Thing 11: Copyright

Edinburgh by Markus Trienke CC BY-SA 2.0

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Copyright and Licensing Training workshop offered to staff and students at the University of Edinburgh. While Thing 11 provides a good, brief overview of copyright concerns and licenses, I would highly recommend that individuals take the time and initiative to learn more about copyright. It can be incredibly useful, especially in an academic environment where copyright concerns over original research, teaching materials and educational resources are complex and ever increasing. Working at the University Collections Facility, we are often asked to provide scans of materials we hold to both University of Edinburgh patrons and international users through Interlibrary Loans. It is essential that we always ensure that we are following copyright guidelines. If we do not respect the copyright and licensing agreements, we could risk having these wonderful services revoked.

My first image is from Flickr, it has the following license: CC BY-SA 2.0 (attribution-sharealike). This allows me to adapt and share the image, even for commercial uses, but I must provide the attribution and use the same license as the original.

Library of Congress Classification: How books are organized in Academic Libraries by Binghamton University Libraries CC BY

My second media item is a short video on the LC classification system used in academic libraries. This video is from YouTube and has a CC BY license. There is a filter on YouTube that allows you to search for videos with a Creative Commons license.