This training will take place in Auditorium 2 at the State Library of Queensland (see Level 2 map).

Copyright – it touches on almost all areas of practice in libraries and archives, yet many do not feel confident in dealing with it on a day to day basis. Recognising the need, the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) continues to provide copyright training to members and non-members nationwide.

This training aims to arm librarians and archivists with the knowledge and skills to tackle copyright in their institutions. From document delivery to open access, we cover it all and take questions from the floor.

Content

Two sessions will be run between 10 am and 5 pm.

The sessions are aimed at attendees with different levels of knowledge and experience, and the two are designed to work as discrete sessions or as a single full-day copyright primer. These two sessions are:

Copyright Essentials (morning) – intended for those who want to learn or brush up on their copyright basics.
Copyright Extended (afternoon) – looks at the latest updates and copyright practices; assumes either a base knowledge of copyright or attendance at the morning session. This session will end with a hot topics panel, featuring local experts talking about the latest topics shaping their own work.

The day is designed so that you can attend any of the sessions individually or combine them for a fuller program. They will be held in the same location, with a break for lunch in between. Please register for all sessions you plan to attend - places fill up fast. No catering is provided however there are a number of cafes in walking distance.

Cost

Both sessions are free for ALCC member organisations and their employees – so if you or your institution* are a member of ALIA, NSLA, CAUL, AGLIN, CAARA, ASLA, ASA or other member organisations, the only cost is your time. They are also open to non-members; however a price is charged. Members of the ALCC's sister organisation, the Australian Digital Alliance, receive a discount on this price.

*Please note: There is a limited capacity allocation for employees of institutions that are organisational members of ALIA. If you are not a member of ALIA as an individual and you wish to attend the training, please first contact the institution through which you are affiliated with ALIA. Each ALIA affiliated organisation has up to 3 free tickets per session.

Full day program

Copyright Essentials – 10 am–12:30 pm

10:00 am – The foundations of copyright

A quick run through of the basics. What, how, why, and duration of copyright protection.

11:00 am – Morning tea

11:30am – What you can do

Looking at how to navigate the narrow path of legal copyright use. Fair dealing, section 200AB, preservation copyright, document supply, licences, orphan works and TPMs.

12:30 pm – Lunch

Copyright Extended – 1:30 pm–3:30 pm

1:30 pm – Latest developments for libraries and archives

An update on the latest in Australian copyright that affects the sector. In this session we will look at:

Standards Australia's Distribution and Licensing Framework.
The new duration provisions in the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017 that came into effect in January 2019.
It will also touch on Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Act 2018 and 'safe harbour' laws. It will look at what safe harbour is and what it means for GLAM organisations.

The session will also briefly outline ongoing copyright law reform activities.

2:30 pm – Choose your own adventure

After our updates, we provide a chance for our audience to drive the conversation, choosing what they would like to focus on for the last hour. This gives an opportunity to discuss topics of particular relevance or interest to the audience, such as licence management, Creative Commons and practical strategies for risk management. If time permits, the presenter will also use this time to provide detailed responses to questions from the audience.

3:30pm – Afternoon tea

4 pm – Special guest speakers

Concluding the day is a special session with a local expert.

Dr Mark Ryan and Sue Wright will join us to talk about the QUT Digital Media Research Centre project Existing systems, new languages: prototyping blockchain models for the book publishing industry to deliver rights management, royalties and audience engagement.

Dr Mark Ryan
Associate Professor Film, Screen, Animation, Queensland University of Technology

Dr Mark David Ryan is an Associate Professor in screen and media industries and a Chief Investigator for the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC). He is an expert in screen industries research, Australian genre cinema, genre film studies, and digital media. He is a Chief Investigator of two major competitively funded Australian Research Council Linkage Grant projects: Valuing Web Series: Economic, Industrial, Cultural and Social Value (2019-2023) that examines the total value of web series in Australia, Canada, and France, and Australian Cultural & Creative Activity: A Population & Hotspot Analysis (2017-2020) that interrogates the dynamics of 20 creative industries hotspots nationally.

Sue Wright
Owner-director of Tiny Owl Workshop

Tiny Owl Workshop is an award winning micro-publisher based in Brisbane. Known for its creative approach to publishing, Tiny Owl has won industry awards for publishing projects like Napkin Stories and Krampus Crackers (curated and edited by Kahli Scott, Steve Toase and Vicky Pointing). Tiny Owl's second picture book, MEEP by Andy Geppert, was also long-listed for a Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award. A number of zines and novellas are currently in press, and Brambles, an RPG based story by a group of Brisbane-based DnD players is also in development.

Information for participants

Contact

For further information, contact ALCC on (02) 6262 1118 or info@digital.org.au.

Terms

When ordering a ticket you have the option to subscribe to the ALCC mailing list. We send occasional emails to the list informing you of upcoming copyright training, copyright information such as our submissions to government inquiries and details of other copyright events. Subscription is voluntary.

Please note, even if you do not subscribe the ALCC may contact you after this event for the purposes of requesting feedback on the event and providing access to materials related to the event such as presentation slides.

Credits

Image: 'copyright-hacking', entapir. This version has been cropped. Original available on Flickr, flic.kr/inkninja/8119702305. Available for reuse under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence.