Throughout her career, Lesley has been involved in copyright education.
Below are resources to help you with your copyright issues.
Books
1. A Canadian Museum’s Guide to Developing a Licensing Strategy (Canadian Heritage Information Network)
2. Canadian Copyright Law, 3rd ed. (McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
3. Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians (ALA Editions)
4. Digital Property, Currency of the 21st Century (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, out of print)
Newsletters
Lesley has edited The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter since 1997. To view a sample of this unique international print newsletter, written in plain English, click here. Subscribe at: www.acteva.com/go/copyright.
Online Courses
Since 2002, Lesley has developed and teaches a number of professional development online courses on copyright law, licensing digital content, and managing copyright issues. Click here for a list of these online courses. To view a current schedule of courses click here. Members of OCLC/Capcon, Solinet, or NFais should register through these organizations.
Those who have participated in one of the online courses -- Copyrightlaws.com Alumni - please read this letter addressed to you in January 2008.
SLA members interested in a certificate program in Copyright Management, visit www.clickuniversity.org.
For information on a university-level course on Canadian Copyright Law, click here.
Articles
Lesley regularly contributes to various publications around the world. Each month, a new article will be available for personal use. This month’s is: Applying the 4 Fair Use Factors. Click here for the previous article: Assume That Online Works are Copyrighted: They May Have More Protection Than You Think.
Coming Soon - A section on copyright answers & questions
Check back soon for this new informative section.
Consulting/Legal Information
Need a private consultation on copyright, licensing or managing content? Looking for an instructor for an in-house seminar? Need assistance developing and writing a copyright policy? Preparing copyright guidelines and copyright education materials for your Web site? For these and other services, email Lesley.
Canadiana.org, one of Lesley’s clients, stated an appreciation of her consulting services, in its annual report. See The President’s Report at: http://www.canadiana.org/pdf/en/annualreport-2006-07.pdf.
Updated January 15, 2008