Use of Copyrighted Media in the Classroom

Many instructors avoid using TV or movie clips, images, web sites, broadcasts, songs or other copyrighted materials in lectures and online courses out of confusion about the legal doctrine of “fair use.”  It can be difficult to determine when the use of such media constitutes infringement of copyright law or falls under fair use provisions of copyright law. 

A new code of best practices helps educators and students reclaim their rights to fair use of copyrighted media in the classroom.  America University’s Center for Social Media has published The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education to demystify fair use.  Well worth a quick read, the guide offers guidelines for determining fair use in educational settings.

Common copyright questions about books as well as media are well covered in Know Your Copy Rights from the Association of Research Libraries. 

American Indian Heritage Month ~ Library Display

The SCC Learning Resource Center has a rich collection of Native American materials.  What piques your interest?  History?  Poetry?  Theater?  Medicine?  Sports?

Visit the Library Display

Here’s a sample of what SCC has to offer:

Winds of Freedom: the Story of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II by Margaret Bixler
Genocide of the Mind: New Native American Writing edited by MariJo Moore
American Gypsy: Six Native American Plays by Diane Glancy
Cherokee Medicine Man: the Life & Work of a Modern-Day Healer by Robert Conley (e-book)
Team Spirits: the Native American Mascots Controversy edited by C. Richard King & Charles F. Springwood

Prefer to kick back and watch a movie?  Smoke Signals is based on Sherman Alexie’s story The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.

There’s much more in LOIS, the library catalog.  Do a keyword search for Native Americans, Indians of North America, Indigenous Peoples, or related terms.  Phone, visit, or email a librarian with your questions.

LRC Special Collections ~ Historic Glass Display

Three gorgeous framed historic panes of etched glass are on display in the Special Collections room of the Learning Resource Center.  The 1930s glass panes were originally installed in the Little Theatre, the Auditorium, and the old SCC library.  The glass pane from the old library uses a “diamond” design; this design was selected by architects to be the design motif in the new Learning Resource Center.  You can see this design in the inlaid terrazzo floor in the LRC lobby and in the carpet patterns in the entry floor on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the LRC.

Frame design, wood selection, construction and installation of the newly framed glass were done by Andrew La Torre and Mark Ernst, LRCCD Cabinetmakers.

Diamond design from the old library

The glass panes are hanging from the ceiling and can be viewed from outside Special Collections, or come on in when the Special Collections Room is open, Wednesdays and Thursdays 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Detail of Little Theatre window

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