Slides from second workshop of University of Kent copyright literacy strategy project. The group considered outputs from the previous workshop (see https://www.slideshare.net/ChrisMorrison5/copyright-literacy-strategy-workshop-23-may-2019) discussed amendments to teh copyright policy and commented on an outline of a strategy document

1. The UK’s European university
Copyright Literacy Strategy:
Workshop 2
Chris Morrison, Copyright, Licensing & Policy
Manager – 31 July 2019

2. Workshop agenda
Time Item Who
10-10:10am Introductions All
10:10-10:30am Recap on previous meeting CM
10:30-11:00am Discussion of copyright literacy
strategy
All
11:00-11:10am Coffee/tea break All
11:10-11:30am Review of the University of Kent
Copyright Policy
CM
11:30-11:45am Return to University of Kent copyright
literacy strategy
All
11:45am-
12:00pm
Next steps:
• Refreshing copyright guidance
• Other actions
CM

3. Project Deliverables and/or Desired Outcomes
• Map copyright related activities across the
institution
• Review and update copyright policy
• Review and update copyright guidance
• Review and update copyright education
programme
• Create training/educational materials
• Create institutional copyright literacy strategy

5. “acquiring and demonstrating the
appropriate knowledge, skills and
behaviours to enable the ethical
creation and use of copyright
material.”
Definition of Copyright Literacy
Secker and Morrison, 2016, p.211

6. Recap on previous meeting
• Identified a range of areas where copyright
literacy was relevant
• Agreed some principles when updating the
copyright policy
• Agreed the value in having a strategic
approach to copyright literacy

7. Activities affected by copyright
• Digitisation of archival material (rights
clearance)
• Use of materials in teaching
• Use of social media and online platforms
• Quotation, remix and reuse
• Lecture recording and public performance
• Taking/sourcing photographs and consent of
subjects
• Creation of educational resources and research
outputs (text, tools, datasets, software etc.)
• Ensuring accessibility

8. Observed / Desired Behaviours
• Infringing self-scans – we want to encourage
people to use the CLA scanning service
• Use of material with no attribution – we want to
raise awarenes.
• Not using already provided material – promote
use of collections
• Self-censorship – increase confidence
• Accessibility issues – move to accessibility by
design
• Lack of online exhibitions – apply rights
clearance best practice

9. Creating a strategy
Vision Values
Two-year vision? Valuing a responsible yet critical
approach?
To be a copyright literate
institution?
Acting lawfully but acknowledging
the need to challenge
assumptions?
To take full advantage of the
provisions in UK copyright law?
Balancing copyright compliance
with freedom of speech and
academic freedom?
Avoid copyright being a barrier,
particularly around
misunderstandings?
Fostering a culture of…
• Openness?
• Risk management?
• Community?

10. Coffee/tea break
Photo by Cyril Saulnier on Unsplash

11. Into the final straight
Next steps
Return to
the
copyright
literacy
strategy
Reviewing
the
copyright
policy

12. Copyright Policy
The group reviewed updates to the Kent copyright
policy – see https://www.kent.ac.uk/is/copyright/
for information on copyright.

13. Strategic ambitions and actions
• Policy and strategy
• Review policy every 2 years?
• How do we track progress? Metrics? Working Group?
• Relationship with other policies (e.g. IP policy)
• Education and guidance
• Training sessions
• Up to date web pages
• Guidance / tools for web authors / PhDs / others?
• Link with academic practice
• Community engagement
• Community of practice?
• Academic input?
• Research
• Further research into awareness and practice?

14. Next steps
• Refreshing copyright guidance
• Other actions?

15. Further reading
copyrightliteracy.org
Hatch, Philippa and Morrison, Chris and Secker, Jane (2017) A study of copyright
specialists in UK educational and cultural institutions: Who are they and what do they
do? https://kar.kent.ac.uk/70443/
Morrison, C (2018) Copyright and digital literacy: rules, risk and creativity. In: Reedy,
K. and Parker, J. (Eds.), Digital Literacy Unpacked. (pp. 97-108). London: Facet
Publishing. ISBN 178330197X https://kar.kent.ac.uk/70446/
Morrison, C (2018) Illustration for Instruction and the UK Higher Education Sector:
Perceptions of risk and sources of authority. Unpublished masters dissertation at
King’s College London. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/73310/
Morrison, C and Secker J. (2015) Copyright Literacy in the UK: a survey of librarians
and other cultural heritage sector professionals. Library and Information Research. 39
(121)
http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/article/view/675
Secker, J and Morrison C. (2016) Copyright and E-learning: a guide for practitioners.
Facet Publishing: London.

16. Credits
All original work in this presentation is available for reuse under a Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 licence. All other content is used either under licence or fair
dealing exceptions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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