September 2010 Archives

This fall, we're offering some new workshops for faculty members, on copyright issues specific to their work. The workshops have been approved for RCR continuing education credit. We also continue to offer consultation services on copyright issues for students, staff, and faculty alike! Hope you might share this workshop info with your departments in whatever way is appropriate!

Getting Acquainted with Copyright
How many copyrights do you own? How long will they last? Can someone else quote from your paper in their own? Can you post your course readings online for your students? Copyright is really confusing - what is it even for, anyway? This workshop will give you a solid grounding in some of the elements of copyright law that are essential to scholarship, teaching, and research. Learn more about protections in the law for educators, and about your rights as an author or creator. Discuss and debate with your peers about some of the burning questions in the field, and enjoy exploring some entertaining and thought-provoking examples. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational and educational in nature. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.
Registration link - http://z.umn.edu/meetcopyright  Sessions on 10/4 and 11/2

Fair Use in Everyday Life
Fair use is a vital part of copyright law for scholars, researchers, artists, and just about anyone who communicates with anyone else. Quotation, criticism, review, collage, parody - all involve aspects of fair use. In this workshop, we'll discuss examples of fair use situations in visual arts, music, and video, as well as in academic research and writing. We'll learn to identify situations where fair use applies, and other situations where copyright answers may be more straightforward. We'll also develop our understandings of the factors that determine whether a use is "fair" and practice applying these concepts with real-world examples. Expect to think hard, debate a little, and have some fun. No direct legal advice will be provided; this workshop is informational and educational in nature. Satisfies RCR continuing education awareness/discussion requirements.
Registration link - http://z.umn.edu/copyfair Sessions on 9/22 and 11/10

This electronic resource is available for purchasing.  At this time the libraries doesn't have the funds, but I'm interested in how many faculty would be interested in this resource. It is in color. 

 The complete Godey's collection is priced at $25,555.00.  We offered CIC schools a 25% publishing partnership discount and because so many of the group purchased the collection we added another 25% discount raising it to 50% total discount.  Therefore the purchase price is $12,777.50 - pretty amazing for 68 years of materials including the color graphics (we are the only ones who offer color images all in one searchable place).

The Berg Fashion Library is now available as a licensed electronic resource offering the Encyclopedia of World Costume and Fashion, color image bank, E-books, etc. 

Search the title "Berg Fashion Library" in the library's catalog and be connected to a plethora of fashion resources!