If a student came to me with this request, I would definitely tell her that this falls under fair use, for all the reasons you cited, and she should feel confident about using any images that she wants (with credits). Karen Bouchard Brown University On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 2:43 PM Maureen Dawley <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I’m working with non-art student and art lover who wants to hone her > skills in image curation. What she wants to do is create an exhibition of > images from books and other sources that she would then blow up and present > at her student exhibition. At this point she want to include a variety of > images, both historic and contemporary images that reflect the notion of > ways we see, perception and sight (she’s in cognitive psychology). She > asked me about copyright in exhibiting the blown up images and my first > thoughts were educational use (she will credit all images, it won’t be > displayed on the web, not for profit; no money is collected etc.). One of > her profs suggested she look for old non-copyrighted material (easier said > than done) but it was clear in her context this would severely limit > creative flow. > > Has a similar copyright question come up with your students? Or does > anyone have some general thoughts on this scenario? If so, I would > appreciate hearing your comments! > > Mo > > > > > > > > Mo Dawley > > Senior Librarian > Art and Drama Librarian > > Carnegie Mellon University > > 4909 Frew St. > > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > [log in to unmask] > > 412-268-6625 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Karen A. Bouchard Arts & Humanities Librarian Rockefeller Library, Box A 10 Prospect Street Brown University Providence, RI 02912 USA Phone: (401) 863-3218 [log in to unmask] http://libguides.brown.edu/profile.php?uid=56435 Images at Brown blog, latest entry: https://sites.google.com/a/brown.edu/image-collections-in-the-brown-library/new-posts-3/summertreats If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. Cicero. *Epistulae ad Familiares*, book IX, epistle 4. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~