Bibliocycle

As I consider sources during my sabbatical study of copyright, I will add them to this page.

History of Copyright

This website, initially funded by the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Council, uses primary source material from Italy, France, Germany, the UK, and the United States to trace the beginnings of copyright. For each of these geographical zones/jurisdictions, a national editor was responsible for “selecting, sourcing, transcribing, translating and commenting documents.” Documents found here include “privileges, statutes, judicial decisions, contracts and materials relating to legislative history, but also contemporary letters, essays, treatises and artefacts.” To get visitors oriented to the immense topic at hand, a compact interactive timeline has been provided. At the bottom of the page visitors should click on “The Timeline Interface” to view the full timeline. Moving the gray vertical bar over each 50 year time segment will show all the copyrights for that 50 year period. A high arc in the time period indicates a lot of activity for that time segment. There are colored dots to indicate the country the material is from, and rolling the mouse over each dot will reveal the full record. The site is loaded with information, and various ways to search for material. Searching by “date” and “place” is one way to search. See the menu on the left side of the page to see the available search and browse options, such as “country”, “original language”, “person”, and “place”.
Blogs

• Collectanea
• Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
• Scholarly Communication at Duke

Books

• Complete Copyright: An Everyday Guide for Librarians
• Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain
• Free culture : how big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity

Copyright education

• Know your copy rights: What you CAN do This is a 6-page brochure published by the Association of Research Libraries focused primarily on Fair Use.
• Media Education Foundation
• Cornell University: What is Digital Literacy
• Baruch College’s Guide to Using Copyrighted Media.  This animated tool walks the user through the process of using audio, video, and images using the TEACH act.  It is designed on the concept of a “Metro.”  Users “buy a ticket” for the type of media they want to use, and then are walked through the restrictions on the use.  At the conclusion, a printable copy of the points made in the presentation is available.

Copyright Centers

• Center for Social Media at American University
• Chilling Effects Clearinghouse
• Copyright Management Center of Indiana University
• Creative Commons
• Stanford Law School Center for the Internet and Society Fair Use Project

• Library Copyright Alliance includes the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), the Medical Library Association (MLA), and the Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Films

• Copyright in the Digital Age: An Update

Journal Articles

• Who’s afraid of the big, bad copyright?  It’s time to make some risky choices. Doug Johnson.  School Library Journal, October 1, 2008

Legislation and associated Reports

• ACRL Legislative Agenda, 2008

• Digital Millennium Copyright Act

• Copyright Legislation Tracker

• Section 108 Study Group Report
  
• CONTU Guidelines

News

• Copyright as Cudgel

Organizations

• Library Copyright Alliance (LCA),
• American Association of Law Libraries (AALL),
• American Library Association (ALA),
• Association of Research Libraries (ARL),
• Medical Library Association (MLA),
• Special Libraries Association (SLA)

Policies and Procedures

• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright and Fair Use

Reports and White Papers

• The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy
• Copyright Backgrounder from the Center for Social Media

Tutorials

Copyright Tutorial for Musicians by Public Knowledge