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    Creative Commons and OER in 30 Minutes
    Walz, Anita R. (2017-07-20)
    This presentation is intended to for an introductory level audience interested in learning about Creative Commons licenses, which form the basis for open educational resources. It covers potential benefits of licensing works work Creative Commons licenses, various types of Creative Commons licenses (including the two Public Domain markers), and what what can with with OER. It also introduces the ELMS model (Evaluate, Licence, Mark, and Share) which are best practices for creating and sharing OER, how to mark 3rd party content within openly licensed content, how to mark your originally created content, required attributions, citation as good scholarly practice, where to share and find works, and services offered by the Virginia Tech Libraries. Additional topics that could be added are: peer review and resource quality assurance, technical openness or authoring and sharing in editable formats, adding metadata items and machine readability, and DOIs, stable links, and/or permanent archiving to reduce the likelihood of broken links.
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    Find, Share, Remix, Create. Legally: Learn About Creative Commons Licenses
    Walz, Anita R.; Fralin, Scott (2017-03)
    This brochure designed at Virginia Tech introduces Creative Commons licenses as a tool that one can apply one's own in-copyright works to allow redistribution, adaptation, and reuse. The brochure introduces the four Creative Commons icons, the four "open" Creative Commons licenses (those that allow derivatives) and both Public Domain marks. The brochure also describes and provides a link to further information regarding giving appropriate credit/attribution, answers the questions "what are Creative Commons licenses and why do people use its licenses?" and "Where can I find Creative Commons licensed works?" This brochure is based in part on the Creative Commons brochure located at http://creativecommons.org.nz/cc-brochure-civer and is adapted under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
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    Get Noticed - Managing your scholarly career in an age of metrics, social media, and open research
    Walz, Anita R.; Pannabecker, Virginia; Young, Philip; Potter, Peter J.; McMillan, Gail (2017-06)
    This workshop is designed for busy faculty who want a jump start in developing new skills, mastering new tools, and learning new approaches related to sharing their work and extending their impact. As delivered in June 2017, University librarians and publishing experts presented a variety of tools and methods to enable faculty members to: (1) leverage their rights as authors, (2) build and manage their online presence, (3) share their work and get noticed, and (4) demonstrate their impact. Attendees had the opportunity to set and refine individual goals for their workshop participation and beyond. Hands-on time and assistance were included for attendees to make tangible progress in their identified areas. Time was also allocated for attendees to discuss common problems and solutions.
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    Is It a Fair Use? A Hands-On Discussion
    Pannabecker, Virginia; Walz, Anita R. (2016-02)
    This workshop was provided for instructors, researchers, and library employees; in-person and online, as well as being open to the general public (in-person and online) during Fair Use Week 2016. In each workshop session, two librarians from Virginia Tech University Libraries provided a brief overview of guidelines to consider U.S. Copyright questions, with a focus on Fair Use. Participants discussed their experiences and used an interactive tool to analyze example Fair Use case studies.