In amongst all the social media buzz regarding snowy Nor’easters during March, you may have noticed various items circulating on the topic of fair use/fair dealing. More than 150 academic institutions and non-profit associations took part in the Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week event held February 26-March 8, including more than 30 participating Voting and Library Standards Alliance members of NISO.
The American Theological Library Association provided a robust background on how this five-year tradition got started. The Sheridan Library of Johns Hopkins University suggested celebrating Fair Use Week with images and provided information about the fair use of images. The University of Manitoba Libraries featured an infographic about fair dealing in the context of Canadian copyright law. on Canadian policies on Fair Dealing. Krista Cox of the Association of Research Libraries provided a useful discussion on the Policy Notes blog on the topic of Fair Use and Captioning for Those Who Are Hearing Impaired while her daily round-ups of contributions from participating institutions were cross-posted to the Fair Use Week blog. Tweet streams were lively with pointers to the following:
ICYMI, Fair Use Week was held February 26-March 2. Learn more about the Fair Use/Fair Dealing aspect of copyright by following links to useful content tweeted out by NISO members.
