K-12 Copyright 101 for School Librarians

Get the basics of copyright under your belt. How does copyright law specifically affect teachers and school librarians? What information do you need to promote copyright best practices at your school? What information do teachers need from you? When you have a copyright question, where do you turn? Teachers may wonder if they can stream a movie from their personal Netflix account; what they can photocopy for their students, whether or not they can add Googled images to their class handouts. How do you advise them? This program will cover the basics of U.S. copyright law as it relates to school libraries, including classroom exemptions, fair use, permissions, determining copyright status, and the public domain. The panel will also discuss relevant parts of Section 108, which allow libraries and archives to reproduce and distribute certain copyrighted works, on a limited basis, without permission for the purposes of preservation, replacement, and research. We will present common questions or scenarios you may encounter and discuss how to find answers to those questions. We’ll provide resources for finding copyright help, lists of open educational resources, and copyright best practices in education. Come with your questions; there will be Q&A at the end of the session.