Join us February 23-27 as we celebrate Fair Use Week!
The Faculty Commons will be promoting Fair Use Week with a series of events sponsored by The Library and IT Academic Technology Services to inform the University community about copyright, fair use, the T.E.A.C.H. Act, and public domain and how these are applied to the use of teaching materials.
Register for this event: http://www.udel.edu/002484
Events
1. “Celebrating Fair Use Week: Does Fair Use really Work?”
Tuesday, February 24, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Faculty Commons, 116 Pearson Hall
Description
Join us for the webcast, “Celebrating Fair Use Week: Does Fair Use really Work?,” sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries featuring Kevin Smith, Director, Copyright & Scholarly Communication at Duke University Libraries. Smith is the author of “Owning and Using Scholarship: An IP Handbook for Teachers and Researchers,” which is available as an Open Access edition on the ACRL Website and for purchase.
After the webcast Cathy Wojewodzki, Librarian & Scholarly Communication Officer, University of Delaware Library, will be available for a Q&A session.
2. Copyright Clarity for the College Community: A Review of Renee Hobbs, Founding Director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media at the University of Rhode Island, WFI Institute Workshop
Thursday, February 26, 10am-11:30am, Faculty Commons, 116 Pearson Hall
Description
We will compare and critique Renee Hobbs’s copyright research with the webcast held on Tuesday the 24th. Hobbs is the author of Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning.
Host: Mathieu Plourde, IT-ATS
3. Faculty Commons Coffee Hour Friday,
February 27, 9:00am-10:00am, Faculty Commons, 116 Pearson Hall
Description
Cathy Wojewodzki, Librarian & Scholarly Communication Officer will be available during the Faculty Common’s Coffee Hour to continue the discussion of Fair Use, Copyright and academia.
More more information about copyright please see: http://guides.lib.udel.edu/copyright
Be sure to mark your calendars for March 9-13 when we focus on Open Education Week 2015. More news on that coming soon!
