[LM_NET] QUESTION: Policies on Teachers'/Librarians' Intellectual Property

[Susan Speranza <castleriggpekes@GMAIL.COM>]

 Hello All:
Our school board, who we have been constantly at odds with for many years,
is reviewing our policies and procedures. One of the things they insist on
is owning works created by employees (like lesson plans, or books teachers
may be writing?). Anyway, here is how they phrase it (below).

What I'd like to know is what do your policies say about this matter (if
anything)? It is my opinion that we as a staff should fight this.

*Respect the intellectual property of its administrators, students, and
teaching staff and to prevent the unauthorized reproduction or transmittal
of their intellectual property without their permission **except that works
created by employees as part of their employment shall be considered works
for hire and the property of BFUHS unless an alternative agreement has been
made between the BFUHS Board and the employee. *
**

Thanks,
Susan Speranza,
Library Media Specialist
Bellows Falls Union High School
Bellows Falls, VT 05101
(802) 463-3944 x210
Castleriggpekes@gmail.com

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