Logan Library: Copyright and Fair Use: Staff and Faculty Resources

Copyright General Resources and Guides for Teaching Faculty

Using Copyrighted Materials in Open Online Lectures
These guidelines provide a starting
point for faculty members who are
creating lectures for open online cour
ses, especially MOOCs.
Setting the record straight about Elsevier
A Blog Post about Elsevier's claims of Copyright- Authors' Rights, Copyright Issues and Legislation, Scholarly Publishing
Copyright Resources for Teaching Faculty
Copyright Scenarios: Resources for Teaching Faculty

The WATCH database provides copyright contacts for many writers, artists, and prominent people in other creative fields. It is a joint project of the University of Texas Harry Ransom Center and University of Reading Library in England.

Copyright Crash Course
The Copyright Crash Course was created by Georgia Harper and is currently maintained by UT Libraries. The Course is arranged into several sections that allow users to explore certain areas of copyright law individually or as a group. The Course was originally created with faculty in mind, but can be used by anyone who is interested in understanding and managing their copyrights.
Copyright & Educational Fair Use LibGuide
Nebraska Methodist University John Moritz Library's Copyright & Educational Fair Use LibGuide

Copyright Toolbox

Checklist for Fair Use
A checklist to help evaluate Fair Use protections for particular intended uses of copyrighted works. Provided by the American Library Association.

Public Domain Slider
A tool to help determine the copyright status of a work that is first published in the United States.
Section 108 Spinner
Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Code allows libraries & archives, under certain circumstances, to make reproductions of copyrighted materials without the permission of the copyright holder.
Fair Use Evaluator
An online tool that can help users understand how to determine if the use of a protected work is a “fair use.” It helps users collect, organize, and document the information they may need to support a fair use claim, and provides a time-stamped PDF document for the users’ records.
Exceptions for Instructors eTool
The Exceptions for Instructors eTool guides users through the educational exceptions in U.S. copyright law, helping to explain and clarify rights and responsibilities for the performance and display of copyrighted content in traditional, distance and blended educational models.
Copyright Genie
-Helps you find out if a work is covered by U.S. copyright.
-Calculates its terms of protection, and
-Collects and publishes the results (as a PDF) to save for your records or further vet with a copyright specialist.

Using Video in Your Courses

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.

Copyright and Fair Use

Copyright General Resources and Guides for Teaching Faculty

Copyright Toolbox

Using Video in Your Courses

Images

Other Copyright Resources