First Amendment Rights, Ethical Use, Privacy, Copyright, Plagiarism
Library Bill of Rights
As MVM's School Librarian I promise to:
· Provide students with a wide variety of books that they will love to read both for pleasure and for information. · Help students find the books that are just right for them. · Teach students how to find what they need. · Allow students to make their own choices.y · Protect students' right to privacy. · Trust students to take care of their books and return them when they are done. · Make available to students the time to explore what our library has to offer. · Give students a comfortable place to curl up with a good book. · Defend students against censorship. |
Code of Ethics
A set of ethical principals guides the work of librarians. Among other things, school librarians must always protect the privacy of the students, avoid censorship at all costs, treat students, coworkers, administrators, and parents with respect, and strive to provide equitable access to all members of the school community.
Click here for a look at the ALA Code of Ethics policy
Click here for a look at the ALA Code of Ethics policy
Privacy
All patrons of the MVM library have the right to privacy. This right to privacy is supported by the ALA Code of Ethics. The librarian will never ask students for personal information or share students' check-out records with anyone without their permission..
Copyright
Copyright, put simply, is the permission to copy. It gives authors, musicians, and artists, a way to make money off of their creations. If an author owns the copyright to something that he wrote, it means that only he has permission to copy it and make money from it. In most cases, no one else may use his words, otherwise they are in violation of the copyright. When you copy someone else's words and lead people to believe they are your own, it is called plagiarism.
Click here for a look at FCPS Copyright policy
Click here for a look at FCPS Copyright policy
Fair Use
Fair use allows people other than the copyright owner to copy part or, in some circumstances, all of a copyrighted work, even where the copyright holder has not given permission or objects.
Click here for an educators guide to Fair Use
Click here for an educators guide to Fair Use
Plagiarism
According to the FCPS Calendar Handbook: "Plagiarism is deliberately presenting work,
words, ideas, theories, etc. derived in whole or in part from a
source external to the student as though they are the student’s
own efforts. In addition, any incident of such behavior will be
subject to the guidelines of Regulation 400-8." Specifically, if a student is caught trying to pass off another's work as their own, or plagiarizing, the teacher may disallow a grade in whole
or in part, and/or make an office referral.
Click here to see FCPS Regulation 400-8
Click here to see FCPS Regulation 400-8
Resources Used:
Boy standing against board with books. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 16 Jul 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/search/115_3967679/1/115_3967679/cite
Code of Ethics of the American Library Association. ALA Counsel, 2008. Web. 13 Jul 2015.
FCPS Library Media Handbook. Frederick County Public Schools, 2015. Web. 13 Jul 2015.
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers. Kentucky Department of Education, 2012. Web. 13 Jul 2015.
Boy standing against board with books. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 16 Jul 2015.
http://quest.eb.com/search/115_3967679/1/115_3967679/cite
Code of Ethics of the American Library Association. ALA Counsel, 2008. Web. 13 Jul 2015.
FCPS Library Media Handbook. Frederick County Public Schools, 2015. Web. 13 Jul 2015.
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers. Kentucky Department of Education, 2012. Web. 13 Jul 2015.