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Announcement of a renewed official Creative Commons affiliate in Canada is scheduled for today as part of the planned Creative Commons Salon events which are free to the public.

Last week the House of Commons Legislative Committee on Bill C-11 completed its review of the bill which commenced mid-February. The Committee heard witness statements from individuals and organizations, and considered amendments to various clauses. The 8 amendments added to the bill were all proposed by the government, and all 31 amendments proposed by the opposition were defeated.

The version of Bill C-11 reported back to the House of Commons on March 15 does not contain changes to the clauses containing these new exceptions to copyright infringement:

• expansion of fair dealing to include education, as well as parody and satire
• for educational or training purposes, reproduction of works that are available throught the Internet without restrictions
• for maintenance of its permanent collection, reproduction of a work by a library, archive or musem in an alternative format if the original is in a format that is becoming obsolete or if the technology required to use the original is becoming obsolete.

One type of copying that used to be covered under our former Access Copyright license was the photocopying of small amounts of copyright-protected works in Access Copyright’s repertoire for distribution to students as class handouts.

As of this month we have another possible option for creating these kinds of handouts when the copying is not otherwise covered by open-access or institutional licenses or statutory exceptions to infringement.  This option is described in a new Copyright FAQ.

Dear Faculty Member,

As our copyright environment continues to evolve, so do the options for creating custom course materials. The University Copyright Advisor office and the Bookstore continue to work collaboratively on streamlining processes to help you to create custom course materials in the format that best suits your needs.

If you know you will require custom course materials for Summer or Fall 2012 or are even contemplating this possibility, here are some important timelines and processes. The following definitions may be useful as you continue to read through this memo:

Coursepack – A compilation of custom course materials, either in print or in digital form, that will be adopted, produced, and sold to students via the Bookstore.

Digital Readings – A collection of custom course materials that will be cleared for copyright permission and distributed to students via Moodle or the Library’s electronic reserve system.

Copyright Permission – The permission that must be verified or obtained from the rightsholder for each copyright-protected item in a collection of custom course materials.

If you would like an assessment of required copyright permissions to help you choose the production option most suitable for your custom course materials, please e-mail a copy of your bibliography as soon as possible to copyright@uleth.ca.

If you are interested in producing a coursepack that will be adopted, produced and sold to students via the Bookstore, please follow these steps:

1. Ask your departmental or faculty Admin Assistant to indicate on the Online Textbook Requisition Form that you require a coursepack. Please complete this step even if you have not finalized your decision to use a coursepack, as your request is easily cancelled at any time before production.

*Please note that we will accept Online Textbook Requisitions and Coursepack Submissions at any time. These deadlines are to ensure that orders and production can be fulfilled in a timely fashion for the start of each semester.

2. Go to the Bookstore

• Click on the Faculty tab
• Click on Coursepacks under Special Services
• Select the type of coursepack that you would like to build. (Please do not be confused by the number of options available to you. If you require assistance choosing a format, please select the option, “I am unsure of the coursepack format that will best suit my needs,” and a Bookstore representative will contact you.)

3. Submit your materials for printed coursepacks to the Bookstore on or before the suggested Coursepack Submission deadlines.

If you are interested in compiling a digital readings collection that will be distributed to students via Moodle or the Library’s electronic reserve system, please follow these steps:

1. E-mail your bibliography of selected readings to the University Copyright Advisor at copyright@uleth.ca

2. Submit your digital readings materials to the University Copyright Advisor office on or before the suggested Digital Readings Submission deadlines.

*Please note that we will accept Digital Readings Submissions at any time. These deadlines are to ensure that production can be fulfilled in a timely fashion for the start of each semester.

We welcome all feedback that may assist us in continuing to improve our services to you and our students. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,