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Copyright for Graduate Students Online
This session will cover what you need to know about copyright when publishing and reusing others' work, with particular attention paid to use of materials in your thesis.
We'll cover copyright basics, the use of copyright exceptions to reuse materials, how to ask permission, your rights as an author and what you need to pay attention to when agreeing to a copyright transfer or license with your publisher. We'll also touch briefly on the support the Libraries provide to publish open access.
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Understand copyright responsibilities when writing your thesis
- Understand considerations for using your own work
- Understand considerations for using third party materials (images, figures, etc.)
This is an online event, please register to receive the event link. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to libevents@uwaterloo.ca with your needs.
- Date:
- Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Graduate Students
- Categories:
- Workshop
Instructor
Lauren Byl has worked as the Copyright & Licensing Librarian since 2015. She spends half of her time helping faculty, staff and students understand copyright, the other half negotiating library licenses, and the third half yelling into the void about scholarly publishing issues.
Event Support
Amy Lim is the research programs and services coordinator at the University of Waterloo Libraries. She helps coordinate workshops alongside our librarians. If you have questions about this event, please contact her at libevents@uwaterloo.ca.
Facilitator(s)
Copyright & Licensing Librarian
Event Coordinator
Research Programs and Services Coordinator