Re: EQUITY IN PROFESSIONAL PERIODICAL CIRCULATION

[Wade Houston Weiler <wadew@TENET.EDU>]

In our monthly librarians' meeting last week in Irving, we discussed
periodicals such as Mailbox. However, I'm going to bring up an angle that
you did not consider. Did you realize that you are party to copyright
infringement when you knowingly let faculty members copy from these when
the library is the entity that is subscribing to the issue. It is
perfectly legal for any one teacher to subscribe to the magazine and copy
til the cows come home, but the other situation is not. In the past, I
have had such copy magazines in my library. However, this year, our
periodical budget was cut so bad that something had to go. I cut all the
Mailboxes, etc. so I don't have this problem anymore; it was solved for
me, so to speak. I know this wasn't the answer you were looking for, but
it's something to consider.

Wade H. Weiler          "Visualize Whirled Peas..."  =:-)
Irving ISD
Irving, TX
wadew@tenet.edu

On Sat, 19 Nov 1994, Paula Neale wrote:

> Dear Netters,
> My last question may have pushed at the boundaries of the purpose of this
> list, but this one is strictly a library question.
> \
> At the request of several staff members, I subscribe to several magazines
> such as Copycat, Mailbox and Teacher's Helper.  Until this year we used
> to put these in the Magazine shelving unit in the Faculty Lounge.  We
> have always housed our new issues there under the assumption that this
> would increase access and use.  Most back copies are also kept there
> except the ones where we keep more than two years worth of issues.  Now
> the problem that developed was that the above-mentioned magazines would
> disappear as soon as they went on display, never to be seen again or at
> least, not for a long time.
>
> So this year, we put a sign in the lounge stating that these 3 should be
> requested in the library and we keep them behind the desk.  When someone
> wants the current issue, we suggested that it be returned in a day or two
> so that others might use it.  We have a copy-machne about 20 feet away,
> and most of them could easily find time to copy something they wanted to
> use during their student's visit to the library.  However, now what we
> have is magazines that no one is using, so I guess that in trying to
> promote fairness in access, we have become too restrictive.
>
> The next step I can think of is a route list, but if anyone has a more
> creative idea, I'd like to hear it.  And speaking of those same
> magazines, what do you do about the posters, learning centers, etc that
> come bound inside and are meant to be torn out and used?  They don't do
> anyone any good inside, but who would you give them to.  We just don't
> have time to process them as a seperate item?
>
> This seems like such a petty, minor thing.  Why is it taking up so much
> of my time (sigh!)
> Paula Neale
> mohmie@coop.crn.gen.mo.us
>