This is an assignment for my MLIS module on Information and Reference Services. We were given a question relating to finding Jonathan Swift pictures. My answer followed the set guidelines.

1. Ref Q 4. “Where can I find pictures of Jonathan Swift without infringing copyright?”
a) Analysis: This question requires two results: (i) clarification of Irish copyright law for a teacher
who wants to print or photocopy an image for dissemination to a class of learners, and (ii) a source
for a picture (or pictures) of Jonathan Swift (in this case, both a print source and a digital source).
b) Search Strategy: I searched the UCD catalogue for ‘Irish copyright law’ and found Copyright
and Related Acts 2000, by Kelly and Murphy. I also found the digital version by going from
www.gov.ie to www.irishstatutebook.ie and searching for ‘copyright’ (see appendix). I searched the
UCD catalogue using the terms ‘illustrated’ and ‘Swift’. The best result was Swift: An Illustrated
Life, by Bruce Arnold. This book contained high quality images of Swift. To find digital images, I
started on www.gov.ie, went to www.ahg.gov.ie (the Department of Arts, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht) and then www.nationalgallery.ie. From there, I went to www.europeana.eu (a European
cultural aggregator) and found a sizeable selection of Jonathan Swift images, most with free access.
c) Answer: Most works whose artists are dead more than 70 years are out of copyright (see (iia) in
appendix). However images which are out of copyright, (e.g many on www.europeana.eu) are free
to use (but require an acknowledgement). As an educator, you can photocopy material from books
for educational purposes (see (iib) in appendix) with acknowledgement. You can make one copy
per student and two per teacher (see (iib) in appendix), if you are copying less than 5% of the book.
Pictures: Bruce Arnold’s book, Swift: An Illustrated Life, contains images the teacher could copy.
The teacher could also use www.europeana.eu; this site would giver the students more choice, and
they could each select an image of their choice and print it themselves for their projects.
d) Appendix: (i) Scans of Copyright and Related Acts 2000, Kelly and Murphy; (ii) screen capture
s of www.irishstatutebook.ie results (also (iia) from Chapter 3, and (iib) from SI 514/2002); (iii)
images from Arnold’s Swift: An Illustrated Life; (iv) screen capture of www.europeana.eu.
f) Verification: I verified the information on www.irishstatutebook.ie with the contents of
Copyright and Related Acts 2000, by Kelly and Murphy, which also clarified some sections. I
backed up my print images (in Bruce Arnold’s book) with those on www.europeana.eu. The
Europeana website also provided verification for the image licensing I found in the Statutes.
g) Best source: The best source for the copyright information was www.irishstatutebook.ie; the
best source for Swift pictures was www.europeana.eu.
h) Justification of (g): While Murphy and Kelly’s book provided explanatory commentary, the
Irish Statutes website listed all of the amendments to the 2000 statute; furthermore, the site was
searchable, and individual pages were also searchable (with Ctrl+F) so pertinent information was
easy to find and easy to understand. I chose www.europeana.eu as the best image source because of
the sheer number of Swift images available, the clear copyright information with each, and the fact
that my client’s students could access it themselves and print off their chosen images for their
projects. It is easy to navigate and allows for narrowing of search fields (e.g. permissions, etc.).
i) Interesting: I had never come across Europeana before, and I was surprised that such a large
aggregation of cultural material was not better known. I found the Irish Statute site excellent. To
have a chronological and easily searchable resource was another surprise. I found it disheartening
that this information was not readily available in many forms. It is in the government’s interest to
have this act and statute followed: therefore, the laws should be disseminated in easily
understandable language. It might be interesting to have a government or library-backed initiative to
provide school children with digestible and interesting information about copyright and licensing.
j) Comments to client: Apart from giving clear copyright information to the client, I would suggest
he/she might like to include a lesson on copyright to his/her students before they access or copy the
pictures. I would also recommend that the teacher encourage the students to search for the pictures
of Swift themselves on the Europeana website, and show them how to narrow their search fields. I
would suggest the teacher use Arnold’s book to fill in some biographical information for the
children’s projects. One assumption I am making is that the class has access to the Internet.

2. e) Citations:
Arnold, B. (2012). Swift: An Illustrated Life. Dublin: The Lilliput Press.
Europeana. Retrieved 8th November, 2012, from http://www.europeana.eu/portal/.
Government of Ireland. Certification of Licensing Scheme For Reprographic Copying by
Educational Establishments (Statutory Instrument Number 514/2002 to the Copyright and
Related Rights Order). (2002). Retrieved 8th November, 2012 from
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/0514.html.
Government of Ireland. Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000. (2000). Retrieved 8th November,
2012 from http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/index.html.
Kelly, C., & Murphy, A. (2002). Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (2 ed.). Dublin: Round
Hall Ltd.
Reproducing Images. National Gallery of Ireland. Retrieved 8th November, 2012, from
http://www.nationalgallery.ie/aboutus/Images_and_Licensing/Reproducing_Images.aspx.

3. (i) Scans from Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (Kelly and Murphy, 2002).

6. (ii) Results from ‘Copyright’ search on
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ResultsTitle.html?q=copyright&search_type=all&button=Search.
(iia) Chapter 3 – Duration of copyright
(http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/sec0024.html#partii-chapiii)

7. (iib) Statutory Instrument 514/2002 – Copyright and Related Rights (Certification of Licensing
Scheme For Reprographic Copying by Educational Establishments) -
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/0514.html.

8. (iii) Images from Bruce Arnold’s Swift: An Illustrated Life.
Jonathan Swift, by Vertue after Jervas (frontispiece).
Jonathan Swift, by Fourdrinier after Jervas (in National Library of Ireland).

9. (iv) Screen capture of www.europeana.eu.