computer library time and copy right issues

[Nancy Willard <nwillard@RESPONSIBLENETIZEN.ORG>]

> Date:    Sat, 29 Nov 2003 06:22:29 -0800
> From:    arch des <ruxdu@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: computer library time and copy right issues
>
> Hello everybody,
> I would like to know if it is a district or state policy of how long a student
> can spend on the comuters in the library: 20 minutes for fun, longer if it is
> for a school assignment? E-mail  policy too. I think they are not supposed to
> check or talk  on e-mail in the school time.

There are generally not state policies related to Internet use policies, but
there should be district policies. Unfortunately, many district policies do
not effectively address these issues.

In my opinion, school technology resources should be used to support
educational activities as their primary use. High quality non-curricular use
also ought to be allowed, but severe limits should be places on what I would
call "Internet recess" activities. Any student needing to use the Internet
for class work should have the ability to "bump" any other student who is
not using the computers for actual class work. An assessment of the degree
to which the technology is actually used for class work provides excellent
insight into the degree to which the school is effectively using its
technology resources to support learning.
>
> And about printing, I understood it has to be only for school wokrk and
> limited to a few pages only.
>
Again, your district or school should have policies on this. Personal
printing should not be allowed.

> About copyright: it seems another misunderstood thing with many
> interpretations. I've learned in Library school that it is ok for educational
> purposes to do 15 copies of an article or of paragraphs from a book.
>
> A teacher wanted me to copy from one book over 30 sets (a whole classroom
> supply) and I said politely that I need to check the copyright policies. I am
> new in this profession and I would like your advice,

You should have a copy of the  generally accepted fair use guidelines in
your office. Again, your district should be responsible for ensuring that
all librarians have up-to-date resources regarding fair use exceptions for
copyright. Under certain conditions, copying materials for an entire class
is perfectly acceptable. Your library school did not appear to provide very
good preparation in this regard. Here is a good resource:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/.

Nancy

Nancy Willard
Soon to be Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use


> Thanks,
> Ruxandra
> Middle school librarian
> ruxdu@yahoo.com

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