This training will take place in Auditorium 2 at the State Library of Queensland (see Level 2 map) and will be live streamed. Onsite capacity is limited in accordance with SLQ's COVID safe plan.

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. We cover copyright fundamentals, licensing and exceptions, and we let you direct other copyright topics we look at. Plus we 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 an update on the Copyright Access Reforms.

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 run through of the basics: What is copyright? What is protected by copyright? What rights make up copyright? What is the duration of copyright?

11:00 am – Morning tea

11:30 am – Copyright licensing

You can do anything you have permission to do and the most common form of permission is a copyright licence. We will cover sources of licences, common licensing terms and licensing best practice.

12:00 pm – Copyright exceptions

If you don’t have permission to use copyright protected material there may be an exception that allows use without infringement. We will cover major exceptions including fair dealing and library and archive exceptions.

12:30 pm – Lunch

Copyright Extended – 1:30 pm–3:30 pm

1:30 pm – Choose your own copyright adventure

we provide a chance for our audience to drive the conversation, choosing what they would like to focus on for the Extended session. This gives an opportunity to discuss topics of particular relevance or interest to the audience. Topics participants can select from include:

Managing copyright licensing – a more detailed look at copyright licences, sources of licences and a model for managing copyright licensing in libraries and archives.
Conflicts between contracts and copyright– a discussion about what to do if a copyright licence or contractual arrangement overrides part of the Copyright Act.
Voluntary collective licences and collecting societies – information about voluntary collective licensing schemes, including collecting societies.
Open content licensing schemes – An overview of Creative Commons and other open licensing systems.
Copyright warning notices in the library – a look at the copyright warning notices that are commonly used by libraries and archives – both for document delivery and for display near photocopiers and other copying machines.
Disability access and copyright – learn how to apply the disability access provisions that were introduced with the passing of the Copyright Amendment (Disability and Other Measures) Act 2017.
Anatomy of a copyright notice – an explanation of the information in copyright notices.
Risk and copyright – practical strategies for managing risk related to managing copyright.
Industry agreements – a list of industry agreement, the kinds of activities they allow libraries and archives to do and how those agreements interact with the copyright system.
'Safe harbour' protection – find out what safe habour protection is and how it applies to libraries and archives.
Other areas of law that influence copyright law – a list of non-copyright considerations that libraries and archives should factor into their collection management, including legislative requirements, privacy, defamation and other factors.

3:00 pm – Q&A

3:30 pm – Afternoon tea

4 pm – Access reforms: what do we know?

Concluding the day is a special session with Ben Rice, the ALCC's Copyright Law and Policy Advisor. Ben will provide an update on the proposed copyright access reforms.

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

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