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Rice-Aron Library Reserves Copyright Guidelines*

The reserve collection consist of materials considered essential or required reading for a course, materials that are used by various departmental programs and items in high demands by several patrons. The Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code) governs the making of copies of copyrighted materials. Liability for copies placed on reserve rests with the faculty member who is teaching the course.

The purpose of these guidelines is to protect faculty from copyright infringement. Faculty may contact a librarian for further information; consultation with a librarian or staff member does not constitute legal counsel.

Print Materials & Electronic Reserves

• Faculty may only use photocopies of copyrighted material in one class for two consecutive semesters without publisher permission. However, articles that are linked to an electronic database may be kept on reserve longer than two consecutive semesters and do not require publisher permission.
• Faculty may not place on reserve the same copied item more than one calendar year without permission from the publisher for each year.
• Faculty may not copy from the same periodical volume more than three times without getting permission from the publisher, unless the article is linked from an electronic database.
• Faculty may not photocopy and place on reserve more than one chapter or 10% from a book without permission.
• Faculty may not use photocopied materials to make a textbook. Copying shall not substitute for purchase of books, publishers’ reprints or periodicals.
• Faculty may not create an anthology from several sources to substitute for a textbook.
• Materials appropriate for electronic reserve include instructor’s class notes, journal articles, sample exams, and book chapters.
• Materials that may not be added to electronic reserves are contents of entire journals, entire books and photocopies from workbooks.

Internet Materials

All materials found on the Internet should be treated as if copyright law protects them. Permission to use Internet materials should be obtained from the proper authority for photocopies and pdf files. A link to web resources may be added to a course page without permission.

Audio/Visual Materials

Commercial video/audio-recordings and library-owned video-recording may be placed only on traditional reserve without publisher permission. Programs taped off the air may be placed on reserve for up to 10 days after the program was aired. For more information please see the Film Copyright Guidelines

Interlibrary Loans

Materials obtained through interlibrary loan or direct borrowing from another library will not be placed on reserve in the Rice-Aron Library without the express permission of the lending library. If a faculty member obtains a permission to place interlibrary loan materials on reserve, s/he will be responsible for the condition of the materials and all applicable penalties (monetary and/or non-monetary). Interlibrary loan materials are subject to immediate recall by owning library.

Copyright Permission

Copyright Clearance Center provides a streamlined and efficient way to obtain permission to use copyrighted information in both print and digital formats. See http://www.copyright.com/ for details. For directions on how to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder go to http://www.copyright.com/Services/copyrightoncampus/compliance/index.html.

*Wording based on the Copyright Guidelines of the Cannell Library, Clark College, Vancouver, Washington.