We are happy to announce summer workshops from the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright. All of these workshops will take place on Zoom. These workshops are open to the Penn State University community and the public. SARI credit is available for several of these workshops. Please register in advance using the links below. For […]| Copyright Information
This post outlines a few examples of racism related to scholarly communications and provides resources that can help you and the researchers you work with learn about these issues.| Copyright Information
From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic: How Fair Use Helps in Saving Software PSU Libraries’ Software Curation Librarian, Seth Erickson, is working to identify software of cultural and scientific value in order to support both historical work on software and reproducibility in science. As a member of the Software […]| Copyright Information
I joined the Penn State University Libraries earlier this term and have been enjoying getting to know the university. As Scholarly Communications Outreach Librarian, I provide the following services: Consultations with faculty, students, and staff about scholarly publishing, including fair use, permissions, and negotiating publishing contracts Support for university researchers complying with funder public access […]| Copyright Information
A great look at how fair use promotes the creation of new knowledge. From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic. Fair Use leads to innovation and new knowledge creation This infographic illustrates how fair use advances innovation, creativity, and scholarship, ultimately allowing new knowledge to be created and shared. SaveSave| Copyright Information
Getting third party websites to remove your course materials PSU Faculty often contact the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright and/or the General Counsel’s Office for assistance in getting course materials removed from online sites. Of note: PSU cannot make the request on your behalf, if you own the material: Unless the course is for […]| Copyright Information
Looking for awesome resources to help learn and teach about copyright in a fun easy to understand way? Check out these free Copyright comics! The first and third are full-length graphic novels and are available under Creative Commons Licenses. Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW? James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and Keith Aoki “Bound […]| Copyright Information
Receive a notice of infringing activity from Security Operations and Services? What does it mean? It’s against University Policy to distribute infringing files using the network. Typically users receive this type of notice because they’ve been distributing an infringing file over the PSU network, most frequently using file-sharing software. But I only downloaded a file?! […]| Copyright Information
Want to know more about how fair use affects us, our culture, and how to implement it in your work? Check out the reading list below and don’t miss the Best Practices guides at the end. Do you think we missed a title that we should share? Be sure to leave a comment! For Everyone […]| Copyright Information
A great look at how fair use enables your every day college lifestyle! From the Association of Research Libraries (CC BY), check out this infographic. What Fair Use Myths will you find out arenR…| Copyright Information
[T]he fair use of a copyrighted work . . . is not an infringement of copyright. Fair use gives users the right to use copyrighted material without permission under certain circumstances. If a use i…| Copyright Information