Happy Fair Dealing Week

February 22-26, 2016 has been designated Fair Dealing Week in Canada. In the United States, this week is referred to as Fair Use Week. Fair dealing is an important legal doctrine that allows the public to make limited use of copyrighted works and content without being liable for copyright infringement. Fair dealing allowances are designed to balance the rights of creators with the rights of users as a way of enriching the greater public good.

The fair dealing provisions are found in Section 29 of the Copyright Act, and, in short, state that copying copyrighted content for the purpose of research, private study, education, parody, satire, criticism, review, and news reporting does not infringe copyright.

Copying can be defined in many different ways: photocopying, scanning to a digital file, taking a picture with your mobile phone camera, ripping a song from a CD, or any other number of sophisticated or unsophisticated methods of reproduction of any kind of medium or format.
Some do conditions do apply. For instance, copying content for the purpose of criticism, review, or news reporting requires that you mention the author and source of the content. While acknowledgement is not always necessarily required in an educational context according to the law, it is simply good academic practice to properly cite your sources.

Because fair dealing is a purposefully flexible, inexact device, there are no specific legal prescriptions about how much someone can copy and when, though some significant court decisions  have provided some useful considerations and parameters. The most important is the Six Factor Analysis articulated in the landmark case CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada (2004). A brief summary of the factors:

1. Purpose of the dealing: Does it fit one of the purposes explicitly listed in the Copyright Act?

2. Character of the dealing: How is the copied work dealt with? Limited copies with limited distribution would tend towards fairness.

3. Amount of dealing: How much of the work is copied? A lesser amount would tend towards fairness.

4. Alternatives: Is there a non-copyrighted alternative? Is the copying even required to fit the purpose?

5. Nature of work: Is it published, unpublished, and/or confidential? Would the copying lead to wider dissemination of the original? (One of the goals of copyright law.)

6. Effect of the dealing: Would the copying compete with the marketability of the original? If so, that would tend to be unfair.

To minimize the ambiguity of the six step analysis, some guidelines have been established to inform the copying practices conducted by UFV faculty, staff, and students. The UFV Copying Guidelines and Fair Dealing Requirements are detailed in the UFV Copyright Guide. Additionally, a dedicated information guide has been created to cover Fair Dealing Week 2016:

UFV Copyright Guide

Fair Dealing Week

Family Day and Mid-Term Break Hours

The UFV libraries will be closed on Monday, February 8th, 2016 for Family Day. During the rest of Mid-Term Break our hours will remain as usual. For complete details, look at our hours page.


Posted by Brenda

Sx̱wōx̱wiyám, Stories of Long Ago: Wednesday, February 3

What significance does the salmon have for Aboriginal people?

What roles do the bear, the owl and the raven play in Sx̱wōx̱wiyám?

Is there an Indigenous connection to the land and the water?

Display outside Chilliwack Library

Join us for Sx̱wōx̱wiyám, Stories of Long Ago, Wednesday, February 3, in the atrium outside the Chilliwack library. Stó:lō storytellers will lead us through stories about bear, raven, salmon and owl and the connection to the land and the water. This Aboriginal storytelling event reflects the Sx̱wōx̱wiyám, Stories of Long Ago display in the large display cabinet outside the Chilliwack library, in which bear, owl, raven and salmon are featured, along with a storytelling figure, the president’s talking stick and transformation site Mount Slesse. The Chilliwack library will also remount a book display that reflects the physical display in the cabinet.

Storytellers, including David Gutierrez, Mary Sandoval, Glen Malloway and Joseph Dandurand, will address the audience throughout the day from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the atrium on the Chilliwack campus. Associate Vice President, Academic Peter Geller and University Librarian Kim Isaac will host. Opening ceremony at 11 a.m. Storytellers start on the half hours: 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. For more information please email shirley.hardman@ufv.ca or lisa.morry@ufv.ca.

Posted by Lisa

Library Christmas Holiday Hours

Library Hours Change December 20

•Reduced hours are in effect until January 6

•Both libraries are closed from noon December 24 to January 3

Library Reduced Christmas Hours:

•December 20: closed

•December 21 to 23 and January 4 and 5: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

•December 24: 8:30 am to noon

•December 25 to January 3: closed

•See library hours here: http://www.ufv.ca/library/library-hours/

posted by Lisa

Latest Edition of "Library Connections" Now Online

The latest edition of “Library Connections” featuring news and pictures about the library’s new cookbook collection: the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection--is on the library’s website. At $10, the library's fundraising cookbooks make great stocking stuffers and they’re available in both campus libraries! All proceeds from the cookbooks go to benefit the cookbook collection. Other featured news includes:

• Kim Isaac’s University Librarian’s message about upcoming renovations to the 20-year-old Abbotsford library and moving into the digital age
• Demand-driven acquisition of scholarly eBooks on JSTOR
• The Amazing Race
• Feature film entertainment licence
• Self-serve filling stations for campus cards on both campus libraries
• Halloween fun
• Chilliwack and Abbotsford displays
• An upcoming Aboriginal storytelling event on the Chilliwack campus--mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 3!

Read "Library Connections" here: http://www.ufv.ca/library/library-connections-newsletter/.

posted by Lisa

New "Books at JSTOR" purchasing program

The UFV Library is participating in a program to purchase Books at JSTOR  through "Demand Driven Acquisition" (DDA). JSTOR e-books are provided by over 85 different university and society publishers.
 
What is DDA?
DDA is a method of purchasing items with a known demand or interest.  JSTOR e-book purchases are triggered on the sixth chapter view or the fourth chapter download.

For more details see our Electronic Books Libguide or contact Patti Wilson.


Posted Nov. 16, 2015 pw

Remembrance Day Library Closures

Both the Chilliwack and Abbotsford Libraries will be closed on Wednesday, November 11th, in honour of Remembrance Day.

To find a Remembrance Day ceremony in your community check the BC/Yukon Legion page or check your local newspaper for details.

To learn more about the poppy campaign and other Remembrance Day information, see the Royal Canadian Legion.

Posted by Brenda