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Core Webinar: Copyright (Basics) For Creators
Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description: This webinar seeks to foster a basic understanding of Copyright, emphasizing content creators. It will provide an introduction to a vast topic in hopes of making it a less intimidating subject.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of this webinar, the attendees will be able to:
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provide a basic definition of copyright.
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identify a creator's basic rights.
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identify some examples of Copyright Infringement, Copyright Defenses, and have a basic understanding of Creative Commons licensing.
Who should attend?
This webinar is geared toward content creators as they must understand their responsibilities as creators and consumers relating to copyright.
Presenter:
AlTonya Washington began her library career in the public library arena in 2002 before moving into the academic library world in 2004 at Davidson College. She obtained her master's in Library Science in 2012 and went to work for the Carnegie Library at Livingstone College later that same year. She returned to the public library in 2017 as the Supervising Librarian for the Cabarrus County Public Library System. In 2019 she accepted the opportunity to work for her Alma Mater, Winston-Salem State University. In addition to being a librarian, she's also an author. She has been a published romance writer for over 20 years. She has written for BET Books Arabesque, Kensington's Dafina Books label, and Harlequin's Kimani Romance line. She's won the Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Award twice and enjoys a robust indie writing career. Most recently, she presented her session "Romance in the Library" at the 65th Annual NCLA Conference in Winston-Salem North Carolina.
Links: www.altonyasblog.wordpress.com www.alsreaders.weebly.com
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Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10; Non-member $79.00
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1282
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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