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Scholarly Communication Services Toolkit

Copyright

Knowledge of:

  • Copyright law
  • Fair Use
  • Authors Rights
  • Creative Commons licensing
  • Copyright policies:  ILL and Course Reserves (including eReserves)
  • Creator rights and copyright
  • Current topics and trends in copyright
  • ​Copyright and licensing issues pertaining to scholarly content: publisher agreements, traditional academic/ scholarly publishers

Ability to:​

  • Teach and share information about copyright compliance
  • Advise faculty and other creators of content how to protect their writings and other works
  • Interpret fair use for everyday situations (counsel will deal with more complicated situations)

Related Concepts:

  • Open Access
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
  • Scholarly Publishing

Note for Liaisons:

  • The FAU Libraries does not obtain permissions to use copyright-protected material (unless it is ILL or Course Reserves staff for their requests).  See "Boilerplate Responses" if you need a response to a faculty/ student question on copyright.

 

Topic Sample Question/ Task

Copyright question

  
   Interpretation What does CC-BY 4.0 mean?
   Identification Where can I find the copyright permissions for this source?
   Referral to Documentation Where can I get explanations of Fair Use?
   Obtain Permissions With the exception of ILL and Course/ eReserves staff for their requests, the library does not provide or offer this service.
Instruction To a first- and second-year literature course, explain the meaning of copyright and how it applies when students want to re-use work. 
Presentation The University Press requested an explanation of fair use for their editors and reporters.