Back when I was the Circulation Manager for a college, we had an area for
Closed Reserve materials the professors wanted. The criteria we used as to
whether to place material on the shelves for students to copy was that if
it was for one class semester we could allow it. If it was an article they
had found, we could allow it as it was a serendipitous find. However, if
the professor wanted the material for the next year, they had to contact
the publisher for permission, otherwise they were violating copyright
issues. The library could not request this,it had to be the professor.
So, if this is one time, it is probably OK, but if this is going to be an
ongoing assignment- every year, they (the teacher) needs to contact the
publisher. Do not make this your job..they are the ones who are assigning
this and they are the ones responsible for making sure it is OK. You can get
the information for them, but they must do it themselves.
Toni Koontz
Retired Librarian
Columbus Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heimer, Noel" <heimern@MADISON.K12.CT.US>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:22 AM
Subject: yet another copyright question
I am back in graduate school and a professor has asked my class to do
presentations on six different books. As part of each individual's
presentation, they have been asked to copy three chapters and bring 10
copies to distribute to the rest of the class. This sounds wrong. Is this
fair use?
Again, copy three chapters and distribute 10 copies to classmates.
A second question:
Same class: full chapters from other miscellaneous books on e-reserve at the
library as required assignments, print and bring to class. Fair use?
Isn't this like copying additional materials for students to avoid the extra
purchase of those materials?
(actually a third question)
Thanks all for the collective wisdom we share.
;-)
Noël S. Heimer, MLS
Robert H. Brown Middle School
980 Durham Road
Madison, CT 06443
203.245.6408
brownmiddleschool.org
"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people
sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing
wild animals as librarians...." (Monty Python)
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