Chico State Enterprises (Meriam Library)

The Meriam Library at California State University, Chico, in partnership with Arizona State University Library in Tempe and Portland Community College Library in Oregon, will determine the need for and availability of copyright education for library professionals in the Western United States. The Western Rural Copyright Education Research Pilot Project will document the ability of library professionals in this region to respond to copyright questions, determine their needs for training, locate barriers to effective training, identify copyright training specialists and programs, and document new ways to deliver copyright training across a large, geographically dispersed region. This planning grant will inform future projects to develop regionally sensitive copyright professional development opportunities and communities.