UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-CHAPEL
HILL
2005-2006 ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE
ON COPYRIGHT
TO THE FACULTY COUNCIL
Members: Douglas A. Chin, Robert S. Dalton, Leah McGinnis Dunn (chair), Sarah Michalak, Barbara Moran, Robert Peet, John Semonche, Michael Votta
Graduate student representative: Stuart Jeffreys
Undergraduate representative: Colin Hicks
Ex officio: William Fletcher Fairey, Deborah Gerhardt, Sian Hunter, Jeanne Smythe
Charge: The committee represents to the chancellor and the University community the concerns of faculty and other users and creators of scholarly information. The committee's functions include:
1) monitoring trends in such areas as
institutional or consortial copyright use policies,
changes in copyright ownership models, and guidelines for fair use of
information in all formats;
2)
identifying
areas in which policy development is needed and recommending to the chancellor
new or revised institutional policies and guidelines;
3)
cooperating
with the administration to propose and monitor the application of University
policies and guidelines regarding ownership and use of copyrighted or licensed
scholarly works; and
4)
assisting in identifying educational needs of
the faculty and others related to compliance with copyright policies and
guidelines, and advising on appropriate ways to address those needs.
Membership:
Laura Gasaway
ended her term as Chair of the University Committee on Copyright in 2005. Leah McGinnis Dunn was appointed chair in
September 2005.
Two ex officio members were
added this year: Deborah Gerhardt as the
Library’s new Copyright and Scholarly Communications Director and Fletcher Fairey replaced David Parker as University Counsel’s
representative to the committee.
Three members’ terms will
expire this year: Douglas Andrew Chin,
Robert Dalton, and Robert Peet. Hopefully, these members will be reappointed.
2005-2006 Activities:
The committee engaged in two
primary activities this year: the
revision of the campus copyright policy and the creation and expansion of
educational tools for faculty on university copyright policy.
The committee began writing
revisions of the ‘use of copyrighted works’ section in the campus copyright
policy, specifically in the areas of 1) Electronic Reserves and 2) course web
sites including Blackboard. These
revisions are written to advise faculty on the use of electronic copies of
copyrighted works for classroom use. The
revisions outline a proposed campus position on fair use, terms of access by faculty
and students, and conditions under which permission for use should be obtained
from the rightsholder. These proposed conditions are under review by
the committee, to be submitted to Faculty Council for approval later in 2006.
The committee also plans to expand sections of the copyright policy on ‘use of
copyrighted works’ in the areas of 1) Classroom Performances and Displays and
4) Transmission of Performances and Displays.
The second activity of the
copyright committee was the creation of new educational tools for faculty on
the creation and use of copyrighted materials.
The committee reviewed an educational presentation developed by Deborah
Gerhardt, Copyright and Scholarly Communications Director, aimed at educating
faculty on copyright retention. The
committee plans to identify venues to promote this presentation for broad
dissemination to faculty across campus.
Further to the goals of this presentation, the committee is also
collaborating with Deborah Gerhardt and the Scholarly Communications Committee
to develop a “UNC Author's
Publication Agreement” designed for use
by faculty members who choose to retain certain rights when submitting journal
articles for publication. The committee
plans to collaborate on a website that will host both the slides from the
copyright retention presentation as well as the “UNC Author's Publication Agreement.”
The committee also continues
to discuss student copyright issues with the Director of Computing Policy. The committee requests that the new director
hired to replace Jeanne Smythe, who retires this
year, will be appointed as an ex officio member of the committee.
Submitted by:
Leah McGinnis Dunn, chair Michael
Votta
Douglas
A. Chin William
Fletcher Fairey, ex officio
Robert S.
Dalton Deborah
Gerhardt, ex officio
Colin
Hicks Sian Hunter, ex officio
Stuart Jeffreys Jeanne
Smythe, ex officio
Sarah Michalak
Barbara
Moran
Robert Peet
John Semonche