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DESCRIPTION
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COMMENT
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Faculty
Forum
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The
Faculty Forum is an online discussion board. Use your Baylor
email username and password to log on and post a message. |
Please
contact Dodie Hall (dhall@bcm.tmc.edu or 84065) if you have
questions or need help with this tool. |
| Off-campus
Access |
Some
of the resources at the Education Resource Center, the
HAM-TMC library and at Baylor require a special set-up
when you try to access them from home or from a computer
that is not on campus. See our Online
Resources page for
information about resources that require a VPN connection. |
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| BigFile |
This
utility is provided by the Baylor Information Technology
to provide a method for faculty and staff to send and receive
files that exceed the allotment for BCM email attachments. |
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| WebDigest |
Web
Digest is a bi-monthly publication of the Education Resource
Center (ERC) at Baylor College of Medicine. It's goal is
to distill and condense medical educational technology
information by informing you about local ed tech events,
reviewing and highlighting web sites you may wish to use
to supplement lecture and/or curriculum content and apprising
you of current issues, best practices and latest trends
in educational technology. |
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| Campus
Copyright Rights and Responsibilities |
"Campus
Copyright Rights and Responsibilities: A Basic Guide to
Policy Considerations" is a new booklet on copyright
written especially for higher education communities. The
guide was developed by representatives of the Association
of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries,
Association of American University Presses, and the Association
of American Publishers with the objective of producing
a document that conveys these groups' "common understanding
regarding the basic meaning and practical significance
of copyright for the higher education community." |
See also:
"Faculty,
Copyright Law and Online Course Materials"
by Phyllis C. Sweeney
ONLINE JOURNAL OF DISTANCE LEARNING ADMINISTRATION vol.
IX, no. I, Spring 2006 |
| Know Your Copy Rights;
What You Can Do |
A 2007 Brochure Aimed at Faculty and Teaching Assistants
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Among the topics covered in the brochure are: fair use, the advantage of linking to instead of copying works, and special provisions for displaying
or performing works in classes. The brochure also includes a one-page
chart that highlights 24 situations when various categories of works can be used. |
| SPARC Author Addendum |
The SPARC Author Addendum
is a legal instrument that modifies the publisher's agreement
and allows you to keep key rights to your articles. The Author
Addendum is a free resource developed by SPARC in partnership
with Creative Commons and Science Commons, established non-profit
organizations that offer a range of copyright options for
many different creative endeavors. |
The Scholarly
Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) site provides information
on alternative scholarly communication strategies. Developed
by the Association of Research Libraries, SPARC has become
a catalyst for change. Its pragmatic focus is to stimulate
the emergence of new scholarly communication models that
expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce
financial pressures on libraries. Action by SPARC in collaboration
with stakeholders – including authors, publishers,
and libraries – builds on the unprecedented opportunities
created by the networked digital environment to advance the
conduct of scholarship.
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| Copyright
Clearance Center |
At the
Copyright Clearance Center you can get instant permission
to use and share content from
the world's leading titles in science, technology, medicine,
humanities, news, business, finance and more. |
Here's
a quick overview of Copyright.com.
Founded in 1978 as a not-for-profit company, CCC is a member
of the International
Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO). Their bilateral agreements with other Reproduction
Rights Organizations worldwide help to create a global system
for licensed content use. |
| BRAIN |
Biomedical Research and
Assurance Information Network (BRAIN) is a web-enabled Oracle
database developed to facilitate the secure online creation,
review, and tracking of research protocol and grant proposals. |
Requires
logging in with your BCM Username and password. |
Education Resource Center