Copyright on Campus event: “Copyright, Copyleft and Student Created Materials

Featured guest speaker: Jane Hutchison, Associate Director of Instruction & Research Technology at William Paterson University.

Learn the basics of copyright law, copyright vs. plagiarism, and how it affects your use of texts, images, music and other potentially copyrighted material that often appear to be “free” on the web. You will also learn how copyright law protects you as creators of original work.

and come and help us celebrate our new copyright policy!

When? 12- 2 pm on Thursday, April 24th, 2014.

Where?  Beck Rooms (1st floor of Walsh Library)

Refreshments included!

Please RSVP to lisa.rose-wiles@shu.edu

Jane Hutchison is the Associate Director of Instruction & Research Technology at William Paterson University.  She is the current chairwoman of the Government Regulations and Public Policy Committee of Consortium of College & University Media Centers and has been President and Editor in Chief.  Jane is involved in copyright education at William Paterson University and one of the drafters of the current policy for the University.  Jane has been involved with media and copyright for over 38 years.  Recently she conducted a national survey on streaming video in academic libraries with her colleague, deg farrelly from Arizona State University which included questions on copyright and policy.  Jane holds an MLS from the University of North Carolina and a MA in Educational Administration from Montclair State University.

SciFinder Training Sessions – with ICE CREAM!

Are you a science major, graduate student or faculty member?   If so, you already use (or should be using) SciFinder – so come and learn all about it, from the basics to advanced techniques.

This Friday – April 4th 2014, McNulty Amphitheater (Room 101)

Please join us for one or more of these sessions

  1. 2:00 – 3:00  SciFinder Fundamentals and Reference Searching
  2. 3:10 – 3:40  Advanced SciFinder Structure Searching
  3. 3:50 – 4:30  Advanced SciFinder Reaction Searching and the SciPlanner

Presented by Dan Reasoner & John Kratunis of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS); a division of the American Chemical Service (ACS)

Light refreshments included (and yes, there really will be ICE CREAM!)