Keynote given at the CILIP Cymru Wales Conference 2017 held in Llandudno from 11-12th May.

1. @UKCopyrightLit https://copyrightliteracy.org CIILP Wales Conference 2017
Dr Jane Secker
Senior Lecturer in Educational Development
City, University of London
@jsecker
COPYRIGHT,
EDUCATION AND
LIBRARIANS:
UNDERSTANDING PRIVILEGES AND RIGHTS

2. • Copyright underpins
many library services
• Inter-library loan
• Copying for users
• Copyright impacts on
digitisation
preservation and
access to our
collections
WHY DOES
COPYRIGHT MATTER?

3. • Librarians have
special privileges
under the law
• Section 40-44A of the
CDPA in the UK
• Similar exceptions
around the world
• Librarians negotiate
and sign licences
• Librarians are
important copyright
educators
WHY DOES
COPYRIGHT MATTER?

4. IT’S WHERE ACCESS TO
INFORMATION MEETS THE LAW

5. SO WHY NOW?

6. SO WHAT IS THE ISSUE?
TECHNOLOGY
AND THE
INTERNET

7. PIRACY,
INFRINGEMENT &
DIGITAL COPYING

8. WHERE DOES THAT
LEAVE LIBRARIANS?

10. HOW DOES COPYRIGHT MAKE
YOU FEEL?
Online voting
https://www.menti.com/2fa11d
View results

11. PANIC AND FEAR

12. BUT WHAT IS RESULT OF FEAR?

13. RISK AVERSION

14. RESPECT TO THE COPYRIGHT
GEEK
https://copyrightliteracy.org
Chris Morrison
University of Kent

15. THE UK COPYRIGHT LITERACY
SURVEY
Survey was undertaken in 14
countries (Europe and world)
UK survey undertaken in
December 2014
Responses from over 600
professionals

16. OUR SURVEY SAID….
UK compared
favourably to other
countries in terms of
copyright literacy
57% of UK librarians
moderately or
extremely confident
about copyright
matters
76% thought having
a copyright policy is
important and 63%
have one
64% of institutions
had a copyright
officer (higher in HE)
Copyright was a
source of anxiety
and professional
development
needed

17. UNDERSTANDING COPYRIGHT
EXPERIENCES
Gathering
additional
qualitative data
Three group
interviews with
academic librarians
Exploring variations
in the way
copyright is
experienced
Implications for
copyright education
and institutional
strategies

18. PHENOMENOGRAPHY
• A qualitative research method from education
used increasingly in information literacy
research
• Based on Marton’s Variation theory as a way of
underpinning learning
• Asks open questions designed to ask what
people do not why
• Presents categories of description in an
outcome space
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19. COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE
Category 4:
Copyright is an
opportunity for
negotiation,
collaboration
and co-
construction of
understanding
Category 1:
Copyright is a problem
Category 2:
Copyright is complicated
and shifting
Category 3:
Copyright is a known
entity requiring
coherent messages

20. CATEGORY 1 & 2
Category 1: Copyright is seen as a
problem and avoided
Category 2: Copyright is seen as
complicated and passed on to
specialists

21. CATEGORY 3 & 4
Category 3: Copyright is seen as a
knowable entity requiring coherent
messages
Category 4: Copyright is an opportunity
for negotiation, collaboration and co-
construction of understanding

22. COPYRIGHT AS AN EXPERIENCE
Category 4:
Copyright is an
opportunity for
negotiation,
collaboration
and co-
construction of
understanding
Category 1:
Copyright is a problem
Category 2:
Copyright is complicated
and shifting
Category 3:
Copyright is a known
entity requiring
coherent messages

23. DIMENSIONS OF VARIATION
• The individual’s level of knowledge
• Status / grade of librarian
• Beliefs about the higher purpose of
libraries / librarians
• Their ideology towards the value and
purpose of copyright
• The audience
• The context of the interaction

24. SO WHAT CAN WE DO?

25. WHAT DO LIBRARIANS NEED?
More
knowledge?
More skills?

26. RETHINKING COPYRIGHT
EDUCATION FOR LIBRARIANS
Bridging the gap
between a one
day course and a
PG Diploma in
copyright law
Focusing on what
librarians need to know
about copyright
Focusing on their
role as copyright
educators

27. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

28. Copyright the Card game
downloaded over 2,500
times, international versions
in development
PLAYING WITH COPYRIGHT
https://copyrightliteracy.org/abo
ut-2/copyright-the-card-game/
The Publishing TrapUS version of copyright card game
Copyright the Card Game NAG 2016

29. THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY
August 2017 – IFLA Models for
Copyright Education in
Information Literacy Programs

30. IN CONCLUSION
Copyright is
important to
librarians because
of technology and
the internet
Our research
shows that it
creates fear and
fear leads to risk
aversion
Copyright literacy
is not more
knowledge about
copyright, it’s a
new attitude and
approach and
about how you
teach others
We have
resources to help
and want to create
more support to
empower
librarians

31. FURTHER READING
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
Morrison, C and Secker, J (2016) Exceptions for libraries. Copyrightuser.org.
Available online.
Morrison, C and Secker, J. (2016) A Guide to Copyright. Association of University
Administrators.
Rios-Amaya, Juliana, Secker, Jane and Morrison, Chris (2016) Lecture recording in
higher education: risky business or evolving open practice. LSE / University of
Kent, London, UK. http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68275/
Secker, J and Morrison, C. (2016) Copyright and E-learning: a guide for
practitioners. Facet publishing: London. Chapter 6: Copyright education and
training available online.
Todorova, T., Trencheva, T., Kurbanoğlu, S., Dogan G., & Horvat, A. (2014) A
Multinational Study on Copyright Literacy Competencies of LIS Professionals.
Presentation given at 2nd European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) held
in Dubrovnik. October 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015 from
http://ecil2014.ilconf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Todorova.pdf
https://copyrightliteracy.org @UKCopyrightLit

32. IMAGE CREDITS
Slide 1: Copyright Sewer by Alan Levine on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/bmnwzW CC-BY
Slide 2, 3 & 23: Helga by Jane Secker CC-BY-SA
Slide 4: ‘Path path path’ by Hockadilly of Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/9KCGGb Used with permission
Slide 5: Hadrian’s library at Ephesus by Monceau https://flic.kr/p/qM3MTN CC-BY-SA
Slide 6: A Vernacular of File Formats, Rosa Menkman at Born Digital, Moti, Breda
https://flic.kr/p/q8uAtD CC-BY
Slide 7: Photo from Unsplash.com CC-0
Slide 8: : If you are not confused by Brian Talbot https://flic.kr/p/frJ48 CC-BY-NC
Slide 10: Panic by Nate Stelner https://flic.kr/p/us2aa Public Domain
Slide 11: : Peter pursuant licensed under CC-BY
Slide 12: Rural laissez-faire by Bosc d’Anjou https://flic.kr/p/aopVVo CC-BY
Slide 25: Logos from CILIP and Information Literacy Group
Slide 26, 27, & 28 by Jane Secker / Chris Morrison licensed under CC-BY. Logos copyright of
IFLA, ECIL and LILAC