Association of Architecture School Librarians
Barbara Opar, column editor

Copyright continues to be a concern to the academic community. For the scholar, there is often a desire retain intellectual property rights of the content. For the teacher, there is a need to obtain and often distribute sought after materials to students.

But what is right in terms of practice? What is indeed fair?

Quite a number of venues provide useful information. Notable and trustworthy among them are:  The United States Copyright Office:  http://www.copyright.gov/

The Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), which was founded in 1978 as a not-for-profit organization is now offering its expertise through a series of free webinars:

The full list and links to registration are available at:  http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/aboutUs/eventsAndTradeshows.html

The University of Texas at Austin provides a clear “crash course”:   http://www.lib.utsystem.edu/copyright/

EDUCAUSE, which is a nonprofit association whose mission is advancing higher education through the intelligent use of information technology, offers this information about online course material:  http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0301.pdf