Re: Borrowing Web Site Language/Content

["Danielle Nicole Devoss" <devossda@pilot.msu.edu>]

> Recently, I have been working to put together a web page for a writing
> center.  I did a lot of research on other sites, and found some great ones,
> especially at Purdue and BYU.  I even found a great mission statement from
> our discussion last spring.
>
> This is my problem:  how much language can I borrow from what others have
> done?  For example, I really liked Purdue's list of hints for how to best
> prepare for a tutorial.  I want it for my page!  I would adjust language,
> maybe add to it/alter it as time went on, but the concept and most of the
> words would still be Purdue's.  What is the protocol in a situation like
> this?

If Purdue's list is on-line, merely create a hyperlink.  It's the way of the
web, afterall.

Otherwise, you might contact the writing center whose information you're
quoting and ask their permission to reproduce it in its entirety.  If you offer
to cite the original as a source, I can't imagine too many people would have a
problem with doing so.



Danielle DeVoss

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