Academic integrity orientation for international students at Central College, Pella, IA, USA.

1. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
At Central College
Kyle Winward
Assistant Professor of Library Science

2. Introduction
• Whom am I, and what do I do?
• Are there any questions before I begin? I will try my best
to answer during or after my presentation.

3. What is Academic Integrity?
Central College’s Academic Integrity Policy
• “… creating an atmosphere of intellectual safety where
individuals know their work is secure from being copied by
others or abused in any way…”
• “…An academic community with a high degree of integrity
is essential if Central College is to succeed in its mission
and sustain an academic center whose scholarship and
graduates are valued…”

4. Why do I need to cite?
• Ideas – what are yours, what are others?
• “Showing individual acquisition“ (of ideas)
• If in doubt, cite!

5. What to avoid
• “Failing to provide proper and complete identification of
sources for material incorporated into your own work
whether text or graphics.
• Not including proper within text citations and/or proper footnotes or
endnotes.
• Not including a full citation on the reference page for each and all
sources used in producing your work.”

6. Copyright agreements
• United States Copyright Law [GeislerGuides]
• International agreements
• Tunisia · Berne (Paris) Dec. 5, 1887; UCC Geneva June 19, 1969;
UCC Paris June 10, 1975; WTO Mar. 29, 1995
• United Kingdom · …WTO Jan. 1, 1995; WCT Mar. 14, 2010; WPPT
Mar. 14, 2010

7. Use technology responsibly
 Using technology in ways that violate copyrights.
o Downloading copyrighted material from the Internet to avoid
purchasing of the same material, i.e., music songs or video material.
o Cutting and pasting material from the Internet into your own work
without proper acknowledgement of the source(s).

8. We are here to help!
• Library
• Reference Librarians
• Reference Desk Hours - contacts, chat, etc.
• GeislerGuides – Copyright and Academic Integrity, Citation styles
• Facebook!
• Tutoring and Writing Center
• Hours
• Contacts
o Tutor Coordinator: Cyndi Boertje
o Writing Center Director: Dan Lawson
• Schedule appointment online
• Professors and Academic Support Staff

9. Don’t forget your “Hacker Manual”!
• Also available at the Library Reference Desk

10. Important things to remember
• Ethics are a lifelong pursuit/process. You will be
responsible for writings as professional, e.g., business
reports, medical studies, scholarly journal articles, etc.
• Any published or unpublished work is considered to be
protected by copyright. The work doesn’t have to be
registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
• A freely available resource still needs to be cited, and in
some cases, you may need to seek author and/or
copyright holder permission.

11. Thank You!