Showing posts with label researchers students and librarians confusion about copyright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label researchers students and librarians confusion about copyright. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

What You Don't Know About Copyright, but Should; Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/29/11

Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education; What You Don't Know About Copyright, but Should:

"If Nancy Sims had to pick one word to describe how researchers, students, and librarians feel about copyright, it would probably be "confused."...

For instance, in a recent informal survey she conducted at the university, only 30 percent or so of the faculty respondents knew the answers to basic questions such as how one gets a copyright and how long it lasts. (Librarians did somewhat better.)"