Library help is available via
Email
libraryhelp@nipissingu.ca (NIPISSING)
library.help@canadorecollege.ca (CANADORE)
Phone
705-474-3450 ext 4222
Faculty and staff members in non-profit educational institutions may communicate and reproduce, in paper or electronic form, short excerpts from a copyright-protected work for the purposes of research, private study, criticism, review, news reporting, education, satire, and parody. The work must be properly cited and provided to students as an in-class handout, or through an online learning management system such as Blackboard or D2L
A short excerpt means:
Copying or communicating multiple short excerpts from the same copyright-protected work, with the intention of copying or communicating substantially the entire work, is prohibited.
The library licenses materials for faculty, staff, and students to use in specific ways. Every license is different in terms of what is allowed when it comes to copying and sharing.
If the material falls under the Fair Dealing Guidelines it may be used. The Copyright Roadmap can help determine if an item falls under Fair Dealing Guidelines.
You are strongly encouraged to post a direct link to the work, instead of a copy of the article on Blackboard. This ensures students are accessing the most recent version of the article.
When posting a link use a PERMALINK rather than copy and pasting the URL in the web browser which may be session-based and no longer work once you log off.
You are strongly encouraged to post a direct link to the work, instead of a copy of the article on D2L. This ensures students are accessing the most recent version of the article.
When posting a link use a PERMALINK rather than copy and pasting the URL in the web browser which may be session-based and no longer work once you log off.
Where use is permitted, proper credit (source of image, photographer, owner of work, etc.) should be included with the image. Permission to use an image is often located in a website's Terms of Use section. As much as possible it is suggested to use images that are in the public domain or allow usage via Creative Commons licensing.
Just like images charts and tables are protected by copyright and terms of use must be followed.
Showing a film or video in class for educational purposes is allowable, this includes films streamed through Blackboard or D2L. However, showing a film for entertainment purposes or at a public event requires the proper permission and license.
Videos available through the internet (ex. YouTube) may be shown for educational purposes in the classroom unless the work is protected by a digital lock, has a notice prohibiting educational use on the website or video itself, or if you have reason to believe the work available on the internet is in violation of the copyright owner's rights.
AmazonPrime, Disney+, and other subscription-based entertainment focused video streaming services have license terms that allow for personal use only so classroom use would not be covered.
Netflix allows some of their original documentaries to be available for one-time educational screenings. More information on Netflix's policy can be found on their Netflix Educational Screening Information page
Contact the Library Service Desk for more information on film licenses
Copyright-free material such as those categorized as Open Access, Creative Commons, and Public Domain may be used without obtaining a license.
Open Access: Scholarly research that is published in open access is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions (Canadian Association of Reseach Libraries, n.d.)
Creative Commons: Creative Commons licenses are essentially standard form license agreements which can be attached to a work to enable its use under certain circumstances without the need to contact the author or negotiate terms of use (Copyright Alliance, n.d.)
Public Domain: works that belong to the public. Works in the public domain can be used free of charge and do not require written permission from the author/creator.
Works can be in the public domain for a variety of reasons. Examples: the term of the copyright has expired, the work was not eligible for copyright protection in the first place, or the copyright owner has authorized the public to use the work without permission or payment. (Government of Canada, 2022)
Coursepacks are produced for both Canadore and Nipissing faculty by Print Plus.
The library assists Print Plus in reviewing Course Reading lists. The review identifies materials that are available as electronic information resources and those which are only available in print format. It is highly recommended that instructors utilize electronic information resources as much as possible which can be accessed through the library and/or added to online reading lists in BlackBoard, rather than using physical print copies.
When sending material to Print Plus for inclusion in a coursepack it is required that you send a detailed table of contents along with the applicable copyright logs which can be found on the Print Plus website
This information is intended to provide guidance; it should not be interpreted as legal advice
The shared Nipissing University and Canadore College campus sits on the territory of Nipissing First Nation, the territory of the Anishnabek, within lands protected by the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. We are grateful to be able to live and learn on these lands with all our relations.
