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Access Copyright Update

Posted May 14, 2012 - 3:30am by Mark Swartz

Via the Queen's News Centre:   read more »

AUCC has reached an agreement with Access Copyright on a new model licence

Posted April 18, 2012 - 9:58am by

The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) have negotiated a model license with Access Copyright.  read more »

Copyright and Learning Management Systems – Issues and Solutions

Posted November 1, 2011 - 3:34pm by Mark Swartz

There are a number of copyright related issues that you may face when trying to bring your course materials online. Often times, these systems are designed in a way that facilitates the sharing and the dissemination of information - making it easy to forget about copyright law and the implications of uploading material without compensating the copyright holder or author.  read more »

Licensing Database

Posted October 25, 2011 - 2:35pm by Mark Swartz

Queen’s subscribes to hundreds of databases that include millions of journal articles, newspaper articles and ebooks. For each of these databases, Queen’s signs a license that allows students, faculty and staff to use the materials in these databases for different purposes. Most databases allow you to link to material, but some also allow you to include material in coursepacks and/or post materials in Learning Management Systems like Moodle.   read more »

Copyright and Teaching Workshops

Posted August 29, 2011 - 4:40pm by Mark Swartz

A number of Copyright and Teaching workshops are scheduled for the coming weeks.   read more »

Queen's opts out of copyright contract

Posted August 25, 2011 - 1:31pm by Mark Swartz

Via the Queen's News Centre:   read more »

Michael Geist: Canadian Universities switching to Tech Savvy Course Alternatives

Posted July 26, 2011 - 9:29am by Mark Swartz

Michael Geist’s most recent column in the Toronto Star provides a brief summary of the shift away from Access Copyright licensing and towards digital alternatives that is occurring at our (and many other) Canadian Universities.

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1029634--geist-canadian-universities-switch-to-tech-savvy-course-alternatives  read more »