Managing Copyright in Higher Education: A Guidebook is a useful introduction to copyright law and, more specifically, to copyright issues and practices as they relate to colleges and universities. The book starts off a primer on the basics of intellectual property, the legal system, and copyright law in the United States. Ferullo, who is the director of the University Copyright Office at Purdue University, discusses broad organizational concerns including alternative models colleges and universities have adopted to assign responsibility within the institution for matters involving copyright; policies adopted by higher education institutions in relation to copyright; and risk management practices.
Ferullo devotes several chapters to particular copyright issues that arise in relation to particular groups and units of a university including libraries; faculty in their role as teachers and as researchers; administrators and staff; and students. In discussing copyright questions that frequently arise in each of these contexts, Ferullo walks the reader through a methodical analysis of key considerations for various scenarios while alerting the readers to the importance of each set of facts. The book also provides several resources including lists of best practices, an explanation of various Creative Commons licenses, a reproduction of selected sections from the Copyright Act of 1977, and a fair use analysis checklist.
Because the work is a slim volume of less than 200 pages, Ferullo does not treat any topic in great detail. However, what it lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth. This book is a great overview for anyone trying to make sense of copyright issues in higher education.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
978-0-8108-9148-7 • Hardback • October 2014 • $45.00
978-0-8108-9149-4 • eBook • October 2014 • $44.99
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