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Library Resources for Faculty

This guide includes information for faculty to use to more easily integrate library resources into their classes and some shortcuts to make your busy lives a little easier!

Copyright best practices

  1. BVU's  Annual Copyright License from Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)  covers the educational use of literally thousands of books and periodicals.  Please speak with a librarian or a member of the  Office of Academic Innovation to see if your material is covered under this license.  Watch this video from CCC to learn about copyright basics. 
     
  2. The library can assist you with contacting publishers to request permission to use material that is not covered elsewhere.  Copyright royalties are based on this formula:  # of students X # of pages X cost per page = total royalty payment.  Generally the cost per page ranges from 5 to 25 cents per page.
     
  3. Most importantly, check links from off-campus to ensure they still work before your students need the materials!

 

Fair Use Guidelines

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When it comes to conventional copyright, there are very few absolutes and many shades of gray.  Every institution has their own practices and risk tolerance.  Please chat with a librarian (or email library@bvu.edu) about your specific question.

Fair Use Flower. Each petal describes a different attribute of educational fair use.

Creative Commons Licensing

"Creative Commons" licensing is becoming more popular.  An author who uses a "CC" license is making explicit what rights you have as an information consumer to share or modify the information.  Traditional copyright (denoted as a single "C" in a circle) means that the content creator reserves all rights to themselves and that you must seek permission from the rightsholder to reuse or modify the content in any way.  This is why we recommend linking to information like journal articles rather than loading the full-text into the LMS, which is a form of unlawful reproduction of material.

You can assign a Creative Commons license to your own work to make it apparent and explicit to other users that you are willing to share and to what extent you are willing to share your content.  There are six different CC license types.

See our Open Education Resources for Faculty research guide for additional information.

Need help? Email library@bvu.edu or chat with a BVU Librarian.

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