Myers, Carla
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Item Item Copyright offices: Best practices in academic libraries
Myers, Carla S.Copyright offices and their staff and those either assigned to respond to copyright questions or who have that role by default are generally library based. The responsibilities, credentials, reporting structure, staffing, and financial resources are as varied as the libraries and universities themselves. There are some commonalities but also many distinct differences. This chapter provides three examples of how copyright responsibilities and services are organized and operated at small, mid-size, and large universities as well as public and private ones.Item You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means...Copyright myths, misnomers, and misconceptions
Myers, Carla S.Copyright law permeates almost every aspect of librarianship and does much to help academic libraries offer a wide variety of services and resources to patrons. Unfortunately, there are many myths and misconceptions about the law that can have a chilling effect on users, arbitrarily limiting the ways academic libraries and the scholars they serve may engage with protected resources. This paper will introduce readers to the basics of U.S. copyright law that all library employees should be familiar with, providing a foundation of knowledge they can then use to identify myths and misconceptions about the law.Item Failure is an option! What we can learn from unsuccessful scholarly communications initiatives.
Myers, Carla S.. Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge (ACRL, 2023) was conceived as an open textbook of scholarly communication librarianship, which we hope may be a vehicle to increase instruction on SC topics in LIS programs, as well as serve as a resource for continuing education.Item Copyright considerations: Creation & sharing
Myers, Carla S.Scholarship in the Sandbox provides multiple ways that the library can support experimentation, productive failure, and amazing successes outside of our traditional roles of teaching and providing access to resources. This chapter will identify best practices librarians should follow when educating students about the copyright and advising them on rights anagement. It will also provide guidance on policies and practices libraries can adopt to help ensure they are effectively archiving the scholarly and creative works developed by students and promoting open scholarship in a way that balances the mission of the library with the rights of student creators.Item An Introduction to the Creative Commons: Creation, Licensing, and Use
Myers, Carla S.Copyright permeates almost every aspect of the creation and use of Open Educational Resources (OER). Given academic librarians role in championing the OER movement and promoting the ethical and responsible re-use of information, students and faculty are often turning to librarians for answers about copyright compliance when creating and using OER. This interactive webcast will help prepare academic librarians to assist patrons in addressing a variety of issues.Item Copyright and Course Reserves: Electronic and Media Reserves
Myers, Carla S.In this webinar, we'll explore ways in which academic libraries can lawfully connect faculty and students with access to books, book chapters, articles, and film through electronic and media reserve services. We'll also take a look at the Georgia State lawsuit and discuss what it means for academic libraries.Item Copyright and Course Reserves: Print Reserves
Myers, Carla S.In offering print reserve services, academic libraries can help faculty and students access required and supplemental learning materials including, but not limited to books, DVDs, music CDs, and photocopies of works such as book chapters. In this 90-minute webinar we'll explore the copyright issues associated with offering print reserve services, including the first sale doctrine and fair use.Item Copyright Under Quarantine
Myers, Carla S.Our current circumstances are complex and dynamic, and libraries of all types are doing their best to respond to the needs of the diverse communities they serve. If you’re wondering how we move forward under these conditions, you aren’t alone. Our copyright trainer, Carla Myers, is again offering her expertise to discuss ideas, options, and best practices. Plan to join us for this open-ended, attendee-driven Q&A session focused on copyright questions for our current climate.Item TEACH-ing Online?
Myers, Carla S.In recent years, K-12 and academic libraries have seen an increasing demand to provide online access to film that can be used as part of course instruction. The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act, found in Section 110(2), of US copyright law provides one option for connecting students with video as part of online learning. In this 60-minute webinar, we took a look at the requirements of the TEACH Act. We'll also explore additional options available to libraries and educational institutions looking to connect instructors and students with video online, including via streaming reserve services.Item OER and Fair Use: Strange Bedfellows or BFFs?
Myers, Carla S.; Pai, Sunyeen; Cross, WillFair use is an exception found in U.S. copyright law that authors, educators, and librarians frequently take advantage of when using third-party works in the creation of new scholarship. Can fair use be considered when looking to develop or reuse works created by others in open educational resources (OER)? In this session, we reviewed the fair use statute and explored the four factors of fair use through the lens of OER creation and use. Tips for making thoughtful applications of this exception were discussed, as will opportunities to get involved with the development of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources that can be utilized by various communities looking to promote OER creation and use.Item Copyright & OER: Outlining the Issues
Myers, Carla S.Copyright issues come into play as open educational resources (OER) are created, and people frequently have questions about copyright and licensing when seeking to reuse, remix, and redistribute OER. To help address common questions OER creators and users may have about copyright and Creative Commons licenses, the Open Textbook Network is creating a guide on the topic, and needs your help! In this webinar, attended by over 220 people, we reviewed the most common copyright questions and scenarios associated with OER creation and use and, through a facilitated discussion, sought input and advice from attendees on the outline for this guide to ensure that it is relevant and useful for them.Item Copyright and Digital Preservation: Legal and Administrative Issues
Myers, Carla S.In today’s information landscape, there are fewer topics that more urgently demand expansive discourse than digital preservation, which touches on everything from technology to copyright. The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) steps up to the challenge with this comprehensive overview. Global in scope, it features case studies and contributions that discuss key digitization issues. Academic librarians, technical services staff, technologists, and administrators will all benefit from this incisive collection. This chapter will identify the copyright issues most commonly encountered in digital preservation projects and outline best practices for addressing them in a way that balances the rights of the creators with the legal exemptions granted to libraries, archives, and museums under U.S. Copyright Law. The chapter will include workflows and tools that can be used to work through copyright issues and sample copyright policies and forms. It will also touch upon other areas of intellectual property that these institutions may need to consider as part of digital preservation projects.Item Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Student’s Desire for Textbooks & the Library Budget
Myers, Carla S.; Glazier, RhondaThis chapter provides an overview of how academic libraries can adequately budget for and manage textbooks circulated to students through a print course reserve service.Item Stakes and Stakeholders: OER—Framing the Issues
Myers, Carla S.; Yano, BradyThis book is intended to act as a guide for would-be champions of Open Educational Resources (OER) that anyone—called to action by the example set by the chapter authors—might learn serve as OER champions and guides themselves. The chapters tap into the deep experience of practitioners who represent a meaningful cross section of higher education institutions in North America. It is hoped that the examples and discussions presented by the authors will facilitate connections among practitioners, foster the development of best practices for OER adoption and creation, and more importantly, lay a foundation for novel, educational excellence.will take a decidedly practical approach to articulating the role of academic librarians in the development and implementation of OER on college and university campuses. For this text I co-authored a chapter that outlined the fundamentals of what OER are, what problems they are meant to solve, the new pedagogical approaches they enable, and their potential to positively impact student success. In support of the "open" movement, this book is made freely available online through the publishers website. It was also selected for inclusion in the Open textbook Library, a growing curated catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks and resources.Item Coaching up the Chain of Command
Myers, Carla S.An increasing number of academics, especially librarians, find that they need to teach at least the basics of copyright law and its application to a wide variety of audiences. Copyright is a complex and counter-intuitive body of law, so this task is often daunting. The proposed volume would therefore fill a need by combining theoretical explanation of difficult concepts with practical advice and case studies that illuminate best practices. Because copyright is taught in so many different contexts – library instruction, research ethics, law schools, business schools, classes in music and the fine arts, and library science classes – the case study approach will allow this volume to delve into the practices appropriate for a diverse set of learners. This chapter will explore the ways in which librarians can assist administrators in identifying and addressing copyright issues that arise in offering library and educational services.Item Online Classrooms: Is the TEACH Act Enough?
Myers, CarlaAs the scholarly communications universe continues to change and expand, it’s increasingly important for librarians to understand and be able to advise on complicated copyright issues in an accessible and relatable matter. Everyday copyright law affects the way academic libraries provide information to students, researchers, and faculty, as well as librarians own use of research materials. The expert copyright librarians collected in Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World address complex legal issues at the intersection of copyright and information literacy. Four sections—Copyright Librarians’ Role and Advocacy, Education, Research and Policy, and International Issues—provide detailed explanations of the issues and considerations and offer prescriptive tips and advice for teaching and applying the information.Item Show me the Money! Or Not? Making Sense of the Fourth Factor of Fair Use.
Myers, CarlaThe fair use exception, found in Section 107 of US copyright law, is frequently utilized by librarians looking to reuse the works of others to provide services and resources to patrons (e.g. digitization projects, academic library course reserve services, and using images found online in promotional materials for library programs and events). Making a fair use determination involves thinking through the four factors of fair use which include: (1) the purpose of the use, (2) the nature of the work being copied, (3) the amount of the work being copied, (4) and the potential effect on the market for the original work. The fourth factor of fair use is often the most puzzling for librarians. In this session, a panel of experts, will provide diverse viewpoints on what constitutes market effect based of their knowledge of the law, their experience in making fair use determinations, and within the context of various judicial rulings on fair use. Session participants will leave with a better understanding of the fourth factor of fair use, allowing them to make more thoughtful and informed applications of the exception in the workplace.Item Copyright in action: Creating sustainable copyright policies
Myers, CarlaClear and consistent policies are the key to easing your copyright-related worries. In this session, attendees will discuss how to make policy determinations in a wide variety of areas, including digitization projects, donor agreements, accessibility issues, licensed materials, interlibrary loan practices, makerspace set-ups, film screenings and more.Item Copyright in action: Coping with copyright questions in your library
Myers, CarlaAs information professionals, library staff members are on the frontlines of copyright and intellectual property discussions. In this session, we will review examples of real-life copyright quandaries. Attendees will have the opportunity to walk through a variety of scenarios, as well as share their own, specific copyright questions.
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