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Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (ACRL)

Faculty Resources : Copyright

Faculty Resources : Plagiarism

How to Request Library instruction:

If you would like some one-on-one tutoring on the use of the Library's online resources, please contact Barbara Barnes, x 2235, email blbarnes@lcsc.edu, to arrange an appointment.

You may also arrange instruction for your students.

To arrange an in-class library instruction session for your students, please contact Barbara Barnes (x 2235, email blbarnes@lcsc.edu). She will design a session that targets the information needs related to specific assignments in your course.

We have online tutorials organized into Information Literacy Modules. Any instructor can request that students in their class complete appropriate modules of this research skills training. The modules consist of 2 parts : 1) online tutorials that are freely available to anyone with Internet access, and 2) quizzes that test student knowledge of the material covered in the tutorials.

Quizzes are administered via Blackboard. If you would like to assign these modules and quizzes or need more information about how this program works, please contact Barbara Barnes, x 2235, email blbarnes@lcsc.edu.

If you decide to assign the modules, your course will need to be designated LECW (Lecture with Web enhancement - no extra fee to students) or have some other online course designation. Staff at Distance Learning will copy all the quizzes into your online course. At your discretion, you can disable student access to any quizzes that you don't want the students to access. Barbara Barnes can help you with any of these steps.

It's imperative that you communicate with the Library Staff, as they need to liaison with the Distance Learning staff to make these quizzes available in your Blackboard courses.

Once you are ready to view the students' grades, login to your Blackboard course and view the grade book. View this Handout to see more details about this process.

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

The Association of College and Research Libraries has developed a list of competency standards that students should achieve on the road to becoming information literate.

In developing Library instruction for students, the LCSC Instruction Librarian (Barbara Barnes) has sorted the ACRL skills into 4 levels of increasing complexity and difficulty. Instruction sessions for freshmen will focus mostly on acquisition of Level A skills, while instruction sessions for upperclass students can move on to higher level skills.

Copyright:

QUICK TIPS:

Fair use does not permit use of copyrighted materials for classroom use, without restriction.
In deciding if Fair Use applies, consider the following characteristics (The majority must weigh toward Fair Use, not just one):

Purpose and character of the use of copyrighted material (used for non-profit educational use or to create something new, such as parody),

Nature of the copyrighted work (creative works more stringently protected than non-fiction),

Amount of work copied (cannot be the "heart" of the work),

Effect upon lost income for the copyright holder.

Acknowledging the source material is not a substitution for getting permission.
Most permissions are granted for only one semester or one school term.
Educational guidelines about the amount of materials that can be copied, etc., have been carved out by a consortium of educational institutions across the United States. They are not part of federal law, but they are included as House committee documentation supporting the copyright law. The American Association of University Professors has declined to endorse them.

Sample Guideline: Materials protected by Fair Use may be used for only one semester or one school term. Using the same material semester after semester without permission is not Fair Use.

Sample Guideline: Videos taped off-air at home may be used for instructional purposes only up to 10 days after the broadcast. The tape should be erased 45 days after the broadcast.

Here are links to some Web sites that can provide more information:

Know your Copy Rights -- What You Can Do : A 2007 Brochure Aimed at Faculty and Teaching Assistants. A helpful brochure from the Association of Research Libraries.

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States : A guide to the kinds of work proteted by copyright. Provided by Cornell University.

What AU Faculty Need to Know about Copyright for Teaching: A quick guide, in question-and-answer format, prepared for American University faculty. Most information is not specific to the American University campus.

Academic Permission Resources: One section of a very readable and comprehensive site called "Fair Use" by Stanford University Libraries.

TEACH Act Toolkit: An Online Resource for Understanding Copyright and Distance Education: Developed by the North Carolina State University Libraries, the NCSU Office of Legal Affairs, and NCSU's Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA).

10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained: The name says it all. Written by Brad Templeton.

Library resources:

Bielefield, Arlene. Technology and copyright law : a guidebook for the library, research, and teaching professions. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2007.

Call Number: KF3030.1 .B533 2007.

Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright law for librarians and educators : creative strategies and practical solutions. Chicago : American Library Association, 2005.

Call Number: Ref KF2995 .C74 2005.

Call Number: KF3030.1 .L56 2003.

Lipinski, Tomas. Copyright law and the distance education classroom. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.

Call Number: KF4209.E38 L57 2005.

Plagiarism:

QUICK TIPS:

LCSC Librarians can help you track down sources that students may have plagiarized from our electronic databases or from the Web.
Use current topics for assigned research papers, as most papers students can buy online are old.
Require students to turn in outlines before the paper is due or to prepare annotated bibliographies.
Require students to turn in a copy of the articles they used in writing their papers.
Talk about plagiarism with your students. Refer them to the Information Literacy Module, "Avoiding Plagiarism."

Here are links to some Web Sites that can provide more information and ideas:

Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism : The Conversation Continues : Powerpoint slides from the LCSC Faculty "Thinking Through Lunch," November 11, 2009.

Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education: A bibliography of books, articles, and websites on plagiarism, copyright, and paper mills. Maintained by the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford Brookes University, UK, to support Jude Carroll's book, Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education. [Thanks to Brian Christenson for recommending this site!]

Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism : The WPA Statement on Best Practices: From the Council of Writing Program Administrators, this statement includes a list of some causes of plagiarism, proposes shared responsibilities for addressing the problem, and suggests "a set of practices that can significantly reduce the likelihood of plagiarism." [Thanks to Mary Flores for recommending this site!]

Electronic Plagiarism Seminar: This very comprehensive site was developed by Gretchen Pearson, the Public Services Librarian at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. It includes tips for faculty on preventing and detecting plagiarism, links to paper mills, and links to plagiarism detection sites.

Plagiarism Bibliography: Compiled by Lynne Bidwell, LCSC Library, Electronic Resources Librarian. Includes LCSC Library books, media, and full-text journal articles.

Research Resources: Tips for students and instructors from Plagiarism.org. This organization is affiliated with Turnitin.com, a fee-based service that has a plagiarism detection service.

LCSC Library website is maintained by Lynne Bidwell, Lbidwell@lcsc.edu, 208-792-2438
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