pm
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Lloyd Sealy Library Classroom, 899 10th Ave.
Presenter Linda Enghagen, University of Massachusetts at Amherst is the author of Fair Use Guidelines for Educators. Professor Enghagen will guide us through a review of best practices in fair use, including distribution of course material and assignment design. The webinar will show you how to establish and implement policies to assure copyright compliance. Continue reading “Copyright and Distance Ed. Webinar for Classroom Faculty”
If you couldn’t make it to our faculty workshop on Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author during Open Access Week, never fear! Here’s a copy of our handout and presentation for you to share, use, and remix as you’d like.
Presentation
Handout
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask a librarian! We’re happy to help with any and all questions about open access publishing and strategies for keeping your rights as an author.
Happy Open Access Week! In celebration of this annual, international event, The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, is pleased to invite all faculty and staff to a program:
You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author?
Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues at our Open Access Happy Hour and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, from 5:30-7pm
WHERE: Rm A632, Faculty Lounge, City Tech
Space is limited! RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship, is pleased to announce a workshop in celebration of Open Access Week!
You Know What You Write, But Do You Know Your Rights?
Understanding and Protecting Your Rights as an Author
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright agreement. Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign it? How can you find out a journal’s policy? How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, researcher, and author? Come enjoy wine & cheese with your colleagues at our Open Access Happy Hour and learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create.
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, from 5:30-7pm
WHERE: Rm A632, Faculty Lounge, City Tech
Space is limited! RSVP to Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu.
The City Tech Library, in partnership with the Faculty Commons, is pleased to invite all faculty to a library workshop. Do you know how copyright and fair use applies to online courses, class blogs and other web-based teaching tools? Are you interested in making material available to students online, but aren’t sure how to do so legally? Do you have questions about intellectual property and the responsibilities and rights that you and your students have when posting class work online? In this workshop we’ll discuss these issues and look at some of the tools and guidelines available for your use.
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 1-2pm in Rm. A540 (library classroom). RSVP to Prof. Maura Smale at msmale@citytech.cuny.edu or 260-5748.
Copyright, designed to protect the legal rights of creators of ideas, texts, images and other media, can be confusing, and fair use of materials for educational purposes can be difficult to assess. A new guide to fair use of all types of media for education was released earlier this month by the Center for Social Media at American University, created in consultation with a legal advisory team. “The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education” explains the issues in a concise and lucid manner, and is available in its entirety here:
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/code_for_media_literacy_education/
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