Copyright in Teaching and Open Educational Resources
Understanding copyright and copyright law is essential in higher education to use, cite, and share copyrighted works in a legally sound manner. It protects the rights of authors while ensuring the quality and integrity of teaching. This page provides a variety of information sources and contact details for questions regarding copyright in teaching at the University of Bonn.
Copyright in higher education
Information from the Bonn University and State Library (USL) about using copyrighted documents in teaching.
OER at the University of Bonn
The web pages of the Bonn Center for Higher Education (BZH) contain information about open educational resources (OER) and Creative Commons licenses.
Workshop on Copyright and OER in teaching
The BZH runs a workshop on copyright and open licenses in higher education ("Urheberrecht und Open Educational Resources in der Lehre", held in German) every winter semester.
The ORCA.nrw state portal
The Open Resources Campus NRW (ORCA.nrw) provides materials for higher education offered under an open license as well as information, networking opportunities and training courses relating to open educational resources in NRW.
The Legal Information Center on ORCA.nrw
The Rechtsinformationsstelle (“Legal Information Center”) provides a wealth of information, one-to-one advice, training courses and FAQs on selected legal issues in higher education.
Making publications open access
The Open Access Service Center can help you with questions about financing, licenses and publication methods.
Contact
OER and Creative Commons licenses
Please adress any questions about OER and open licenses to Nina Andreasová, Ph.D. at the BZH
Legal Department
The Legal Department can help you with any legal matters in its capacity as a central service provider.