The library coordinated a series of workshops about copyright and creative commons licensing.

1. Copyright workshop
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License.
by Manisha Khetarpal
June 13, 2016

2. Flow of Information
• Learning agenda
• Presenter
• Logistics
• Feedback
• Keep on learning

3. Learning agenda
• 10:30am-11:30am : Session 1: An introduction to copyright
and use issues related to teaching and learning; e.g.
University of Alberta's Copying Guidelines (and Fair Dealing
Guidelines used at other Canadian universities),
distribution of course materials, and use of OERs in
classroom.
• 11:30-12: Lunch
• 12:00-1:00pm : Session 2: A focus on faculty needs related
to the creation of OERs, CC licenses, publishing and
research followed by a Question and Answer session.
Location: Maskwacis Cultural College Library, Lunch and Certificate of participation was provided
to all participants. Everyone was welcomed. No fee was charged for this presentation.

4. Presenter
Presenter: Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright Librarian, Copyright Office, Learning
Services, University of Alberta
Presenter Profile: Amanda Wakaruk was appointed Copyright Librarian at the
University of Alberta (University of Alberta) in August 2015. She completed
her Master's in Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta in
1999 and worked in public, special, and academic libraries in Edmonton,
Virginia, and Toronto before returning to Alberta after the completion of her
master's in Environmental Studies in 2009. Amanda's career as a Government
Information Librarian included serving on numerous association committees
and she was the founding chair of the award-winning Canadian Government
Information Digital Preservation Network. Amanda has also held shorter-term
positions as a Data Librarian and Digital Repository Services Librarian and was
a repeat instructor at the Winter Institute in Statistical Literacy for Librarians
(WISLL). Research interests related to the precarity of born digital
government information and its copyright-related stewardship complications
inspire her current work. More information about Amanda can be found
at: https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/wakaruk/

5. Presenter

6. Logistics
• Handouts distributed: 1. Copyright for the classroom, 2. Copyright
for academic authors, 3. Know your copyrights 4. Creative commons
licensing and licenses
• Number of participants: 18 (6 from faculty, 2 instructors, 3
librarians, 3 students, and 4 community members)
• Was a needs assessment done for the workshop?: A needs
assessment was done via Google forms. Potential learners were
requested to prioritize their learning needs: Distribution of printed
course readings, distribution of electronic course readings, using
creative commons licensing for open educational resources, using
copyrighted materials in research publications, negotiating
contributor rights with publishers, and interpreting fair dealing
guidelines.
• Literature search: A literature search was conducted using online
databases prior to the workshop to identify trends in copyright and
fair dealing practices.

7. Creative Commons Licenses

8. Learning conversation

9. Learners

10. Feedback from participant's
• New things like Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP) living history website, PBS has resources, we should
have a copyrights policy. Be careful publishing, use larger slides for hand-outs.
• I learned in this session that authors of works for publication need to ensure from their publishers that they have the right to
use their own work for lectures or teaching materials.
• The information about creative commons licenses was new and something I will be looking for in my own research. The
importance of looking into the Creative Commons (CC) licensing for resources.
• I learned about different types of CC licenses such as public domain (0, share alike, no derivatives, and that one can go on
the CC website and get the script to add to the document).
• I learned how to put a CC license on your work, without any cost, in particular for Cree instructional resources or creative
works. That you have reason and questions about your terms and conditions.
• Learned that there is a free access to license logo.
• One thing I learned in this session, is that there are “actual” court cases on “copyright” and to be in class as course material.
Uncertain on MCC policy on copyrighting, but may have been nice to present current MCC policy. What I did understand is
that these copyrights should be respected. Plagiarizing other people’s work is not good. Copyright is your right to protect
your ideas and points to inherited rights and teaching things that are learned process to students.
• Do I as a student have the right to use information from the internet to demonstrate in class and then use it in the future in
another class? I understand that copy right is confusing and to understand more in my right to use the format appropriately.
• Information for dealings for the classroom. Good discussion on use of Indigenous community content and traditional
knowledge. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and World Intellectual Property Rights
(WIPO)
• Before I didn’t know about copyright, didn’t know anything. But now I do thank you. I’ve learned how to use it, and what to
do if someone has ever copyrighted my work. The links provided more information. Learned about copyrights (worry and
don’t worry) re: permission. Into on website open picture. Educational and non-educational, I learned a lot.
• Cannot display material that is commercially available, such as CD ROMs. 2012 court ruling included technical neutrality.
• I learned that public good and public domain are not the same thing and I also learned teacher created materials in the
classroom are also concerned and connected with copyright regulations.
• It’s important to have agreement understanding between the college and instructors about what’s copyright and the
copyright understanding with instructors regarding the course content they create.
• More universities are hiring copyright staff rather than paying money to ACCESS to do their copyright tasks.
• Make sure the images are open.
• Link to resources is safe. Read the terms and conditions of use licensing agreements. Ask for permissions.
• Linking to resources is a good practice for librarians
• I learned that not all the information on the internet is for public use.

11. Feedback from presenter
"I was impressed with the participants' level of
engagement and really appreciated their
insightful questions. Copyright can sometimes
be seen as a "dry" topic and their enthusiasm
helped make for more meaningful and useful
sessions. Also, I feel that your awareness of the
issues and commitment to local arrangements
and scheduling helped make this day a success.“
Amanda Wakaruk

12. Keep on learning
• Creative Commons, http://creativecommons.org
• Alberta Open Education, http://albertaoer.com
• OER starter kit,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/162y7HdY
4Lsu0nKzUimeaCMY2M-
zBC41cR6CgjV_biGo/edit?pref=2&pli=1
• World Intellectual Property Organization,
http://www.wipo.int/copyright/en/
• OER Blog, http://oeruse.blogspot.ca/

13. Coordinators observation
• Participants were instructors, school teachers,
students, administrators, librarians, and
community members and each segment learned
something about copyright that is relevant to
them. Participants asked many questions and the
discussion that followed showed that the
audience was engaged in this learning
opportunity.
• Need a copy of the handouts? Call Maskwacis
Cultural College Library at 780 585 3925.