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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 Queen's faculty, students, researchers, and staff in matters pertaining to copyright, access to knowledge and content, learning, teaching, conducting and disseminating research, and administrative operations.
This page details the guides, services, and resources that are available to assist Queen's faculty 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 (coming soon)
Copyright Information for Researchers (coming soon)
Copyright Information for Staff (coming soon)
Services for Faculty
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 sends takedown notices to course content sharing sites on behalf of faculty who have found their work and course materials available online through such sites.
This service is available in person or online to faculty who would like assistance with course sites, course materials, research projects, license agreements, and other copyright-related needs.
This service is available to faculty who would like to integrate copyright-related presentations and lectures into their in person or online courses.
Workshops for faculty, students, researchers, and staff on a variety of copyright-related topics are offered throughout the academic year.
Resources for Faculty
For more resources, please see the Resources for Faculty page within our Copyright Information for Faculty guide.
Queen's University's Copyright Compliance and Administration Policy
This resource provides faculty with an overview of copyright considerations for various types, sources, and uses of content.
This resource provides an overview of what copyright is and how it works.
This resource provides an overview of fair dealing and the steps for conducting fair dealing assessments.
This resource provides faculty with detailed information about the use of copyright-protected content in the classroom.
This resource provides faculty with detailed information about the use of copyright-protected content in course sites, online classes, and recorded lectures.
This resource provides faculty with information about their rights as authors of course materials.
This resource provides faculty with information to produce media, such as modules, videos, and audio recordings.
This resource provides an overview of online sources of images and the extent to which images from these 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 an overview of special considerations for the use of Indigenous works of cultural heritage, traditional knowledge, and traditional cultural expression.
This resource provides answers to a variety of frequently asked copyright-related questions.