Library and Media Research Skills

For Lector Book Club

Anne Behler, a.k.a. “Biblio-tech”

November 10, 2011

WE ARE….RESEARCHING!

The Writing Creation Process

1.) Research topic2.) Brainstorm ideas3.) Write script4.) Storyboard5.) Collect content6.) Edit project7.) Publish

Raw information

Engaging narrative

Research

• Finding and evaluating sources– Background information– Evidence to support your argument–Multimedia content

• Ethical use of information–Understanding copyright and Fair Use– Citing sources

“…Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:

• To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;

• To prepare derivative works based upon the work;

• To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by r ental, lease, or lending;

• To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;

• To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual

work; and

• In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity as described in section 106A of the 1976 Copyright Act. For further information, see Circular 40, Copyright Registration for Works of the

Visual Arts. It is illegal for anyone to violate any of the rights provided by the copyright law to the owner of copyright. These rights, however, are not unlimited in scope….”

(http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf)

COPYRIGHT

= Creative works belong to the people who made them, and using them without

permission is stealing,except when your use complies with the tenets of the Fair Use

clause…

• Copyright protection is automatic, and it applies to published and unpublished works

• Extends 70 years after the author’s/creator’s death• Original intent was to encourage creative production• Fair Use provides parameters legally/ethically using or

repurposing copyrighted materials

COPYRIGHT

FAIR USE

Aoki, K., J. Boyle, and J. Jenkins. Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law? Center for the Study of the Public Domain, 2006. http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html

Four Factors of Fair Use:

• What is the character of the use?

• What is the nature of the work to be used?

• How much of the work will you use?

• What effect would this use have on the market value of the original?

(http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html)

Image from Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law?

Licenses granted by the

owners of the work for

others to use, modify, and

adapt their work.

Specific license descriptions:

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

CREATIVE COMMONS

Image from Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law?

• LionSearch• Recommended Research Guides:

• Sociology

• Education

• Library and Information Studies

• United States Statistics and Data

RESEARCH RESOURCES

• Mediacommons.psu.edu/freemedia• LionSearch• Tinyurl.com/librarycontent• SimplyMap (Libraries > Research > Databases)

MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES

• Spaaze – storyboard and organize• KnightCite – citation generator• Google Docs – citations and collaborative documents• Kaywa – QR code generator

• The Biblio-Tech! - available for appointments and/or email consultation

HELPFUL TOOLS