Copyright, Privacy, Open Access Publishing, Creative Commons Licensing, Open Educational Resources, Author Rights

Recent Courses Completed

• The Fundamentals of OCAP (2021)
• Library Freedom Project Cohort 3 (2020)
• Creative Commons Certificate for Academic Librarians (2018)

Degrees

• Master of Information Studies, November 2009 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
• Bachelor of Education, Junior/Intermediate/Senior History, June 2006, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON
• Bachelor of Arts, Honours History and Communications, June 2004, Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON

Forthcoming

Amani, Bita, and Mark Swartz. “Cultivating Copyright Custodians for the Digital Age: Law, Libraries, & the Public Interest in Lending.” Paper presented at the “Copyright User Rights and Access to Justice Symposium, Windsor, Ontario, May 18, 2017”, the University of Windsor, and the “Intellectual Property Scholars Conference 2021” at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, New York City, the “ABC Copyright Conference 2022” at Western University, Ontario, Canada, the “User Rights Network Symposium: Protecting Copyright User Rights from Contractual Override 2023” and the “ABC Copyright Conference 2023”.  To be published in 2027 as a book chapter in The Legacy of CCH Canadian v. LSUC and the Future of Copyright Law.

Swartz, Mark and Graeme Slaght. “Code of Best Practice for Fair Use in Software Preservation”. (Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Association of Research Libraries). Under review. To be published in 2027 as one of the CARL Codes of Best Practices. 

Articles 

Selman, Brianne, Mark Swartz, and Lucie Guibault. 2025. “Legislating Open Access: Making the Case for a Secondary Publishing Right in Canada.” Journal of Copyright in Education & Librarianship 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v8i1.23101 

Shannon, Meagan, and Mark Swartz. 2025. “The Fair Dealing Exception Explained: A 20 Year Retrospective.” Journal of Copyright in Education & Librarianship 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v9i1.23096 

Colbert-Lewis, D., Maminta, L., McElroy, K., Slaght, G., & Swartz, M. (2024). The Citation Economy as a Site of Extraction for Surveillance Publishing. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 10, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v10.43293 

Swartz, Mark. 2024. “Book Review: Myra Tawfik, For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law.” Historical Studies in Education / Revue d’histoire de l’éducation, June. https://doi.org/10.32316/hse-rhe.2024.5283 

Swartz, Mark, and Kelly McElroy. 2023. “The ‘Academicon’: AI and Surveillance in Higher Education.” Surveillance & Society 21 (3): 276–81. https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v21i3.16105 

Swartz, Mark D. “Brief Reviews of Books and Products: Copyright’s Broken Promise: How to Restore the Law’s Ability to Promote the Progress of Science.” Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 11, no. 1 (August 3, 2023). https://doi.org/10.31274/jlsc.16059

Norris, Meghan E., Mark Swartz, and Valerie A. Kuhlmeier. “The Importance of Copyright and Shared Norms for Credit in Open Educational Resources.” Frontiers in Education 7 (2023). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.1069388

Castell, Christina De, Joshua Dickison, Trish Mau, Mark Swartz, Robert Tiessen, Amanda Wakaruk, and Christina Winter. “Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books in Canada.” Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research 17, no. 2 (December 21, 2022): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.21083/partnership.v17i2.7100 

Christina Winter et al., “Canadian Collaborations: Library Communications and Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19,” Journal of Copyright in Education & Librarianship 5, no. 1 (August 27, 2021). https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v5i1.14920 

Mark Swartz and Graeme Slaght, “Strengthening Canadian User Rights through Shared Understanding: Adapting the Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use for Canada” (Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Association of Research Libraries, February 22, 2021). https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Strengthening_Canadian_-User_Rights_Through_Shared_Understanding_Adapting_Codes_of_Best_Practices_Fair_Use_Canada.pdf 

Mark Swartz, “Access Copyright v. York and the Copyright Review: Recommended Resources,” Inside OCULA, October 1, 2017. http://open-shelf.ca/171101-ocula-york-decision-recommended-resources/ 

Mark Swartz, “Digital Copyright Law,” Intellectual Property Journal; Scarborough 29, no. 3 (August 2017): 509–15. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1934889131/abstract/CEF97622264432APQ/1 

Jenny Jing et al., “Making User Rights Clear: Adding e-Resource License Information in Library Systems,” The Code4Lib Journal, no. 29 (July 15, 2015). http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/10724 

Mark Swartz, “Shifting Tides: How the Re-Emergence of DRM Impacts Libraries,” Feliciter 59, no. 1 (February 2013): 3,5. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1286683860/citation/F1842383D54B4182PQ/1 

Chabriol Colebatch et al., “Digital Locks and Canadian Research Library Collections: Implications for Scholarship, Accessibility, and Preservation (Feliciter Summary),” Feliciter 59, no. 1 (February 2013): 12–14. https://search.proquest.com/docview/1286683876?pq-origsite=summon 

Chabriol Colebatch et al., “Digital Locks and Canadian Research Library Collections: Implications for Scholarship, Accessibility, and Preservation (CARL Document)” (Canadian Association of Research Libraries, January 4, 2012). http://www.carl-abrc.ca/doc/2012-10-04%20CARL%20Digital%20Locks%20Report.pdf

Book Chapters

Swartz, Mark, Meaghan Shannon, and Meghan Goodchild. 2024. “Beyond the Paywall: Advocacy, Infrastructure, and the Future of Open Access in Canada.” In Leading the Way: Envisioning the Future of Higher Education., 226–42. Kingston, Ontario: Queen’s University. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/futureofhighereducation/chapter/beyond-the-paywall-advocacy-infrastructure-and-the-future-of-open-access-in-canada/ 

Swartz, Mark and Lise Brin, “The Public Domain and Libraries: History, Contexts, Threats, and Opportunities,” in Navigating Copyright for Libraries: Purpose and Scope, ed. Jessica Coates, Victoria Owen, and Susan Reilly, IFLA Publications 181 (De Gruyter Saur, 2022), https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110732009/html 

Swartz, Mark, and Rosarie Coughlan. “An Overview of the Open Access Movement in Canada.” In Open Praxis, Open Access: Digital Scholarship in Action, edited by Darren Chase and Dana Haugh, 19–40. Chicago, Illinois: ALA Editions, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/27927 

Swartz, Mark, Ann Ludbrook, Stephen Spong, and Graeme Slaght. “From Fair Dealing to Fair Use: How Universities Have Adapted to the Changing Copyright Landscape in Canada.” In Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World. Chicago, Illinois: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2019. https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/26710 

Editorials and Blog Posts

Swartz, Mark. 2026. “What’s an Author to Do? Shadow Libraries in the Age of AI.” Slaw, May 8. https://www.slaw.ca/2026/05/08/whats-an-author-to-do-shadow-libraries-in-the-age-of-ai/. 

Edwards, B., Campbell, G. and Swartz, M. 2025. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Fandom in the Norman V. Lamb Gothic Fantasy Collection – Internet Archive Canada. July 15. https://internetarchivecanada.org/2025/07/15/science-fiction-fantasy-and-fandom-in-the-norman-v-lamb-gothic-fantasy-collection/.

Selman, Brianne, and Mark Swartz. “Secondary Publishing Rights Can Improve Public Access to Academic Research.” The Conversation, July 25, 2023. http://theconversation.com/secondary-publishing-rights-can-improve-public-access-to-academic-research-209761 

Swartz, Mark. “Harm Is Caused by Extension to Copyright Term in Canada | The Star.” Toronto Star, January 15, 2023, sec. Opinion. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2023/01/15/interminable-pause-government-must-address-harm-caused-by-extension-to-copyright-term.html 

Swartz, Mark. “Feds Owe It to Canadian Public to Address the Harm Caused by Copyright Term Extension.” The Hill Times, January 19, 2023, sec. Opinion. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/01/19/an-interminable-pause-feds-owe-it-to-canadian-public-to-address-the-harm-caused-by-copyright-term-extension/361391/

Open Educational Resources

“Copyright Open Educational Resource for University Instructors and Staff,” Canadian Association of Research Libraries. https://www.carl-abrc.ca/influencing-policy/copyright/opencopyrightcourse/ 

Podcast Interviews

Greenspan, Michael. “IP for Busy Queen’s Faculty - Conversation with Meaghan Shannon and Mark Swartz.” Campus Conversations: A QUFA Podcast. Dec 2023. https://open.spotify.com/episode/59FpxVv2Bo2byu3ZJLXsKW

Geist, Michael. “Mark Swartz on the Harm Caused by Canada’s Copyright Term Extension.” Law Bytes. Feb 6 2023. https://www.michaelgeist.ca/podcast/episode-155-mark-swartz-on-the-harm-caused-by-canadas-copyright-term-extension/ 

Posters

Mark Swartz, Ann Ludbrook, and Heather Martin, “Blurred Lines: How Electronic Reserves Services Are Breaking Down the Barriers Between Content and the Classroom,” 2014. https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/22966

Other

Canadian Association of Research Libraries. “Equitable, Affordable Access to Digital Course Materials for University Students: Issues and Solutions,” November 12, 2020. https://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/equitable-affordable-access-to-digital-course-materials-for-university-students-issues-and-solutions/ 

Canadian Association of Research Libraries. “CARL Statement on Optimal Equitable Access to Post-Secondary Learning Resources During COVID-19,” March 26, 2020. https://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/statement-on-optimal-equitable-access-to-learning-resources/