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arl-ereserve: copyright and reserves for SRiazo at Chico State

arl-ereserve: copyright and reserves for SRiazo at Chico State

copyright and reserves for SRiazo at Chico State

Joyce Nielsen--Van Wylen Circulation (NIELSENJ@LIB.CIT.HOPE.EDU)
Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:21:17 -0400 

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:21:17 -0400
From: Joyce Nielsen--Van Wylen Circulation <NIELSENJ@LIB.CIT.HOPE.EDU>
To: ARL-ERESERVE@ARL.ORG
Message-Id: <970918142117.1f45@LIB.CIT.HOPE.EDU>
Subject: copyright and reserves for SRiazo at Chico State


(I tried to send this several times to the person who asked the
question, but the email addresses I used did not work.  Sorry to
send it to the whole list.)


>  1.  How are other library's dealing with photocopies of portions of books 
>      and photocopied articles?

  If this is the very first time this prof has used these 
  photocopies for this course, the use is under the fair use 
  guidelines.  After that first semester if the items are used again
  by this professor we get permission or the items are not to be on
  reserve.


>  2.  How long are instructors permitted to keep these items on reserve?

  Just one term.  We get permission again for each subsequent term.


>  3.  Is there a limit to how many copied items they can put on reserve?

  There is no real limit.  The guidelines (not designed for 
  college and university reserves) indicate 9 copied items--but 
  this is not law.  The law is written so as to be individually interpretted
  for each instance;  judgement is required each time.


>  4.  I would also like to know under what circumstances instructors are
>      allowed to put dubbed audiocassettes, and videocassettes on reserve.  
>      In other words, are there any legal restrictions for putting copies 
>      of audiocassettes and videocassettes on reserve?  How long are they 
>      allowed to keep the items on reserve?

  The law for music and for video is not identical to print.  It 
  is more restrictive.  I deal less often with this.  Illegal copies--copied
  off the air for instance--are items I don't want to deal with.  
  We put legally purchased copies on reserve just as we do books without
  having to ask for permission.  How long the item may be on 
  reserve seems more like a local administrative question--if you 
  had to ask for permission you would have to ask again for each term.


>  5.  If these tapes and books are available for purchase, why do you think
>      faculty members are putting copies of the original on reserve?  

  (I suspect they don't buy the originals because they cost more 
  than making copies.)


>      Shouldn't they be encouraged to purchase the originals

  Yes.



I trust you understand my answers have no backing but my own 
ideas about copyright and reserves.

We use the Copyright Clearance Center for most of our copyright
compliance.  Their homepage is 

   http://www.copyright.com/

The  Copyright Office homepage should also be helpful:

   http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/


I hope these sites are helpful to you.  Wish there were hard and
fast rules that were good for reserves, but that is not the case.

Sometimes you have to tell faculty that what they want is not legal
and you cannot do as they wish.  They won't like it and you need to
know in advance that you have backing inside the library. IMHO


Joyce Nielsen
Van Wylen Circ
Hope College, Holland, MI
nielsenj@hope.edu
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