Cal Poly Faculty Copyright Information
- Guidance for Faculty on Copyright, Publication, and General Research Dissemination. University of Indiana
- These guidelines are helpful to faculty in publishing articles in scholarly journals or negotiating book contracts with publishers. Assignment of copyright and protection of rights for the author are covered. Intended for the faculty at the University of Indiana, the guidelines are "must reading" for all faculty intending to publish.
Cal Poly Policies on Copyright Ownership and Use of the Cal Poly Server as an ISP
- Cal Poly Policy on Intellectual Property
- Under Revision by the Intellectual Property Committee, Cal Poly. For interim patent information, contact the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Cal Poly. For interim copyright information, contact the Library Intellectual Property Office, Cal Poly.
- Cal Poly Computing Policies
- This site includes the Responsible Use Policy (with a preface on using campus computers for potentially offensive material), the Computer Crimes Policy, the World Wide Web Policy, the Cal Poly Logo policy, the Use and Release of Student Information Policy, etc.
Instructional Materials and Library Fair Use
- Library Reserves Policy and Procedures
- This policy explains the library's interpretation of fair use for library print reserves and library electronic reserves.
- El Corral Bookstore Policy and Procedures (Textbooks, Cal Poly Course packs)
- El Corral is the sole publisher of course packs. They acquire permissions from the copyright owner, pay royalties, and prepare the course pack. The costs are added to the price of the course pack for each student.
- Cal Poly Web Authoring Resource Center
- Has a link to Music Sound Bytes and Copyright Law, and a Cal Poly link to Courseware for Blackboard, and other helpful links in producing a web page at Cal Poly.
Using Licensed or Owned Journal Articles from the Cal Poly Library for Instructional Materials
Because the Library has a license agreement for Cal Poly faculty, staff, and students to use the materials from each of its electronic periodical databases, faculty may link to full text articles from these databases for use in Course reserves or their instructional web site (if the web site is password secured). These articles may also be scanned for Course Reserves. To find out if the library has an article full text, faculty members have three easy methods to use:
- SFX Citation Checker
Simply enter the citation information and click. If we have the article full text in a database covered by SFX, then it will appear. Some of our databases are not covered by SFX; so if you do not find the full text article, try one of the next two methods. - Serials Solution
Use the hot link and type in the name of the journal and click. Follow the instructions to the full text article. If a stable URL is not available, then Serials Solution will lead you only to the database screen. - Polycat
Most of the full text journals covered in our licensed databases have also been cataloged and appear when you do a journal title search in Polycat. Follow the instructions to the full text article .
Distance Learning
- Teach Act for Distance Learning
- The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act passed the Senate on Oct. 3, 2002 and has been signed into law by the President. This law will govern copyright in distance education. An explanation of the main features of the act by copyright expert Kenneth Crews is available for review (Teach Act).
- Teach Act Tool Kit
- This site from North Carolina State University covers all aspects of copyright and distance education. It contains a number of checklists and has a Teach Act PowerPoint for faculty.
Multimedia
- Intellectual Property Law Primer
- Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment
- A copyright presentation for faculty at the University of Texas at Austin by Georgia Harper. Covers the essentials such as course packs and reserves, digitizing analog images, licensing access to materials.
