Copyright Program at IACRL

I wanted to highlight a few of the programs I attended at the recent IACRL conference. I’ve already mentioned the Google Wave session from IACRL preconference in the March 29th post, but here’s another.

I attended “Copyright on Campus: Coordinating the Confusion” by Christine Ross, Director of Collection and Research Services and Scholarly Communications Officer - University of Illinois at Springfield. It was the first program of the conference—there were some issues with the room—but Christine did a great job discussing the efforts of UIS to coordinate copyright issues on campus and beyond.

UIS does a lot of distant education, and confusion about rights and accessibility has increased as more resources move online. Conversations on copyright issues lead the Provost to create a campus-wide copyright committee. This committee has taken steps to address copyright confusion, and there are some resources available on the UIS pages including:
· The Copyright and Fair Use policy
· The Guidelines and Procedure for Copyright Compliance in the Use of Library Materials
· Video from their Copyright Compliance Coordination Committee (C4) entitled Copyright on Campus
· LibGuide for C4 resources

I hope to develop a module in Technology Training Wheels focusing on copyright issues related to Web 2.0 such as Creative Commons, the TEACH Act, and streaming video. Hopefully it will be developed by early summer. Watch http://technologytrainingwheels.pbworks.com/ for more details!