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Previous Employer re-assigned authorship of LibGuides Many librarians create and post LibGuides through Springshare. Right now, when an employee leaves a library, the LibGuides they created can be attributed to another library employee after they leave. Does this create a legal concern?	Thursday, March 12, 2020
Using music videos for projects An internationally known band released various music videos for the purpose of a contest they were holding. Fans were asked to create a new video using the clips provided. One of our professors downloaded and saved the music videos and would like to share them with his students so they can use them for an editing project. He would like to post the copied files in his password protected class management system (Black Board.) However, we would also like his students to be able to share their projects either in an eportfolio or online. My initial reaction is that he should get permission from the copyright holder / publisher for permission even though the band released the content for a contest. I see many danger zones.	Thursday, March 5, 2020
Video and photography of students in an academic library [I work at the library of a public university.] Every year we have requests from students in Media Arts program to videotape in the library. They ask me to grant permission. I do not feel comfortable granting permission for others to be filmed. Do students in the library have a right of privacy that would prohibit filming them as they go about their normal business in the library? We would like to have a written policy. The images would not be used for commercial purposes, just as an academic assignment.	Thursday, February 13, 2020
Copies of music Can a school or library hand out copies of sheet music to students and keep their copies of the originals (as long as they had enough copies for each performer) to prevent the loss of the originals? The copies would be destroyed after the performance.	Thursday, February 6, 2020
Friends of the Library not being friendly Is it legal for a Friends of the Library group to hold their funds and not to use those funds to support the library's mission? OR refuse to pay for library program and services when ask by library staff? Can they lose their 501c3 status, if it is proven that the funds are not being used to benefit the library?	Thursday, January 30, 2020