Bridging the copyright licensing knowledge gap

ALIA National 2014 Conference, 15-19 September 2014 Melbourne : together we are stronger
This conference paper discusses how the purpose of a Deakin University project was to examine the copyright and licensing knowledge gap of academic staff to identify their current understanding of, and attitudes towards, copyright, licensing and the open access movement in relation to the content they use, create, and share in their teaching and research practice.
The motivation behind this study was to gather information to assist the Library in creating and providing effective information resources and training for academic staff.
Results were largely consistent with other similar studies conducted around these topics.  There is a clear role for librarians to continue providing such training and resources as the push for Open Access resources, publishing, and data only gains momentum.