Interlibrary Loan Copyright Issues
The following list provides links to resources addressing Interlibrary Loan copyright issues:
- CONTU Guidelines: The official word as it exists in its legal format. The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Workds (CONTU) states that: "During one calendar year, no more than five copies may be received from any one work whose publication date is within five years of the date of the patron's request."
- Copyright Advisory Network: A service provided by the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy.
- Copyright Clearance Center: A commercial site, Copyright Clearance Center will, for a fee, file batch permission statements for you. Fees are negotiable depending on volume.
- Copyright Crash Course: From the University of Texas at Austin, this easy-to-understand “class” covers fair use, multimedia, the digital library, copyright management, and licensing resources.
- Copyright Primer: An online, interactive tutorial on copyright basics put up by the Center for Intellectual Property and Copyright at the University of Maryland covering copyright principles and compliance for faculty, staff and students.
- Electronic Mailing Lists:
- CNI-COPYRIGHT FORUM: Topics will be anything to do with copyright and are not limited to any one area such as electronic media. To subscribe, send an e-mail to the Coalition ListProcessor (LISTPROC@CNI.ORG). In the body of the text type: subscribe CNI-COPYRIGHT <your name>.
- ARL RESERVES listproc@arl.org is dedicated to topics related to electronic reserves, issues and questions. To subscribe, send an e-mail to the aforementioned address and leave the subject blank. In the body, type the following message: subscribe arl-ereserve <your name>.
- DIGITAL-COPYRIGHT: New in 2002, this listserv aims to provide a forum for the analysis of topics such as copyright law and policy, technologies, federal law and policies impacting higher education particularly distance education. To subscribe, send an e-mail to listproc@listserv.umuc.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the body, include this message: subscribe digital-copyright <your name>.
- LOCIS – Library of Congress: The Library of Congress provides LOCIS to enable interested parties to search copyright records. There are three different databases to choose from and two methods to connect.
- Permission From Publishers: The American Association of Publishers, Campus Copyright Education Program, gives an easy-to-follow guide to request permission in cases where Copyright Clearance or other bulk methods might not be appropriate.