UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Beginning Oct. 7, Penn State University Libraries will offer online workshops on scholarly communications and copyright topics for students, faculty and staff and the public. Topics include copyright issues for theses and dissertations, open access publishing, and fair use.
All workshops will take place on Zoom and are open to the Penn State community and the public. Register in advance using the links below for each workshop.
For more information about our workshop program, visit the Workshops page. Those who have questions can email copyright@psu.edu.
Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us at copyright@psu.edu in advance of your participation or visit.
Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation — Oct. 7, 2–3 p.m.
Do you have copyright questions related to your thesis or dissertation? How can you obtain permission to use someone else’s images or figures? When can you use those images or figures without permission? What permission is necessary for use of archival or museum materials? What’s the relationship between copyright and academic honesty? Join us for an interactive workshop on these and other questions. After an overview, participants will work in small groups to address hypothetical copyright questions and then debrief their responses as a full group. Danielle Steinhart will teach this workshop.
Copyright and Open Access Publishing — Oct. 22, 2–3 p.m.
Danielle Steinhart will provide a brief introduction to U.S. copyright law, open access publishing and Creative Commons licensing. You will learn what copyright covers and how copyrighted works enter the public domain. You’ll also learn about fair use and other rights that copyright gives to people using copyrighted material. There will be a brief overview of the different types of Creative Commons licenses.
Fair Use — Nov. 5, 2–3 p.m.
Do you need copyright permission to use that image in your article or that diagram in your course? When does copyright law allow the use of copyrighted material without permission? Join Danielle Steinhart in this introductory workshop to learn more about U.S. copyright law’s fair use doctrine. You will have a chance to apply what you’ve learned to hypothetical questions involving fair use in a university setting, including questions related to research and to teaching.