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Adopting or Adapting: Open Education Copyright Instruction for Faculty and Staff
This presentation outlines the work that CARL librarians and copyright specialists are involved in related to the launch a series of online modules to help universities deliver copyright education to instructors and staff. ... -
Software Preservation and Copyright - Adapting the ARL Fair Use Code of Best Practices for Canada: Preliminary Findings
Preserving and maintaining library collections is an area where libraries and copyright naturally intersect, particularly in the modern age. To properly preserve and maintain print and digital library materials and the ... -
Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) and COVID-19: Two Peas in a Pod
Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is a concept that had long been identified as a potential tool for libraries to provide remote, digital access to materials in their collections. However, risk aversion had long impeded ... -
Reading Together While Remote: Upgrading Your Course Reserves and Copyright Compliance Systems During a Pandemic
Over the last year, two academic library systems at the University of Toronto and at Queen's University migrated two different existing course reserves software to Ex Libris' Leganto platform, which enables library staff ... -
Live Chat: CFLA – Advocacy on Copyright Issues
This presentation will discuss the upcoming changes to Canadian copyright law as a result of the implementation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). We will discuss how the change in the term of copyright ... -
The United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement: What Term Extension Means for the Canadian Public Domain and How Have Libraries Responded
The USMCA, when ratified, will extend the term of Copyright in Canada for 20 years, from life plus 50 to life plus 70. This session will provide context into why this change is happening, highlight how libraries and other ... -
The Ups and Downs of Representing the Educational Perspective During the Current Copyright Act Review
Copyright is an important issue for Canada’s research libraries. The sharing of information and knowledge is governed by copyright legislation, jurisprudence and licences. Distinguishing what uses are allowed from those ... -
OA Policies & Traditional Publishing Agreements: Status of Non-Exclusive Licenses in Canadian Copyright Law?
To ease the problem of paywall-blocked access to scholarly articles arising from publicly funded research, some universities have adopted a rights-retention OA policy. In this type of policy, faculty grant to the university ... -
Strengthening Canadian User Rights through Shared Understanding: Adapting the Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use for Canada
Canadian fair dealing is, in many ways, one of the most flexible and strong copyright exceptions in the world. The courts have determined that a restrictive interpretation of fair dealing would upset the balance between ... -
Canadian Collaborations: Library Communications and Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic forced libraries to unexpectedly and suddenly close their physical locations, necessitating a remote working environment and a greater reliance on digital and virtual services. While libraries were ...