This is an archive of prior workshops, discussion groups, and talks, for some semesters. Please see https://websites.umass.edu/copyright/workshops-appointments/ for current workshops.

New England Copyright Bootcamps:

  • January 16-17, 2020: Western Massachusetts Copyright Workshop (Kyle Courtney, Copyright First Responders, and Laura Quilter)
  • May 31, 2019: “Digitizing Challenges” (Laura Quilter, Kyle Courtney, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Joan Emmet)
  • January 10, 2019: “Licensing and Open Access” (Laura Quilter, Kyle Courtney, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Joan Emmet)
  • December 2015: Copyright Bootcamp, Boston (Laura Quilter, Kyle Courtney, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Joan Emmet)
  • December 2015: Copyright Bootcamp, Amherst (Laura Quilter, Kyle Courtney, Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Joan Emmet)
  • January 13 and 14, 2015, Copyright Bootcamp, for UMass system and Five Colleges librarians and IT staff. (Laura Quilter)

UMass Campus Workshops

Summer 2020 workshops: 

  • June 23, “Legal Issues in Research” (online, hosted by UMass Center for Teaching & Learning)
  • June 24, “Copyright and Your Research and Writing” (online, hosted by UMass Center for Teaching & Learning)

Spring 2020 workshops:

  • “Your Publishing Contract” / Laura Quilter, Feb. 13, 2020, 1-2pm, Du Bois 1920
  • “YouTube’s Copyright System”/ Laura Quilter, Feb. 18, noon-1pm, Du Bois 1920
  • “Stop Signing Away Your (Intellectual) Rights!: How the Open Access Policy Can Help You” / Erin Jerome, March 11, 2-3pm, Du Bois 1920
  • “Creative Commons 101: How to Find Images, Media and More for Your Projects” / Lisa DiValentino and Jennifer Friedman
    • March 18, 1-2pm, Science & Engineering Library Classroom
    • April 8, 1-2pm, Du Bois Library, Calipari Room (lower level)
  • “Fair Use and Copyright 101” / Laura Quilter, March 31, 1-2pm, Du Bois 1920 (moved to zoom due to quarantine)
  • “Professor Strangedays: or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Copyright and Love Zoom Teaching” / Laura Quilter
    • April 3, Friday
    • April 6, Monday
    • April 8, Wednesday
  • “Ask a Lawyer” / Laura Quilter & Raquel Manzanares, April 8, 1-2pm, Du Bois 1920 (cancelled due to quarantine)

Fall 2020 workshops include:

Copyright Reading Group, 2013-2015