U of L signs Access Copyright agreement

trevor.kenney — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 17:14:07 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge is now covered by the model license negotiated by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and Access Copyright, effective January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2015.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ upheld its Copyright Act obligations during the opt-out phase (September 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012) by obtaining required copying permissions independently.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ's Access Copyright license once again covers the making of classroom handouts on all of our campuses, which, in the opt-out period, were produced on our behalf by a commercial printer.

In general, day-to-day copying including classroom handouts, must be limited to no more than 10 per cent of a work, or, for example, a single chapter as long as the chapter is no more than 20 per cent of the book.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Copyright Advisor office will be focusing over the coming year on raising awareness and understanding of copyright issues, obligations and options across the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ.

Questions may be directed to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Copyright Advisor (copyright@uleth.ca or 403-332-4472) or visit www.uleth.ca/lib/copyright.

The signing of this agreement is an interim measure to provide time to ensure that the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ community is knowledgeable about its copyright obligations and options for using copyright-protected works.

A full analysis of works used in course-related copying, including uses occurring within the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ's learning management system, will be completed over the course of the agreement.

Systematic analyses of reproductions placed on Library Reserve, as well as reproductions produced as course-packs or digital readings, have already been conducted over the past two semesters.

A decision on the longer-term need for an Access Copyright license will be made once a fact-based understanding of the types of works, uses and permissions statuses involved in ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ course-related copying is obtained.

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U of L signs Access Copyright agreement

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