HIT: Re: tables of contents copyrighted?

[Kim Tison <ktison@CYBERTOURS.COM>]

>Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 03:39:25 -0700

>Subject: Re: tables of contents copyrighted?
>To: Kim Tison <ktison@CYBERTOURS.COM>

Ray Barber writes:

>Kim,
>An interesting problem.  You are probably safe.  First you could claim
>this under fair use.  Secondly usualy the table of contents of a
>periodical is exactly that, a list of the contents and not an
>intellectual product.  For a definitive answer you might contact The
>Institute for Scientific Information in Philadelphia which publishers
>Current Contents, a periodical of tables of contents.
>
>We have been asked to participate in an experiment copying book tables
>of contents for inclusion in the MARC record.  I am less sure of the
>legality of this.
>Ray Barber
>The William Penn Charter School
>Philadelphia
>RAYB1@IX.NETCOM.COM
>
>You wrote:
>>
>>Librarians in our school district need to know if tables of contents
>on
>>magazines are copyrighted.  The high school librarian was photocopying
>>tables of contents from professional journals subscribed to by the
>library
>>for each elementary school library and our middle school library.  The
>>purpose of this was for professional development.  Teachers in each
>>building would come to the library and look through the contents to
>see if
>>there were articles of interest to them. They would then go to the
>high
>>school library to read the pertinent articles.
>>
>>Our school board recently adopted a copyright policy and we have
>looked
>>everywhere but this list and cannot find if we would be in violation
>if the
>>practice of photocopying tables of contents of professional
>periodicals
>>continues.  Please help.  Need references cited if it proves to be
>within
>>the law to copy contents of magazines for the above purpose.  Thanks.
>>
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