> Thanks, Mark

... for posting this query.

I am always on the look out for examples like this so I'll tuck it away
(anonymised, of course).  It looks to me like over-sensitivity to the
issues linked to plagiarism leading to  negative consequences for
students. [Note:  I'm not talking about the importance of following the
rules of copyright outside the learning context and ironically, the
message I sent before this one concerned exactly this issue but in that
case, my text was being published - quite a different matter!][Second
note:  I also acknowledge that Im only getting the context fourth hand
etc]

Im sure others in the list will describe how copyright rules are applied
in educational contexts, making this guidance on permission in student
work  inappropriate.  For me, it's the focus away from learning that is
interesting.

Other examples? Students often get into a twist about the mechanics of
citation ('Is it a semi-colon or a colon here?') and seem to gloss over
the more useful issues like 'what is the citation put there to do?' 
Teachers often encourage this.   I remember one colleague who said, 'When
I was a student, I was tempted to just hand in the references and not
bother with the essay because the referencing was all the teacher ever
commented about'.



Students who plagiarise bypass learning.  They miss out on learning
attribution skills. They don't develop their own voice as writers.  And a
few try and get awards without working.  That's what really matters.

Id be interested to hear how this example  pans out.

Jude




Hi all,
>
>
>
> This is my first time posting to this list so I'd appreciate any
feedback
> on
> this query. A colleague passed on this query to me as I've taken an
interest
> in the topic of plagiarism in my job here as librarian in University
College
> Dublin.
>
>
>
> A physiotherapist came into the library who is doing a course through
the
> University of Bradford in England. She has to write an essay - which is not
> being published - for her course. She is using diagrams from some
journal
> articles/books in her essay but has come across a problem with using
them.
>
>
>
> Both of her tutors have told her that she needs permission from the
original
> authors to use the diagrams in her essay. She has referenced the
diagrams
> both in her essay and in her list of references. But her tutors have
told
> her that this is not enough, and that she needs to get permission from
the
> authors to use them. If she does not get permission to use the diagrams,
she
> has to alter them in some way, and use the words adapted from and reference
> the original diagram.
>
>
>
> She has emailed the authors, but has received no reply.
>
>
>
> Has anyone on the list ever heard of this?
>
>
>
> Thank you and regards
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Mark Tynan
>
> James Joyce Library
>
> University College Dublin
>
> Belfield
>
> Dublin 4
>
>
>
> 01-7167165
>
>
>
>
>
>
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