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It costs the Library an average of $35 to process an interlibrary loan request.

Course Reserves

In order for the Library to provide this service under compliance with Copyright law and the limitations of exclusive rights outlined by Fair Use (17 U.S.C. +107), reserve items submitted by faculty should meet the following guidelines:

1. The amount of material should be reasonable in relation to the total amount of material assigned for one term of a course taking into account the nature of the course, its subject matter, and level. (See: 17 U.S.C. +107 Section 3) Generally this is interpreted as no more than 10% of a work or one article, one or two chapters of a book, or a complete poem.

2. The effect of using the material should not be detrimental to the market for the work. (In general, the Library should own at least one copy of the work.) (See: 17 U.S.C. +107 Section 4)

3. A full bibliographic citation must be provided for all copyrighted material requested for Electronic Reserve.

4. Access to copyrighted materials on Electronic Reserve will be password protected. Library staff will provide the professor with a password for each course for which there is copyrighted material online. The professor is responsible for telling students the appropriate password and informing them of the importance of the copyright protection.

Sources:

Statement on Fair Use and Electronic Reserves -- Association of College and Research Libraries

Electronic Reserves Archive:
http://www1.mville.edu/Administration/staff/Jeff_Rosedale/

Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm