LeEtta M. Schmidt is the Copyright and Intellectual Property Librarian at the USF Tampa library, providing guidance and education to students, staff, and faculty on their dual roles as creators and users of copyrighted content; helping them reflect on that duality when making decisions on content use and licensing. She earned her MLIS from USF, completed CopyrightX in 2014, and obtained a Creative Commons Certification for Librarians and Educators in 2020.
Research
LeEtta Schmidt researches the intersection of information creation and use to see how creators utilize and manage the rights secured to them by intellectual property laws.