Copyright Resources

Below is a list of selected informational materials related to copyright available in the Library and on the Web.
The Laws

• The complete copyright law: Title 17 of the United States Code
• Section 107 on Fair Use: § 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
• Section 110 on Classroom Exemption, which incorporates the TEACH ACT in Section 110(2): § 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays

Quick Resources For Faculty

• Know Your Copy Rights—What You Can Do (6 page brochure) from Association of Research Libraries [16.4 MB Full Color PDF] [282 KB Black PDF]
• Know your copy right: Supplementary FAQ
• Linking to CBC Library Databases, Articles & Journals (2 page handout in PDF)
• Fair use checklist
• Teach Act checklist 
• Sample general copyright warning notice: "Notice: This material is provided for your educational use as an enrolled student of this class only. This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code)." 
•  Copyright Scenarios - University of Minnesota Library
  

Extensive Learning Resources

• Fair Use and Video: Community Practices in the Fair Use of Video in Libraries (SECTION 3: COMMUNITY PRACTICE discusses 5 cases concerning damaged or lost videos, off-air recordings, course-based streaming, and downloading streaming content.)
• List of CBC Library books on the subject of "copyright" and/or "fair use"
  Example: Armatas, Steven A. Distance Learning and Copyright: A Guide to Legal Issues. Chicago : American Bar Association, 2008. Call Number: KF3030.1 .A947 2008
• Crash Course in Copyright by Georgia K. Harper from UT System
• Crash Course in Copyright Section: Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials
• Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States by Peter B. Hirtle from Cornell University
• New Creative Commons Information Pack from National Copyright Unit and Creative Commons Australia
• Creative Commons: A Quick Overview
• List of public domain resources

Other Useful Websites:

• Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center
• USG Copyright Policy
• Tutorial from NCSU libraries
• Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance (with quiz questions) by Copyright Clearance Center
• Univ. of Taxas TEACH Act page, including checklist
• ALA Distance Education & The TEACH Act page: duties of instructors section
• Society for Cinema & Media Studies Best Practices In Fair Use
• Library Copyright Alliance: Streaming of Films for Edcuational Purposes
• List of additional resources: Copyright resources on the Web: Sites to keep you current

Updated 5/17/2012 yy

Open Textbook Resources

• Community College Open Textbook Collaborative (CCOTC)


• Learn More About Open Textbooks - Student PIRGs


• Links to Open Textbook Websites


• Sample Open Textbooks


• Understanding Creative Commons Licenses


• Wave: free web accessibility evaluation tool


• Other Useful Resources:
  
• Free (but not Open) Copyrighted Textbooks


• Ebooks From the CBC Library


• Small collection of free ebooks from Publishers


• Some free or reduced priced (but not open) textbooks from Textbook Media

updated 10/29/2010 y.y.

Open Textbook Websites

Textbooks from CCOTC (College Open Textbooks is the website of Community College Open Textbooks Collaborative. "College Open Textbooks has peer-reviewed more than 100 open textbooks for use in community college courses... Open textbooks are freely available for use without restriction and can be downloaded or printed from web sites and repositories." Read more on their About page.)

Connexions (Connexions® is a registered trademark of Rice University. Connexions is a large open repository of learning modules that anyone can contribute to and anyone can download the content freely. Modules are small unit of educational material. Related modules are grouped into "collections", which can be journal articles or used as textbooks. You can either search everything by keyword limited to subject area or browse. You can also limit your search to just "collections". Connexions uses "Lenses" for quality control. "Lenses are content selected by an organization or individual". View the list of Connexions Featured Content.)

Flat World Knowledge Catalog (This publisher works with authors to publish open, customizable textbooks that includes teaching supplements and uses editorial and peer review process. Students can choose to use the free online format, or purchase at a relatively lower cost printed textbooks, audiobooks, e-books for mobile devices, or print at home options.)

OER Commons (Click on one of the featured searches on the left "Open Textbooks".)

Openstax College (Rice University, new in 2012 as reported in an article published in Inside Highered.)

Merlot search results limit to Type: Open Textbook (more than 600 results)

Orange Grove Texts Plus, a joint initiative of the University Press of Florida and the Orange Grove, Florida’s Digital Repository

The Global Text Project

Learning Units from the Open University

Supplemental Resources from MIT Open Courseware (Online textbooks are marked by the icon with a white "T" in red background)

California Free Digital Textbook Initiative Review Results (for California Schools)

List of Open Textbooks compiled by PIRGs

Writing Spaces, "an open textbook project for college-level writing studies courses", consisted of peer-reviewed essays.

Updated 2/7/2012 yy

Sample Open Textbooks

• A select group of open textbooks by Student run PIRGs
• Environmental Science in the 21st Century by Robert Stewart, Professor, Oceanography Department, Texas A&M University (Read his Educause article: Some Thoughts on Free Textbooks)
• Educational Psychology from Global Text
• Calculus by Gilbert Strang (See the whole list of Math Textbooks complied by George Cain)
• Elementary Statistics
• Collaborative Statistics
• Introduction to Economic Analysis
• Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry by William Reusch (Retired from MSU)

Understanding Creative Commons Licenses

• Creative Commons Homepage
• Creative Commons Licenses
• New Creative Commons Information Pack from National Copyright Unit and Creative Commons Australia. The information pack includes the following eight quick guides in PDF.
1. What is Creative Commons?
2. How to Find Creative Commons (CC) Licensed Material
3. How to Find CC Licensed Material Using the Creative Commons Search Portal
4. How to Find CC Licensed Material Using Google
5. How to Find CC Licensed Material Using Yahoo
6. How to Find CC Licensed Material Using Mozilla Firefox
7. A Quick Reference Guide to Finding CC Material
8. How to Attribute CC Licensed Material

Ebooks From the CBC Library

CBC Library licenced ebook collections (These are general book collections, but some may be suitable to be used as textbook or supplemental readings.)

ACLS Humanities E-Books (unlimited access)

Ebrary (unlimited access)

Ovid Books (unlimited access)

EBSCOhost eBook Collection (1 simultaneous user, fine for optional readings)

We also have reference book collections online:
ABC-CLIO Reference Ebooks

Gale Virtual Reference

Free ebooks From Publishers

Flat World Knowledge Catalog

Free monthly sample e-book from University of Chicago Press

Gutenberg-e, free online award-winning monographs from Columbia University Press and the American Historical Association.

Texas A&M UP Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology (15 books as of 3/2010)