[LM_NET] FW: Copyright Training

["Lim, Kathleen Dundon" <KDL1223@ECU.EDU>]

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From: Lim, Kathleen Dundon
Sent: Mon 6/11/2007 3:18 PM
To: LM-NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: HIT: Copyright Training


Thanks to all who responded to my question about copyright training.  The overall 
response was that Yes, you do provide it.  Important themes were principal support 
and some sort of documentation of each person receieving the training.  Below are 
the responses.
 
Kathy Lim
Raleigh NC
 

**I too am wondering this.  I have an appointment next week to talk with
the Principal about trainings next year.  I want to approach him about
this topic among two others.  Please let me know what responses you get.
I was just about to post something similar, but you beat me to it.

 

 

**I am planning on passing out a Fair Use brochure and general copyright guidelines 
at one of our firat staff meetings in the fall.  Most teachers know that they 
cannot show a movie over our CCTV system unless there is permission by the 
copyright holder either throught he vendor or directly through me.  I think it's a 
good idea to offer it, but unless the principal is on board with it, it won't 
happen.  My philosophy is to keep it short with good concise written informatiojn 
to summarize the important aspects of the presentation.  Good luck!

 

 

 

 

**We have developed a video that is shown to all staff at the beginning of
the year.  They "sign off" on the training and every new staff member is
also shown the video.

 

**I find that my teachers are not prone to attend trainings and our new principal 
does not require them to attend. As a result I will be handing out notebooks to 
each teacher, this year, and included in those will be copyright information with a 
request that they familiarize themselves with this information. I'm struggling with 
public performance rights issues right now. The principal seems disinterested and 
the teachers keep asking me to show films that we don't have the rights to show. 
I'm going to request that our SBDM council accept into policy that only films that 
we do have performance rights on will be shown from the library via the in-house 
network--no exceptions. It's a terrible thing to say, but I will have allies on the 
council that will be willing to put this in place. Sometimes you have to find a 
back door and use it in order to do the right thing. 

Beth

 

 

**Yes, we have had formal © training each year for many many years.  Initially, 
librarians were responsible for delivering the info.  About 5 or 6 years ago our 
supervisor prepared a PP presentation in an effort to make presentations uniform.  
Staff was required to sign-off indicating they were aware of the county policy on © 
and Fair Use.   Then librarians were simply expected to send out a reminder about 
the policy to returning staff and provide direct instruction to all new staff.  
Just last year, our entire ©/Fair Use information went online.  New staff receive 
an email with a weblink to a site with the info and scenerios about school 
situation.  New staff have 3-4 months to review and take an online quiz about info. 
 The online quiz acts as their electronic signature.  Librarians simply pass out 
the ©/Fair Use handbook to new staff and answer questions if they have any.

 

**Our district began offering Copyright in the Classroom workshops this year -- I 
taught it.  It is not mandatory at this time, but we are trying to get it as part 
of a professional development schedule for all teachers.

 


**We don't do it. The one year I included it in some library stuff, everybody got 
mad at me!!!!

I think it should be required face-to-face every so many years and there should be 
a printed reminder
every year.

This is one of those areas where I wonder if admin course work even includes a 
session.

 

**Everyone in our county gets copyright training every year.  I really believe it 
is important for new employees.  Although I suppose it is a good reminder for the 
veterans, as the person who teaches it year after year, it would be fine with me if 
they just took a copyright quiz and signed off on our county's copyright compliance 
policy!  It's hard to make copyright entertaining and informative year after year!  
Nevertheless, our superintendent is a serious copyright advocate (as he should be) 
and we all do the training every year.

 

**Yes.  Training is formalized at the beginning of each year, during the faculty 
and staff 'opening meeting.'  Yes.  Faculty are required to attend and sign an 
agreement that covers copyright and technology issues.  I usually do a 15 minutes 
spill with documents that go into greater details that they take with them.  I'm 
looking to make it more realistic next year.
 
Our school system had a couple of major copyright goofs that didn't go public two 
years ago, but made a big splash internally.  As a result, we do yearly training at 
each school.  
 
This is my opinion.  Professionally, you're the copyright know-it-all.  If 
something goes wrong (i.e. if heads are going to roll), then I can assure you that 
the accused faculty member is going to say, "but I didn't know."  Then that will 
turn into, well, "why didn't this person know?"  "Who's responsibility was it to 
inform this faculty member?"  It all comes back to you.  If nothing else, cover 
your own butt.  I've research this topic a little now, and have found that when 
something goes public and gets media/legal attention, then someone's butt is gone.
 
Do a short presentation.  Have a sign in sheet that you can file away.  Post your 
documents on the library/school website.  Midway through the year, email a couple 
of reminders of copyright with links to supporting documents.  Then file away the 
email.
 
I found that the yearly training does indeed help with copyright issues with some 
faculty members, but some people are still going to do what they want to do.  The 
people that 'get it' is the reason you do the workshops as a professional and a 
friend; the people that do what they want regardless is the reason you'll want to 
cover your own butt.




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