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Libraries announces summer 2021 Scholarly Communications and Copyright workshops

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — This summer, Penn State University Libraries will offer a virtual slate of scholarly communications and copyright workshops for students, faculty and staff. Scheduled for May 25 through July 21, the workshops include the Introduction to Copyright series, an advanced practice session on fair use, and workshops on Penn State’s open access policy. Recordings of the fall 2020 sessions on public access policy are also available to watch on demand.

Registration is free but required for all workshops. To register, follow the links listed with each session, or contact Ana Enriquez, scholarly communications outreach librarian, at enriquez@psu.edu.

Penn State encourages qualified persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Those who anticipate needing any type of accommodation should contact Ana Enriquez at enriquez@psu.edu in advance of their participation or visit.

Introduction to Copyright: Two-Part Series

Part 1: Tuesday, May 25, 3–4 p.m.
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Part 2: Thursday, May 27, 3–4 p.m.
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Have you ever wondered how things enter the public domain? What rights do you have to control use of your work? To use someone else’s work? This workshop by Ana Enriquez will provide a general overview of copyright law and give participants practice applying copyright law to the kinds of research- and course-related scenarios that come up at Penn State. Two one-hour discussions on Zoom are accompanied by an hour of video content. Participants are expected to watch videos 1 and 2 in advance of the first discussion (Part 1) and videos 3 and 4 in advance of the second discussion (Part 2).

Penn State’s Open Access Policy
Wednesday, May 26, 10–11 a.m.
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Wednesday, July 21, 10–11 a.m.
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Penn State’s open access policy (AC02) applies to scholarly articles written by University researchers. In this workshop with Ana Enriquez, participants will learn how to make their articles open and how to get a waiver of the policy if they do not wish to make an article open. Participants will practice using SHERPA/RoMEO to check the default terms of journals’ copyright agreements.

Fair Use Practice Session
Tuesday, June 15, 10–11 a.m.
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This workshop is intended for people who have completed the Introduction to Copyright series. Following a brief overview of fair use by Ana Enriquez, participants will discuss practice questions in small groups and debrief them as a full group.

Recordings of Fall 2020 Public Access Policy Sessions

Complying with the Department of Energy Public Access Policy

Do you understand the public access requirements for your DOE-funded research? Under DOE’s public access policy, publications based on DOE-supported research must be deposited in the DOE Public Access Gateway for Energy and Science (PAGES). Ana Enriquez and Briana Ezray, research data librarian for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), provide a brief overview of grant recipients’ obligations.

Complying with the NIH Public Access Policy

Do you understand the public access requirements for your NIH-funded research? Under NIH’s public access policy, publications based on NIH-supported research must be deposited in PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication, to be made publicly available no later than 12 months after the official date of publication. Ana Enriquez and Briana Ezray provide a brief overview of grant recipients’ obligations.

Complying with the NSF Public Access Policy

Do you understand the public access requirements for your NSF-funded research? Under NSF’s public access policy, publications based on NSF-supported research must be deposited in the NSF Public Access Repository no later than 12 months after initial publication. Ana Enriquez and Briana Ezray provide a brief overview of grant recipients’ obligations.

Last Updated May 6, 2021

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