Scan Tech Studio (STS)

When you’re digitizing a resource, you are essentially making a digital copy of the work, and it may or may not be a fair use of that work. Since there are copyright laws that allow or restrict usage, all patrons who are planning a digitization project in the Studio should consider copyright best practices before starting the project. We encourage you to review the Copyright Crash Course prior to starting your work. 

The Copyright Crash Course contains detailed information on copyright management, policies, best practices, and additional resources. You may consult with UTL staff for any additional copyright inquiries.

The Copyright Crash Course (CCC) was originally created with faculty in mind, but can be used by anyone who is interested in understanding and managing their copyrights. You can either use the menu options on the left or click on one of the related subject guides below that are part of the Copyright Crash Course.

If you need to take the Crash Course tutorial & test, click here (UT affiliation required).

Additional CCC Guides:

Copyright for Librarians

Creative Commons

Fair Use

Public Domain

Copyright Clearance Center (relevant to UT only)

Notice

The information presented on the Copyright Crash Course is intended only for informational purposes and should not be construed as legal advice. 

The role of copyright in the flow of research is undergoing dramatic and exciting change. The options for scholarly communication have never been broader or more effective. You'll find discussion of copyright woven all through important aspects of research and teaching, such as:

• the training of AI and use of AI output
• the use of others' works in the classroom, in fieldwork, and the laboratory
• building on the works of others to create new works
• open source software development
• use and reuse of datasets
• Creative Commons licensing
• open access to research results and its acceleration of the pace of scientific discovery
• the digitization of books in the public domain and digital access to works still in print as well as orphan works
• the resulting opportunities to discover knowledge that's been hard to access in the past