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Introduction
Located in Stauffer Library and working closely with Queen's University Legal Counsel, the Copyright Advisory office is dedicated to educating, supporting, and engaging with Queen's faculty, students, researchers, and staff in matters pertaining to copyright, access to knowledge and content, learning, teaching, and conducting and disseminating research, and administrative operations.
This page details the guides, services, and resources that are available to assist Queen's students with their copyright-related needs.
Copyright Information
The following guides contain information specifically for members of the Queen's University community.
Copyright Information for Students
Copyright Information for Researchers
Copyright Information for Faculty
Copyright Information for Staff
Services for Students
This service enables faculty and students to have one single access point for all course materials and to support copyright compliance.
This service seeks, obtains, and arranges for the use of copyright-protected content that is beyond the scope of fair dealing, requires authorization from a copyright owner, and requires the payment of licensing fees.
This service is available in person or online to students at Queen's University who would like assistance with course materials, research projects, license agreements, and other copyright-related needs.
Workshops for faculty, students, researchers, and staff on a variety of copyright-related topics are offered throughout the academic year.
Resources for Students
Queen's University's Copyright Compliance and Administration Policy
This resource provides an overview of fair dealing and the steps for conducting fair dealing assessments.
This resource provides students with an overview of copyright considerations for various types, sources, and uses of content.
This resource provides students with an overview of copyright considerations related to lectures and the course materials.
This resource provides students with information about their rights as authors of assignments and considerations for publishing their work.
This resource provides detailed information about copyright in relation to the preparation, deposit, and publication of theses and dissertations.
This resource provides an overview of online sources of images and the extent to which images from these online sources can be used.
This resource provides an overview of copyright considerations and best practices for the use of AI tools and AI-generated content.
This resource provides members of the Queen's University community with information about rights to perform music and film to the public during events held on campus.
This resource provides answers to a variety of frequently asked copyright-related questions.