[LM_NET] Gen: copyright question about pictures

[Donna Guild <donnaguild@CHARTER.NET>]

Hi All,

One of our Library Techs has made a PowerPoint by scanning all of the
pictures in a book. She shows the PowerPoint as she reads the book. She
is using it the way we more mature folks used to use an opaque
projector, when we put the whole book under the lens so that everyone
could see it.

What do you think? Because she is scanning the entire book, is this an
abuse of copyright? Or, is it okay since she is giving proper
attribution to the author and the illustrator because she is
introducing, reading, and then discussing the book itself, and just
using the PowerPoint presentation to enrich the lesson?

Thanks for your feedback.

Donna Guild
Elementary Librarian
San Luis Coastal USD
donnaguild@charter.net

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