Hi Emma,



I can sympathise totally on the copyright front - it isn't easy to grab people with it! Something that I try to do is that while you're obviously trying to explain the ins and outs in your particular context, you can use examples that go beyond that to illustrate or reinforce points. I talk about database right (yep, yawn....) by using the Premier League football fixtures as an example, as they can't be reproduced without a licence from Football Data Co. Ltd. And I'm not sure whether I should be admitting to this, but I gave a training session for Education department staff yesterday in which I attempted to further explain the concept of 'substantiality' ('insubstantial' copying is exempt from copyright, but substantiality is deemed to relate to importance with regard to the whole rather than a percentage or amount, so a two page executive summary of a 1000 page report could still be viewed as substantial) by singing (OK, attempting to sing) the first eight notes of Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head' and suggesting that even though it's only a few notes (and some of them are the same!), you could argue that it represents a substantial part of the song...!



I'm sure it goes for most subjects, but I'd say that particularly with something fiddly like copyright it helps if you've got the time to get people to stop listening to you and think for themselves - it can be good to throw in a couple of scenarios, as close to their actual experience as possible, for discussion either to reinforce what you've just talked about or perhaps to lead into something you're about to.



Happy to send you a copy of my presentation and talk more if it might help spark a few ideas,



Cheers,



Tom.


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Subject: Seeking Ideas - Referencing and Copyright



I'm seeking ideas from school, college and university librarians for two items as follows:-



1) Harvard Referencing - does anybody have any 'fun' and effective teaching methods for teaching Harvard referencing to students?



2)      Copyright - does anybody have any effective methods for teaching copyright to academic staff, to also cover online copyright, i.e., online images, Creative Commons licensing.  The word copyright doesn't exactly inspire excitement so I want something that is informative, but that people will actually be interested in and won't send them to sleep!  Any approaches or methods would be appreciated!



Many thanks in advance



Emma Hadfield

Learning Resources Manager

Thomas Rotherham College

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