Resources

Pamphlets

The Center for Social Media. (2012). The code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education. Retrieved from http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

Questions & answers on copyright for the campus community. Washington, DC : Association of American Publishers ; Oberlin, OH : National Association of College Stores ; Washington, DC : Software & Information Industry Association, c2006.7th ed. http://www.nacs.org/toolsresources/cmip/copyright/questions.aspx

Individual copies for Bucks faculty and staff are available from the Copyright Liaison.

Books

Association of American Publishers. , National Association of College Stores, , Software & Information Industry Association, , & Copyright Clearance Center , (2006). Questions & answers on copyright for the campus community. (7 ed.). Oberlin, OH: National Association of College Stores.

Butler, R. (2011). Copyright for teachers and librarians in the 21st century . Atlanta, GA: Neal-Schuman Publishers.

The Center for Social Media. (2012, March 29). The code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education. Retrieved from http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

Crews, Kenneth D. (2012). Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions. (3 ed.). Chicago, IL: American Library Association. (346.73 C927 C785 2012)

Hobbs, R. (2010). Copyright clarity: How fair use supports digital learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress, (2003). Copyright law of the United States of America : and related laws contained in Title 17 of the United States Code. Washington, D.C. (REF 346.048 U58)

These materials are available in the Bucks Library; link to the library catalog to search for more materials on the topic. Or, link to an automatic search for the subject " copyright" in library catalog.

U.S. Government Official Copyright Links

Copyright Law

• U.S. Copyright Office
• Title 17 U. S. Code
• Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act)

Video Tutorials

• "A Fair(y) Use Tale" was compiled by Eric Faden of Bucknell University. It takes short segments from an assortment of movies to provide information about fair use and copyright.

Links Referenced 

• Copyright Advisory Network -- American Library Association, Office for Information Technology Policy
• Copyright Advisory Office -- Columbia University
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (CETUS) Fair Use
• Creative Commons
• CONFU Multimedia Guidelines. Ball State University provides a nice summary from the CONFU report. For additional information see CONFU -- Conference on Fair Use (Full Report, November 1998).
• "Is It Protected by Copyright?"  A digital slider for determing a work's copyright status, by Michael Brewer and the American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy.