UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Beginning July 11, Penn State University Libraries will offer virtual workshops on scholarly communications and copyright topics for students, faculty and staff. The workshops include a two-part introduction to copyright, a session on Penn State’s open access policy, and a workshop about copyright for authors of theses and dissertations.
Registration is free but required for all workshops. To register, please follow the links listed with each session, or contact Ana Enriquez, scholarly communications outreach librarian, at enriquez@psu.edu.
Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the access provided, please contact Ana Enriquez at enriquez@psu.edu in advance of your participation.
Introduction to Copyright: Two-Part Series
- Part 1: July 11, 11 a.m.–noon — Register via Zoom
- Part 2: July 25, 11 a.m.–noon — Register via Zoom
Have you ever wondered how things enter the public domain? What rights do you have to control use of your work? To use someone else’s work? This workshop by Ana Enriquez will provide a general overview of copyright law and give participants practice applying copyright law to the kinds of research- and course-related scenarios that come up at Penn State. Two one-hour discussions on Zoom are accompanied by an hour of video content. Participants are expected to watch videos 1 and 2 in advance of the first discussion (Part 1) and videos 3 and 4 in advance of the second discussion (Part 2).
Penn State’s Open Access Policy
- July 25, 1–2 p.m. — Register via Zoom
Penn State’s open access policy (AC02) applies to scholarly articles written by University researchers. In this workshop with Ana Enriquez, you will learn how to make your articles open and how to get a waiver of the policy if you do not wish to make an article open. Participants will have a chance to practice using the Researcher Metadata Database to deposit articles in ScholarSphere for open access.
Copyright and Your Thesis or Dissertation
- July 27, 10–11 a.m. — Register via Zoom
Do you have copyright questions related to your thesis or dissertation? How can you obtain permission to use someone else’s images or figures? When can you use those images or figures without permission? What permission is necessary for use of archival or museum materials? What's the relationship between copyright and academic honesty? Join Danielle Steinhart, copyright specialist, for an interactive workshop on these and other questions. After an overview, participants will work in small groups to address hypothetical copyright questions and then debrief their responses as a full group.