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@UKCopyrightLit https://copyrightliteracy.org CIILP Wales Conference 2017
Dr Jane SeckerSenior Lecturer in Educational Development
City, University of London
@jsecker
COPYRIGHT,
EDUCATION AND
LIBRARIANS:
UNDERSTANDING PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS
• Copyright underpins
many library services
• Inter-library loan
• Copying for users
• Copyright impacts on
digitisation
preservation and
access to our
collections
WHY DOES
COPYRIGHT MATTER?
• Librarians have special privileges under the law
• Section 40-44A of the CDPA in the UK
• Similar exceptions around the world
• Librarians negotiate and sign licences
• Librarians are important copyright educators
WHY DOES
COPYRIGHT MATTER?
IT’S WHERE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION MEETS THE LAW
SO WHY NOW?
SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE?TECHNOLOGY
AND THE
INTERNET
PIRACY,
INFRINGEMENT &
DIGITAL COPYING
WHERE DOES THAT
LEAVE LIBRARIANS?
HOW DOES COPYRIGHT MAKE
YOU FEEL?
Online voting
https://www.menti.com/2fa11d
View results
PANIC AND FEAR
BUT WHAT IS RESULT OF FEAR?
RISK AVERSION
RESPECT TO THE COPYRIGHT
GEEK
https://copyrightliteracy.org
Chris Morrison
University of Kent
THE UK COPYRIGHT LITERACY
SURVEY
Survey was undertaken in 14 countries (Europe and world)
UK survey undertaken in December 2014
Responses from over 600 professionals
OUR SURVEY SAID….
UK compared favourably to other
countries in terms of copyright literacy
57% of UK librarians moderately or
extremely confident about copyright
matters
76% thought having a copyright policy is important and 63%
have one
64% of institutions had a copyright
officer (higher in HE)
Copyright was a source of anxiety and professional
development needed
UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT
EXPERIENCES
Gathering additional
qualitative data
Three group interviews with
academic librarians
Exploring variations in the way
copyright is experienced
Implications for copyright education
and institutional strategies
PHENOMENOGRAPHY
• A qualitative research method from education
used increasingly in information literacy
research
• Based on Marton’s Variation theory as a way of
underpinning learning
• Asks open questions designed to ask what
people do not why
• Presents categories of description in an
outcome space
©
©
COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE
Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for
negotiation, collaboration
and co-construction of understanding
Category 1: Copyright is a problem
Category 2: Copyright is complicated
and shifting
Category 3: Copyright is a known
entity requiring coherent messages
CATEGORY 1 & 2
Category 1: Copyright is seen as a problem and avoided
Category 2: Copyright is seen as complicated and passed on to specialists
CATEGORY 3 & 4
Category 3: Copyright is seen as a knowable entity requiring coherent messages
Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for negotiation, collaboration and co-construction of understanding
COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE
Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for
negotiation, collaboration
and co-construction of understanding
Category 1: Copyright is a problem
Category 2: Copyright is complicated
and shifting
Category 3: Copyright is a known
entity requiring coherent messages
DIMENSIONS OF VARIATION
• The individual’s level of knowledge
• Status / grade of librarian
• Beliefs about the higher purpose of
libraries / librarians
• Their ideology towards the value and
purpose of copyright
• The audience
• The context of the interaction
SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHAT DO LIBRARIANS NEED?
More knowledge?
More skills?
RETHINKING COPYRIGHT
EDUCATION FOR LIBRARIANS
Bridging the gap between a one
day course and a PG Diploma in copyright law
Focusing on what librarians need to know
about copyright
Focusing on their role as copyright
educators
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
Copyright the Card game
downloaded over 2,500
times, international versions
in development
PLAYING WITH COPYRIGHT
https://copyrightliteracy.org/abo
ut-2/copyright-the-card-game/
The Publishing TrapUS version of copyright card game
Copyright the Card Game NAG 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY
August 2017 – IFLA Models for
Copyright Education in
Information Literacy Programs
IN CONCLUSION
Copyright is important to
librarians because of technology and
the internet
Our research shows that it
creates fear and fear leads to risk
aversion
Copyright literacy is not more
knowledge about copyright, it’s a new attitude and
approach and about how you teach others
We have resources to help and want to create
more support to empower librarians
FURTHER READING
Morrison, C and Secker J. (2015) Copyright Literacy in the UK: a survey of librarians and other cultural heritage sector professionals. Library and Information Research. 39 (121)http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/675
Morrison, C and Secker, J (2016) Exceptions for libraries. Copyrightuser.org. Available online.
Morrison, C and Secker, J. (2016) A Guide to Copyright. Association of University Administrators.
Rios-Amaya, Juliana, Secker, Jane and Morrison, Chris (2016) Lecture recording in higher education: risky business or evolving open practice. LSE / University of Kent, London, UK. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68275/
Secker, J and Morrison, C. (2016) Copyright and E-learning: a guide for practitioners. Facet publishing: London. Chapter 6: Copyright education and training available online.
Todorova, T., Trencheva, T., Kurbanoğlu, S., Dogan G., & Horvat, A. (2014) A Multinational Study on Copyright Literacy Competencies of LIS Professionals. Presentation given at 2nd European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) held in Dubrovnik. October 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015 from http://ecil2014.ilconf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Todorova.pdf
https://copyrightliteracy.org @UKCopyrightLit
IMAGE CREDITS
Slide 1: Copyright Sewer by Alan Levine on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/bmnwzW CC-BY
Slide 2, 3 & 23: Helga by Jane Secker CC-BY-SA
Slide 4: ‘Path path path’ by Hockadilly of Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/9KCGGb Used with permission
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Slide 6: A Vernacular of File Formats, Rosa Menkman at Born Digital, Moti, Breda https://flic.kr/p/q8uAtD CC-BY
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