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Faculty Course Reserves
Copyright Information for Reserves
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of the copyright law.
Due to copyright law, the following restrictions apply:
- Items that are used on Reserves more than one consecutive semester will need to obtain copyright permission. The Z. Smith Reynolds Library will manage copyright compliance for any items that are carried over from one semester to another.
- Textbooks and/or selections from textbooks will not be accepted as personal copies or for electronic reserve.
- No more than 10% of any book, or one article from any journal issue, may be placed on electronic reserve.
- Items not owned by the library or the faculty member cannot be placed on electronic reserve.
- The library will be willing to cover reasonable costs of obtaining copyright permission, but if costs are excessive, we will notify you as early as possible to determine if your department would like to fund the copyright payment rather than having to take the item off of reserve.
Faculty Course Reserves Requests
Form: Faculty Course Reserves Request
Articles, chapters, or other materials can be submitted in one of the following ways:
- Provide us with just a citation, and we will pull the item from our collection and scan it into Electronic Reserves. (This takes additional time.)
- As a personal copy.
- As a URL on the web.
- As an attached file.
- As a permalink found in the library's electronic journals or databases.
To aid us in our work flow, please limit your submissions to no more than three articles per week. Submit articles two weeks in advance to guarantee availability.
If you have any questions, please contact the Reserves Department.
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