Copyright and Research – Self Publication and Licensing Your Work

Breaking out of the traditional publishing model As the copyright owner of your research, you can determine how your work is communicated and used by other parties.  You may choose, for example, not to go down the well-worn path of traditional publishing and try alternate pathways of sharing your research.  There are many ways of […]

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So you think you’re ready to publish? So, after months of hard work and an untold number of edits, you’re ready to submit your research for publication.  Before your manuscript is published, however you will generally need to sign an agreement with your chosen publisher. Publishing agreements are formal arrangements between you and the publisher […]

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It has often been said that research and innovation requires standing on the shoulders of giants.   In our second post on copyright and research, we will look at how copyright allows you to use other people’s research and work. Plagiarism vs. copyright infringement As discussed in our first post, copyright does not protect ideas and […]

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All researchers create material which is protected by copyright. As a researcher, copyright plays an important role in protecting and sharing your intellectual property (IP).  As such, you should understand what your rights are under copyright and how you can protect and manage those rights. Copyright Ownership Generally, the person who created the copyright work will own […]

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Do you know everything there is to know about research skills? Everyone has an opportunity to improve these skills with Researcher@Library Week and the Extreme Experts Expo. At the end of October the University Library will be offering a program of talks, information sessions, tours, keynote presentations and other activities geared toward supporting researchers and graduate […]

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For today, our final day of cooking for copyright, we thought we share a recipe we found for the animal members of the family as well as a recipe for growing your own chicks!  I know it’s probably not technically within the scope of Cooking for Copyright but apart from being rather fun; I thought […]

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Today, we thought we’d share some lunch recipes from the YHA recipe book, as well as some accompaniments, which we found in the Harrison Family collection. So for lunch we have fish croquettes with rice or spaghetti two ways (I’ve been watching way too much Masterchef) – either à la Buller or à la Station. […]

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We’ll be blogging all this week about Cooking for Copyright. Although Friday was the day, you have until  7th August to post your pictures of your culinary adventures. So if you didn’t have time to cook over the weekend you still have a chance. We thought we’d start the week in style with breakfast. Katie […]

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Today is the day for Cooking with Copyright.  We asked Katie Wood, an Archivist at the University’s Archives, if she could find us some old recipes for Cooking with Copyright.  Katie has been an absolute legend and found us some fantastic recipes. The Armytages were a prominent Melbourne family and we hold a collection of documents […]

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Today, FAIR (Freedom of Access to Information and Resources) is holding an event that aims to change copyright rules for the better. They have spearheaded the Cooking for Copyright campaign in order to push for copyright reforms around unpublished material.  At the moment, unpublished material like diaries, journals, and handwritten recipes are protected by copyright […]

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