This guide and the resources included within are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, except as otherwise noted. Questions and requests may be directed to Meaghan Shannon, Copyright Librarian at Queen's University: meaghan.shannon@queensu.ca.
Located in Stauffer Library (014A) and working closely with Queen's University Legal Counsel, the Copyright Advisory Office is dedicated to educating, supporting, and engaging Queen's faculty, students, researchers, and staff in matters pertaining to copyright, access to knowledge and content, learning, teaching, conducting and disseminating research, and administrative operations.
Assistance with anything related to copyright is available from:
Meaghan Shannon, Copyright Librarian: meaghan.shannon@queensu.ca
Catherine DeNoble, eReserves & Copyright Technician: marycatherine.denoble@queensu.ca
The Copyright Advisory Office's email address is qcopy@queensu.ca
This guide was prepared and is maintained by the Copyright Advisory Office and includes detailed information and resources as well as services that are intended to assist Queen's faculty with their copyright-related needs. This guide will be useful to anyone involved in teaching in the classroom and via course sites, the development of curriculum, and the construction of course sites. The detailed information and resources within this guide are not intended to be static, they will be updated and expanded upon as copyright, uses and categories of content, and the needs of Queen's faculty evolve. If you are looking for information or resources that are not available within this guide, please let us know as we would be happy to find or develop them.
The following guides are also available:
Copyright Information for Students (coming soon)
Copyright Information for Researchers (coming soon)
Copyright Information for Staff (coming soon)
The Copyright Compliance and Administration Policy outlines Queen's University's position with respect to the acceptable and responsible use of copyright-protected material and works; the responsibilities of members of the university community who use copyright-protected material and works; and provides a framework for responsible practices with respect to the use of copyright-protected material and works and the prevention of copyright infringement. This policy is accompanied by Appendix A: Fair Dealing Requirements for Educational Copying.