The 2022 Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is taking place this week, February 21-25, 2022. Commissioned by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is “is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.”
ACRL has a number of resources to help you participate in Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week.
Publications
- The Scholarly Communications Cookbook, edited by Brianna Buljung and Emily Bongiovanni
- Open and Equitable Scholarly Communications: Creating a More Inclusive Future, prepared by Nancy Maron and Rebecca Kennison with Paul Bracke, Nathan Hall, Isaac Gilman, Kara Malenfant, Charlotte Roh, and Yasmeen Shorish, also available as an open access edition
- The Critical Thinking about Sources Cookbook, edited by Sarah E. Morris
- Open Educational Resources: CLIPP #45, compiled and written by Mary Francis, also available as an open access edition
- Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World, edited Sara R. Benson, also available as an open access edition
Training for Your Campus or Consortia
ACRL’s virtual Open Educational Resources (OER) and Affordability RoadShow will help you understand the basics of OER and how libraries can be involved in affordability initiatives at your institution. This introductory virtual workshop is intended for academic librarians and library staff interested in learning about OER and/or developing OER initiatives. The online workshop begins with foundational knowledge about OER: What are OER? How do they impact faculty and students? We also discuss examples of and opportunities for library involvement in affordability initiatives, analyze stakeholders and institutional context, and determine appropriate strategies and goals for real-world application.
Scholarly Communication Toolkit
Developed and maintained by the ACRL Research and Scholarly Environment Committee (ReSEC), the Scholarly Communication Toolkit provides users with a basic understanding of scholarly communication issues in the context of their impact on libraries and offers resources and tools to support librarians as they navigate and transform the scholarly communication landscape. Users can also contribute their own tools or resources to the toolkit, including papers, presentations, handouts, videos, and more. The Toolkit is freely available online and licensed through Creative Commons.
Free Online Learning
The ACRL Presents program offers free occasional webcasts on issues of broad interest and importance to the academic and research library community. Browse archived recordings on our YouTube channel, and check for recent and upcoming events on the ACRL website.