Fruitful Collaborations: Building Bridges to Connect Student Services
January 10, 1 pm
Emily Mross and Hailley Fargo
Connect & Communicate Series
Zoom Session (online)
Supported by PaLA
When students need help, they often must visit multiple campus resources to get all the services they need — from research assistance, to writing support, and even technology help. In an effort to better meet student needs, some libraries are partnering with student services units from across their campuses to provide additional help options within the familiar research assistance environment. This webinar will explore some of these collaborations within the Penn State University Libraries system. Hailley Fargo helped create the Search Bar, a suite of peer-to-peer services at the University Park Libraries. Emily Mross at Penn State Harrisburg Library coordinates Write, Research, Revise: 2-on-1 appointments with a librarian and writing tutor to improve final research papers. Learn about these programs, how to start a successful student success collaboration on your campus, and discuss some of your own fruitful collaborations.
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Reminder, registration is limited to the first 50 people and is free.
Emily Mross is the Business Librarian at Penn State Harrisburg Library. Her duties also include outreach coordination to the campus and community. Emily holds an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh, an M. Ed. in Instructional Technology from East Stroudsburg University and a B.A. in English and journalism from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on innovative library outreach.
Hailley Fargo is the Student Engagement Librarian at the Penn State Libraries. She spends a lot of time working with undergraduate students and trying to figure out how they use and think about information. In her free time, Hailley likes to roam Twitter and develop her own information seeking habits.
How Fair Use Stole from the Grinch
Fair Use is a special blessing for education, art, commentary, review, parody, etc. Recent NYT review for the Dr. Seuss inspired “Who’s Holiday!” work following the life of Cindy Lou Who, who then was not much older than two. She growed up (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/theater/review-whos-holiday-dr-seuss.html).
Matthew Lombardo was sued, by the Grinch, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, for stealing and with good reason as derivative works are very well protected, particularly for works of fiction (ask JK Rowling!). But the courts did see a fair use exception and Matthew Lombardo won the case and for a fairly new reason – the work was considered transformative! Interesting reading on other issues of copyright related to this case and apparent inconsistencies in determining whether fair use should/should not apply – https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/books/dr-seuss-grinch-law-suit.html
Nonfiction authors guide using Fair Use
New Guide available – Fair Use for NonFiction Authors
The guide addresses three common situations faced by nonfiction authors in which fair use may apply:
1) criticizing, discussing, or commenting on copyrighted material;
2) using copyrighted material to support a point made in the author’s work; and
3) using copyrighted material for non-consumptive research. It also addresses the most frequently asked questions about fair use and clears up some common misconceptions about when it might apply.
Join CRD Board as a Member-at-Large
CRD Board is looking for two people to fill open member-at-large positions for the 2018 year. In order to view the job description for this role, please visit the following website and click to view the board member descriptions: https://crdpala.org/crd-board/
The Board meets monthly via the online meeting platform Zoom. There is one annual CRD workshop that board members are strongly encouraged to attend. The CRD also sponsors programs and a luncheon at the PaLA annual conference each year; again, board members are strongly encouraged to attend.
If you would like to be considered for a member-at-large position, please submit a letter of interest along with your resume or CV to lchristianson@maryu.marywood.edu. You may also email Leslie with any questions about the position.
Human Libraries Session Now Available
The Connect & Communicate Series webinar Human Library at Franklin and Marshall Library is now available. Thank you to everyone who attended, and to our presenters, Meghan Kelley and Jennifer Buch.
Unfortunately, due to the way that Vimeo is at the moment, we do not have the closed captions for this webinar. We are looking into solutions for this.
Thanks to the Connect & Communicate Team for an awesome job this year: Jill Hallam-Miller, Amy Snyder, Ryan Sittler, Diane Porterfield, Sara Pike, and Daniel Stafford. One of our team members has said they are leaving, if you wish to join us we would love to have another person on the team!
As always, if you have any ideas for a future session, please let Erin Burns know at eburns@psu.edu.
Thank you and have a great holiday season.
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