Copyright and Information Literacy by Chris Morrison

2026-03-30 13:05:36 UTC

I avoid copyright questions and redirect instructors to our copyright librarian or acquisitions team. I don’t feel confident in my ability to answer copyright related questions accurately.

I ask louise

2026-03-30 13:05:40 UTC

When things get difficult I ask louise k - I work with Louise.

2026-03-30 13:06:24 UTC

difficult to navigate the tension between manager with responsibility for copyright information And my role as a librarian who deals with enquires from researchers. I want to make copyright info accessible compared to copyright manager who wants make sure the law is conveyed! This causes me anxiety because our views are different

Gatekeeper frustration

2026-03-30 13:07:17 UTC

Students often get frustrated when we tell them rules and regs, especially when trying to download entire ebooks all at once because they don’t understand the importance/point of copyright and think we are just being difficult and unhelpful

2026-03-30 13:07:46 UTC

Most students just know they can use things via fair use but they don't know how much they can use, what counts, what doesn't, etc. We try to push open access and open educational materials and most students aren't familiar with that or Creative Commons.

AI adds a new level of copyright anxiety for some because technically according to our publisher agreements, you're not allowed to take articles and upload them to something like chatgpt, but obviously people are doing that every day. Some students are very worried about that and others have no idea.

Work with a faculty where the academic leadership have quite radical views on copyright e.g. they openly enjoy book piracy but I have to push reading list systems

2026-03-30 13:08:12 UTC

There are many exemptions to the copyright law. Therefore there is no advice given by the experts which is 100% correct. At the library we have only one expert and she is always so busy to reply to quick questions.

2026-03-30 13:09:23 UTC

2026-03-30 13:11:11 UTC

I do feel comfortable asking our copyright librarians when I'm unsure about using copyrighted material in my work. However, when I need to advise lecturers and students directly, I worry about seeming overly prohibitive in tone (and like a jobsworth!) - that first point about a disconnect between copyright law and navigating people's perspectives on how the world should work definitely rings true. I would really like to hear more about positive and playful approaches that have worked for others

IL to help address CA

2026-03-30 13:11:16 UTC

IL as a set of skills to find answers to questions. Also IL instruction as a way of empowering curiosity and the right to question things, investigate, find solutions.

I’ve been asked to make several presentations about AI and copyright issues, because the students and the professors are anxious. I can see from a copyright perspective that some of their practices are clearly wrong. In the same time some practices are also legit but my organisation is “censuring me” and doesn’t want me to give a clear answer because of the hypothetical risk of being sued.

2026-03-30 13:13:10 UTC

Experience of copyright anxiety

ellawharton2 — 2026-03-30 13:22:07 UTC

I have had an experience of copyright anxiety as we had some materials we produced for student training and another university library asked what CC licence our materials were but we didn’t have the any clue what kind of licence we should use for our own materials!

Our experience and knowledge of copyright didn’t really extend beyond 1 chapter or 10 percent of a book for scanning!

We ended up going with a cc by licence where they could reuse with credit but it was interesting to see our own lack of knowledge on the topic!

2026-03-30 13:35:08 UTC

Very basic, but the most common copyright chill experience I have had is when lecturers don’t know they can have a scanned chapter of a book on their reading list. The surprise (and relief) when they hear of it!