Tweet us your copyright questions on Jan. 7th
Can
you legally photocopy pages from that textbook? Can students legally
remix music for
school assignments? What does fair use mean, and how can it be applied
in the school library or classroom? If you are a school librarian or
educator who is confused by copyright law, you’re not alone. School
principals, superintendents, educators and librarians
have specific questions about copyright law but often find themselves
without guidance on the subject.
On January
7, 2014, from 6:00-7:00p.m.
EST, school leaders will have the opportunity to have their questions
answered during an interactive tweetchat with copyright expert and
bestselling author Carrie Russell. Participants can submit questions and
take part in the free tweetchat by using the #k12copylaw
hashtag.
As
part of the tweetchat, Russell will offer clear guidance on the ways
that principals,
superintendents, teachers and librarians can legally provide materials
to students. Additionally, Russell will discuss scenarios often
encountered by educators in schools, such as using digital works in the
classroom and students’ use of information found on
the web. Russell is also the director of the American Library
Association’s Program on Public Access to Information.
Tweetchat participants will learn about:
- Fair use
- Copyright law in the digital age
- Copyright exploitation in schools (i.e., incidents when copyright industry groups exploit school staff under the guise of copyright law compliance)
Russell is the author of Complete
Copyright for K–12 Librarians and Educators, a book that teaches educators how to fully exercise rights such as fair use while making decisions that are both lawful
and best serve the learning community. To receive a 10% discount on Complete
Copyright (20% for ALA members), use the coupon code CC2014
before January 15, 2014.
In
addition to being the director of the American Library Association’s
Program on Public
Access to Information, Russell speaks frequently at state, regional, and
national library conferences about the intricacies of copyright law.
The
interactive social media event will be hosted jointly by AASA: The
School Superintendents
Association, the American Library Association, the National Association
of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of
Secondary School Principals.
Participate in the free Twitter tweetchat by using #k12copylaw on January 7, 2014, from
6:00-7:00p.m. EST.
Please
excuse cross-posting. This email is being forwarded on behalf of the
ALA Washington Office. For more information, please contact jwright@ala.org.
Even so, she is confident that because of the increasing growth and influence of Hispanics in the U.S., that the time will come when books from Mexico, both in their original language and in translation, will become more readily available.
Clara
M. Chu, PhD