Created Content Committee Copyright Webinars

Hosted by the CARLI Created Content Committee, these two webinars cover different copyright-related topics of interest to libraries that create digital collections.

Presentations were recorded in Spring 2018.

Using RightsStatements.org for Digital Collections

Hannah Stitzlein, Visiting Metadata Services Specialist for the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discusses right statements for library-created digital materials. In this webinar, participants will learn how rights statements can be used effectively in digital collections, and how digital library owners can take advantage of the website RightsStatements.org.
Recorded on February 1, 2018. ~52 minutes

Webinar slides

Copyright Q & A with Sara Benson

Sara Benson, Assistant Professor and the Copyright Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, discusses copyright and answers participants' copyright-related questions!  Sara has a JD, a Masters of Law, and an MLIS. She also has her own copyright podcast (titled ©hat or "copyright chat") at: http://library.illinois.edu/scp or on iTunes.
Recorded on March 6, 2018. ~118 minutes

Webinar slides

Websites mentioned in the presentation:

• Peter Hirtle's Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
• ALA Digital Copyright Slider
• Federal Copyright Office's Circulars page (discussed in the presentation was Circular 38B)
• Colbert Report "Judge, Jury Executioner" video on the Kirtsaeng vs. Wiley & Sons
• ALA Fair Use Evaluator

Additional resources:

• University of Minnesota's "Using Existing Works"
• Crossplag's "What is plagiarism?"