Copyright for your Thesis: How to use Images and other material

Date & Time

Thursday, March 27, 2025
10:00 am to 11:30 am

Location

Online

Offered by

Graduate Pathways to Success and the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office

Registration Opens

Monday, 24 March 2025 - 9:00am
 
 

Are you in the midst of writing your thesis? Are there images or portions of published manuscripts you are planning to use in your thesis?  Do you have concerns over how copyright laws could delay your thesis submission?

In this session you will learn:

  • to examine your thesis for copyright compliance
  • the laws relating to using copyrighted images
  • to identify copyright material
  • about creative commons licenses
  • about using material from online resources
  • about author rights

Please note: the last 30 minutes of this session will be for questions/consultation and attendance is optional

Facilitator

Stephanie Savage is a Scholarly Communications and Copyright Services Librarian at UBC Library. In her current role, she provides copyright expertise to the UBC community and helps develop open initiatives on campus and support researchers in disseminating their research as widely as possible.

Registration Information

General registration is open on Monday, March 24th at 9 am.

Registration is open to current UBC graduate students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email at the e-mail associated with your community.grad.ubc.ca account. If you experience any difficulty using the online registration tool, please e-mail us at graduate.pathways@ubc.ca.

Please email us if you are registered and are no longer able to attend this event.

Accessibility

If you have a disability or medical condition that may affect your full participation in the event, please email graduate.pathways@ubc.ca, 604-827-4578, well in advance of the event.