copyright, education and librarians: understanding privileges and rights

@UKCopyrightLit https://copyrightliteracy.org CIILP Wales Conference 2017

Dr Jane SeckerSenior Lecturer in Educational Development

City, University of London

@jsecker

COPYRIGHT,

EDUCATION AND

LIBRARIANS:

UNDERSTANDING PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS

• Copyright underpins

many library services

• Inter-library loan

• Copying for users

• Copyright impacts on

digitisation

preservation and

access to our

collections

WHY DOES

COPYRIGHT MATTER?

• Librarians have special privileges under the law

• Section 40-44A of the CDPA in the UK

• Similar exceptions around the world

• Librarians negotiate and sign licences

• Librarians are important copyright educators

WHY DOES

COPYRIGHT MATTER?

IT’S WHERE ACCESS TO

INFORMATION MEETS THE LAW

SO WHY NOW?

SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE?TECHNOLOGY

AND THE

INTERNET

PIRACY,

INFRINGEMENT &

DIGITAL COPYING

WHERE DOES THAT

LEAVE LIBRARIANS?

HOW DOES COPYRIGHT MAKE

YOU FEEL?

Online voting

https://www.menti.com/2fa11d

View results

PANIC AND FEAR

BUT WHAT IS RESULT OF FEAR?

RISK AVERSION

RESPECT TO THE COPYRIGHT

GEEK

https://copyrightliteracy.org

Chris Morrison

University of Kent

THE UK COPYRIGHT LITERACY

SURVEY

Survey was undertaken in 14 countries (Europe and world)

UK survey undertaken in December 2014

Responses from over 600 professionals

OUR SURVEY SAID….

UK compared favourably to other

countries in terms of copyright literacy

57% of UK librarians moderately or

extremely confident about copyright

matters

76% thought having a copyright policy is important and 63%

have one

64% of institutions had a copyright

officer (higher in HE)

Copyright was a source of anxiety and professional

development needed

UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT

EXPERIENCES

Gathering additional

qualitative data

Three group interviews with

academic librarians

Exploring variations in the way

copyright is experienced

Implications for copyright education

and institutional strategies

PHENOMENOGRAPHY

• A qualitative research method from education

used increasingly in information literacy

research

• Based on Marton’s Variation theory as a way of

underpinning learning

• Asks open questions designed to ask what

people do not why

• Presents categories of description in an

outcome space

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©

COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE

Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for

negotiation, collaboration

and co-construction of understanding

Category 1: Copyright is a problem

Category 2: Copyright is complicated

and shifting

Category 3: Copyright is a known

entity requiring coherent messages

CATEGORY 1 & 2

Category 1: Copyright is seen as a problem and avoided

Category 2: Copyright is seen as complicated and passed on to specialists

CATEGORY 3 & 4

Category 3: Copyright is seen as a knowable entity requiring coherent messages

Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for negotiation, collaboration and co-construction of understanding

COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE

Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity for

negotiation, collaboration

and co-construction of understanding

Category 1: Copyright is a problem

Category 2: Copyright is complicated

and shifting

Category 3: Copyright is a known

entity requiring coherent messages

DIMENSIONS OF VARIATION

• The individual’s level of knowledge

• Status / grade of librarian

• Beliefs about the higher purpose of

libraries / librarians

• Their ideology towards the value and

purpose of copyright

• The audience

• The context of the interaction

SO WHAT CAN WE DO?

WHAT DO LIBRARIANS NEED?

More knowledge?

More skills?

RETHINKING COPYRIGHT

EDUCATION FOR LIBRARIANS

Bridging the gap between a one

day course and a PG Diploma in copyright law

Focusing on what librarians need to know

about copyright

Focusing on their role as copyright

educators

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Copyright the Card game

downloaded over 2,500

times, international versions

in development

PLAYING WITH COPYRIGHT

https://copyrightliteracy.org/abo

ut-2/copyright-the-card-game/

The Publishing TrapUS version of copyright card game

Copyright the Card Game NAG 2016

THE INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY

August 2017 – IFLA Models for

Copyright Education in

Information Literacy Programs

IN CONCLUSION

Copyright is important to

librarians because of technology and

the internet

Our research shows that it

creates fear and fear leads to risk

aversion

Copyright literacy is not more

knowledge about copyright, it’s a new attitude and

approach and about how you teach others

We have resources to help and want to create

more support to empower librarians

FURTHER READING

Morrison, C and Secker J. (2015) Copyright Literacy in the UK: a survey of librarians and other cultural heritage sector professionals. Library and Information Research. 39 (121)http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/675

Morrison, C and Secker, J (2016) Exceptions for libraries. Copyrightuser.org. Available online.

Morrison, C and Secker, J. (2016) A Guide to Copyright. Association of University Administrators.

Rios-Amaya, Juliana, Secker, Jane and Morrison, Chris (2016) Lecture recording in higher education: risky business or evolving open practice. LSE / University of Kent, London, UK. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68275/

Secker, J and Morrison, C. (2016) Copyright and E-learning: a guide for practitioners. Facet publishing: London. Chapter 6: Copyright education and training available online.

Todorova, T., Trencheva, T., Kurbanoğlu, S., Dogan G., & Horvat, A. (2014) A Multinational Study on Copyright Literacy Competencies of LIS Professionals. Presentation given at 2nd European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) held in Dubrovnik. October 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015 from http://ecil2014.ilconf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Todorova.pdf

https://copyrightliteracy.org @UKCopyrightLit

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