Canadian Copyriot: A Bibliography of the chaos of Canadian Copright

Over that past few years I’ve indulged my librarian pack rat proclivities. I’ve amassed three bibliographies that may be of interest to the library community. The first of these is Canadian Copyriot.

I started this bibliography as a response to the Copyright Board of Canada‘s awarding to Access Copyright (AC) an Interim Tariff as well as the hearings on the proposed Access Copyright Post-Secondary Educational Institution Tariff.

Canadian Copyriot is a publicly accessible bibliography of online resources, information, and statutes & case law related to copyright in North America. It’s meant to address the Canadian context, but also includes information related to the U.S.  and Europe). It provides access to a variety of resource that include:

  • Analysis, Commentary & News;
  • Bills, Statutes & Case Law;
  • Blogs & News sites;
  • Copyright Guides
  • General Reference
  • Open Access
  • Organizations
  • Public Domain Calculators
  • Regulatory, Licensing & Collection Agencies
  • Search for Copyrights
  • Treaties & Conventions

It was initially intended to provide access for St. Mary’s University College (StMU) faculty & staff to the copyright information and resources. Feel free to make use of this resource and if you have any suggested additions please forward them to brad.neufeldt@stmu.ca.

Subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up-to-date with new additions to this bibliography.

Next post I’ll cover the bibliography of Open Education Resources.

Cheers
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Brad Neufeldt
Director of Library Services
St. Mary’s University College Library
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NorQuest College News

NorQuest College is getting into the collaborative groove: we circulated 1300 titles to our NEOS patrons in the first 3 months of NEOS membership, and on February 3rd we officially became part of the Edmonton Public Library’s L-Pass program. This enables students to use their NorQuest ID/library cards at all EPL locations. With NEOS and the L-Pass, our students have unprecedented access to libraries in Edmonton and across Alberta.

NorQuest Library established an Information Literacy Strategy and action plan in July 2013.  Two significant outcomes are underway; (1) Establish and pilot an integrated (tutorial and library) writing service, (2) Integrate information literacy outcomes into the program review cycle.

We have just completed the first phase of the Library’s website redesign project. Our goal is to have a new library website ready to launch in September 2014. We are analyzing the data from two surveys launched in mid-January (staff and students). The next step is to hold student focus groups.  We are asking students to participate with web design staff to develop the site’s architecture and navigation.  A final phase of consultation is set for spring when a second group will critique wireframe options. We are hopeful this will result in a user-centred library website.

Moving ahead we too are looking at a patron driven e-book model for 2014/15 and have big plans to work on our Information Literacy curriculum over the spring and summer months. 

Save the Date! 2014 AGM – April 15 – Calgary

AAAL Annual General Meeting

Date:  April 15, 2014

Location:  University of Calgary

Details and Agenda forthcoming. Meeting time is usually 9am-4pm with time for networking, tours, and workshops.

Call for Library News:

Members are encouraged to share their news on this blog. Voting members have access to a wordpress account. Submissions can also be sent to Newsletter Editor Luke Malone at luke.malone[at] sait.ca

 

Medicine Hat College Libraries News

Library News

MHC Libraries is currently in the process of migrating to OCLC WorldShare ILS system. This means leaving a long-term partnership with the University of Lethbridge; however, the new system will allow MHC to streamline workflows and explore new initiatives.

MHC is participating in the ILAAP pilot project by using the assessment tool in library information literacy classes. The library continues to provide a number of popular services and activities including individual student appointments, One Community One Card (reciprocal borrowing with Shortgrass Library System), iPads for loan, a giant Scrabble board, draws for Good Food Box Day, and events like Shakespeare in the Library, Human Library, and story time for daycare children.

Shared Internship Program Update

The Shared Internship Program in Medicine Hat is in its second year, with intern Librarian Jordan DeSousa taking on a number of responsibilities across the Medicine Hat College (MHC) Library, Shortgrass Library System (SLS), and the Medicine Hat Public Library (MHPL).

Medicine Hat College News

Medicine Hat College (MHC) board of governors has appointed Dr. Denise K. Henning as the institution’s new president and CEO, effective May 15, 2014. [more]