The grid below was developed to be used as a guide for determining the
ownership of intellectual property projects developed by library faculty
and staff. This is only a guide.
Examples: |
Person
or Agency who owns copyright |
Analogous
to: |
What
makes them alike (key characteristics): |
Questions/issues
to be addressed |
Library
homepage; instruction page for dept; |
Library |
Position
responsibilities |
directly
connected to position; assigned work; use of lib or UIC resources
&
time; another must or may edit or revise it. On library
account. |
Relation
of individual's "creativity" or initiative? Are
resources
and
time a matter of degree? Does issue of revising beg the
question? |
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Individually
developed class; materials such as a "handout" or
assignment or
reading for non-library course |
Individual |
classroom
teaching |
academic
freedom; professional judgment; on personal account. |
Does
the library homepage template belong on such a webpage? What is
role
of
sponsoring body of the course? |
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LAS
100 or comm100 where library curriculum is
structured |
Library |
multisection
or team-taught classroom teaching |
Agreement
on content and outcomes; on library account. |
Possible
to have additional pages that individual would hold copyright.
What
is the
relationship to (faculty) research? Does lib homepage template
belong on
such a page? |
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Online
tutorial/course |
Individual |
textbook |
Personal
initiative to meet a need; continuation of regular duties (unless
sabbatical
or grant); might be sold; on personal account. |
Does
library template belong on the tutorial? Role of library/campus
resources?
Could be revised by others only with originator's permission.
Publisher
and institution are same for webpage. |
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Online
tutorial/course |
library |
position
responsibility; proprietary work |
A
way
of carrying out position responsibility; on library
account. |
Anyone
else might be assigned to continue/ revise course. Only library
could sell
it. |
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Reference
database |
Individual |
reference
book |
Starts
out as personal; shared with colleagues; input from others; on
staff
pages |
Who decides
to retain, maintain? Who could sell it? On which account is
it? |
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Institutional
committee work; |
Library |
governance
or Institutional "citizenship"
responsibilities |
directly
connected to UIC or library position; assigned or elected; lib or
UIC time
& resources; probably jointly done |
Could
a committee "own" the page? |
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Homepage
for a non University of Illinois organzation |
Individual?
Library? Other agency? |
service |
Based
on professional expertise; UIC resources; |
Other
org speaks for itself and determines content; UIC contributes
computer and
human resources; individual contributes expertise. |
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Professional
presentation or online article |
Individual |
research |
Based
on indvidual's own research |
Research
using library resources falls within understanding of faculty
research |
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Subject
or topical homepage |
library?
Granting agency? |
Work
done on grant |
Funding
from outside agency |
Could
move with librarian to another institution? |
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Agency
or informational homepage |
outside
agency? Individual |
work
done on a contract; proprietary work |
Funding
from agency; agency has specs to be met |
Could
move with librarian to another institution? Would not have
library
template?
Reimbursement of campus resources? |
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Personal
homepage |
individual |
personal
c.v. |
personal
decision on design or content (within legal
guidelines) |
Library template not allowed; should also contain the line "The opinion expressed on these pages are my own and do not necessarily represent that of the library or of the institution…."; limited UIC computer space permitted. |
