Getting educated on copyrights. It is important for librarians and educators to know about copyright and to find a way to teach it to the students so they internalize the information, so I put together a few resources for you to use.
Created by the University of St. Francis, this is a helpful website for teachers to understand more about copyright information and what they need to teach their students. http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/index.htm
This website is a great tool to give middle school students a chance to research and practice using copyright information. http://www.geocities.com/stvdlnrds/etp/scav/
This is a good website for elementary students to discuss copyright information with them. http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
This is another good site to share with elementary students to learn about copyright information. Very informative. http://www.copyrightkids.org/
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Copyright - can I use it?
We need to develop our copyright skills to understand what we can and can't use. It is very easy to make the mistake of using someone else's words without having permission or properly giving credit to the author.
Copyright laws do not cover everything. The following are categories of things not protected:
- Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, (but written or recorded descriptions, explanations, or illustrations of such things are protected copyright);
- Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; mere listings of ingredients or contents (but some titles and words might be protected under trademark law if their use is associated with a particular product or service);
- Works that are not fixed in a tangible form of expression, such as an improvised speech or performance that is not written down or otherwise recorded;
- Works consisting entirely of information that is commonly available and contains no originality (for example, standard calendars, standard measures and rulers, lists or tables compiled from public documents or other common sources); and
- Works by the US government.
This is a link to the University of Arkansas for medical science that was created by a librarian, Jan Hart. It is very educational. http://www.library.uams.edu/policy/copyright/index.html
Copyright laws do not cover everything. The following are categories of things not protected:
- Ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, discoveries, or devices, (but written or recorded descriptions, explanations, or illustrations of such things are protected copyright);
- Titles, names, short phrases, and slogans; mere listings of ingredients or contents (but some titles and words might be protected under trademark law if their use is associated with a particular product or service);
- Works that are not fixed in a tangible form of expression, such as an improvised speech or performance that is not written down or otherwise recorded;
- Works consisting entirely of information that is commonly available and contains no originality (for example, standard calendars, standard measures and rulers, lists or tables compiled from public documents or other common sources); and
- Works by the US government.
This is a link to the University of Arkansas for medical science that was created by a librarian, Jan Hart. It is very educational. http://www.library.uams.edu/policy/copyright/index.html
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