A few of you noticed that our links to Greg Grossmeier’s slides from his September visit to our Teaching with Technology class were no longer working. So here’s an updated link to the page where you can hear his presentation on copyright, Creative Commons, and open access and get the slides, too!

ed504wiki - Copyright presentation via kwout

Quick:

Can you sue someone for plagiarism?

Can you name the four criteria for identifying Fair Use?

Do you have a handle on Creative Commons?

Uh, that’s what I thought. Me, either. Copyright issues seem to be moving so fast these days, and with more gray areas than they had when we were in library school.

My colleague Jeff Stanzler and I invited University of Michigan Copyright Specialist Greg Grossmeier to talk to the pre-service teachers in our class and provide them with a basic overview of copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons.

Greg thoughtfully allowed us to record the class presentation (about an hour in length) and shared his slides with us. Per Greg, you are welcome to use the audio or the slides in your own work as long as you attribute them to the University of Michigan Library.

Click through the links below to access the podcast and the slides. (Links have been corrected from the time of the original posting.)

ed504wiki - Copyright presentation via kwout

The podcast and slides are copyright 2010 University of Michigan Library but may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Copyright is one of those tough issues.  If we school library media specialists enforce it, we run the risk of alienating our colleagues and discouraging the collaborative spirit.  If we don’t help our colleagues understand the gray line between Fair Use and copyright violation, our districts could be vulnerable and our students miss out on an opportunity to see fair copyright in action.

That’s why I was glad to see Neil Starkman’s article on copyright at school in T.H.E. Journal.  (Not to mention that my county colleague, Evelyn Freeman, is quoted!)  It’s clear and common-sense.Â