Copyright for Teachers and Librarians in 21st Century is a handbook on copyright law for teachers, librarians, technology coordinators, administrators, public librarians and others who work with the students. Realistic examples with interpretations of the law from copyright experts in the field have been given in the book.
This book is divided into two practical and necessary parts. Part-I introduces the general concepts associated with copyright law and Part-II describes the specific applications of copyright law as they affect nine different formats. It is important to understand and use both parts of this book as they really do speak to each other. Knowing the general concepts will helo your understanding and use of the specific applications. In the same way, knowing how copyright applies to your position in education will help you better understand and read the copyright legislation and literature you encounter in your day-to-day work.
Examples in the book include iPods and other handheld devices (inclusing cell phones that access the internet); Play-aways; blogs/vlogs; wikis; podcasts/vodcasts; RSS Feeds; Ning; Second Life and other Internet World Environments; Social Networking: Facebook; LinkedIn; MySpace; Twitter; YouTube, etc. Social/Special interest networking: Shelfari; Goodreads, etc. Moodle, Skype and similar digital communication tools; social bookmarking; web syndication; video streaming; TiVo and similar systems; computer/video games/gaming and open source/Creative Commons.
