ABC Copyright Conference

Talk 1: Crown Copyright Code of Best Practices for Libraries (Amanda Wakaruk and Jennifer Zerkee)
Reproducing and sharing government publications shouldn’t cause legal chill, but we know that it does. What are your library’s legal rights and how should you navigate Crown copyright controls when embarking on digitization and web archiving projects? This session introduces a code of best practices focused on these types of stewardship activities.

Talk 2: Planning Ahead: How to Enact a Multi-Year Strategic Plan for Copyright Services from the Academic Library  (Shelby Thaysen) 
Join Shelby Thaysen as she shares practical insights on crafting a multi-year strategic plan for copyright services at a college library. Emphasizing alignment with institutional goals and a keen focus on meeting our users' evolving needs, this plan serves as a roadmap for navigating the complexities of copyright with a forward-thinking approach. This session will cover the process taken to develop the plan, a breakdown of the key components of the plan, and lessons learned along the way.

Talk 3: Nailing Jell-O to a Wall: Copyright Education at Nova Scotia Health (Roxanne MacMillan and Lana MacEachern)
In 2022, Nova Scotia Health Library Services hired a permanent Librarian Educator to develop an institution-wide copyright education program. In collaboration with a Library Technician, they conducted an environmental scan of the organization’s copyright practices and policies and identified gaps and inconsistencies. Based on their findings, they created tools and a focused training program to educate Nova Scotia Health staff on copyright best-practices.

Talk 4: Online Copyright Education Resources at Canadian Universities (Cecilia Molto)  
Access to online copyright education resources is a growing concern as more research is carried out partially or totally online. With large digital collections and the continued trend of online courses librarians at academic universities must meet their patron’s copyright education needs online.

This presentation will present data that was collected from academic library websites in December 2023. This data collection aimed to find what copyright educational resources were accessible through academic library websites at top ranking Canadian universities. Data collected included, data on the visibility of each university’s copyright dedicated webpages, data relating to the creating party of the educational resources, searches for key copyright terminology, and digital collection hit results with relevant subject headings.

The findings of the data analysis included tendencies for universities to create their own copyright education resources while also providing links to government resources and the resources of other academic libraries. Certain key terms such as copyright were explored in greater depth while terms such as moral rights were hardly covered at all.

Finally, I will propose further research on the topic that would allow for a better understanding of the state of copyright education at Canadian universities.