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Responsible Use Of Materials For Oer: A Hands-On Workshop For Faculty, Madeline Cohen
Responsible Use Of Materials For Oer: A Hands-On Workshop For Faculty, Madeline Cohen
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This lightening talk will give an overview of an active-learning workshop at Lehman College for faculty developing OER. The goals of the 90 minute workshop are to provide practical exercises through which faculty learn how to identify, provide attribution for, and reuse materials that are under copyright, open access (public domain) or under Creative Commons licenses. Research Guides and tutorials on copyright and Creative Commons have been provided to faculty, but the content can be difficult for the novice to absorb. In fact, faculty often think of copyright and Creative Commons as more confusing than they are in practice.Therefore, the …
Transformed, I'M Sure: A (Polite) Introduction To Fair Use In Dh, Jill Cirasella
Transformed, I'M Sure: A (Polite) Introduction To Fair Use In Dh, Jill Cirasella
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This presentation looks at how the words "including" and "such as" in the fair use section of United States copyright law (i.e., Section 107 of Title 17 of the United States Code) allow for unforeseen fair uses, including transformative works made by digital humanists.
Fair Use As Creative Muse: An Ongoing Case Study, Malin Abrahamsson, Stephanie Margolin
Fair Use As Creative Muse: An Ongoing Case Study, Malin Abrahamsson, Stephanie Margolin
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In this chapter, the authors describe various copyright-related lessons that they've presented to faculty and students at their institution.
The Doctoral Dissertation And Scholarly Communication: Adapting To Changing Publication Practices Among Graduate Students, Roxanne Shirazi
The Doctoral Dissertation And Scholarly Communication: Adapting To Changing Publication Practices Among Graduate Students, Roxanne Shirazi
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As graduate students begin to publish earlier in their careers, the relationship between the doctoral dissertation and scholarly publishing is evolving. Many students now include their own previously published work in a dissertation, requiring instruction in publication contracts and copyright transfer agreements at the point of submission to the graduate school. There are repercussions to publishing as a graduate student for which our institutions are not well prepared, and to which librarian could apply our expertise. This article briefly reviews the history of dissertation publishing and introduces issues surrounding the use of previously published materials in doctoral dissertations.