Copyright & Licensing Advisor

Under the direction of the Head of Copyright and Licensing, the post holder will provide advice and guidance on complex copyright and licensing matters as they impact upon university research and teaching activity. This will include supporting staff and students as they use and create copyright materials, the Library's acquisition of content for use across the University, and the dissemination of teaching and research outputs.

The post holder will collaborate with academic staff to support all areas of the research environment and scholarly communications lifecycle. This will include working with researchers and students engaging in teaching and research activities across the whole range of disciplines. Activities will include exploring and facilitating new and emerging research in areas such as Big Data, AI and Machine Learning offering guidance on how copyright and licensing issues contribute to these activities.

An awareness of how copyright issues might affect initiatives impacting upon researchers will be vital, especially in relation to the increasingly complex scholarly communications landscape, Open Access and Open Research, and digital research. The role will also support teaching activity, advising academic colleagues on the use of content externally sourced and included within teaching materials regardless of the model of delivery.

This may include providing guidance on the use and re-use of Open Educational Resources, making textbooks Open Access, the use of materials within lecture content used in class and via Canvas, as well as addressing issues such as those raised by lecture capture. Working with colleagues across the division, the post holder will be responsible for the continual review and recording of electronic resources licences, to ensure the licences enable all uses of content.

This will also include ensuring content is useable by students and staff based at the University's Dubai campus and other transnational educational activities. Where appropriate the post holder will liaise with content providers to ensure that the licences meet all research and teaching needs. The post holder will line manage the Digitisation Service Assistant Team Leader and therefore have oversight of the Digitisation Service and the staff within the Service.

The Service provides digitised reading materials for students via 'Resource Lists@Bham' and provides alternative format materials for users with disabilities in line with accessibility requirements. Knowledge and awareness of copyright and licensing issues associated with accessibility and the creation of alternative format materials will be central to this element. The post holder will be responsible for reviewing the needs and resourcing of the Service to ensure its effective operation including identifying and implementing any key performance measures.

Part of this role will involve liaising with colleagues across campus to ensure the effective support of users with disabilities incorporating best practice in service delivery. The post holder will devise and deliver training to university staff, researchers and students across campus ensuring that guidance is up to date and in line with best practice from across the Higher Education sector.

This will include the continual review of related website information, ensuring it is up to date and compliant with the associated legislation, and is accessible for a wide range of audiences. The post-holder will promote equality and value diversity including actively acting as a role model in own behaviour and fostering a non‑discriminatory culture, whilst actively applying internal processes in a fair and equal way.

• Act as the main point of contact for copyright queries, providing expert advice relating to copyright issues as they impact on research activities, scholarly communications and teaching activities of the University escalating complex issues to the Head of Copyright and Licensing.
• Have ownership and responsibility for developing and delivering training activities to enhance copyright literacy across the University.
• Review e‑Resource licence agreements ensuring that they are…