The most specific instruction of copyright law pertaining to course reserves is the requirement that each reserve item include a copy of the original copyright statement.  A copy of the copyright statement must be submitted with your items or we cannot process your course reserves request.  For books, this includes a copy of the title page and the title verso.  For journals, this includes a copy of the journal's title page and copyright statement.

Title 17, section 106 of the United States code grants to copyright owners the exclusive rights to reproduce, display, and distribute their work.  Section 107 (the fair use doctrine) provides that under certain circumstances materials protected by copyright may be used without permission from the copyright owner.  However, "educational use" does not necessarily mean material may be used without copyright permission.  Fair Use is generally determined by four factors:

1. What is the purpose and character of the proposed use?  This includes whether or not the use is of a commercial nature of is  for nonprofit educational purposes
2. What is the nature of the copyrighted work to be used?
3. What is the amount and substantiality of the portion of the copyrighted work to be used as compared to the whole work?
4. What is the effect of the use on the market, potential market, or value of the copyrighted work?

In strict accordance with fair use procedures, Everett Library will place the following on reserve for faculty members without copyright permission:

• Books and videos from the Library's collection (hardcopy reserve only).
• Personal copies of books, coursepacks, videos, etc. (hardcopy reserve only).
• Roughly one chapter, or 10%, of a single book.
• One article from a single issue of a journal.
• One short story, poem, or essay from a single volume (whether or not from a collected work).
• One cartoon, drawing, or picture from a book, journal, periodical or newspaper issue.

To be placed on Ereserve, the following materials generally do require copyright permission:

• A single chapter from a book that is needed for more than one semester, or multiple chapters from a book.
• An article from a journal that is needed for more than one semester, or multiple articles from a journal.
• Materials that will be used repeatedly by the same instructor for the same course.

Please note:  All materials will be removed from E-reserve after one semester of use.

For more guidelines and frequently asked questions about copyright and E-Reserves, please visit the Association of American Publishers's Copyright Page.

Everett Library solicits copyright permission from the Copyright Clearance Center.  Should an instructor wish to place materials on reserve that require copyright permission, he or she is responsible for obtaining clearance.  For more information, please visit the Copyright Clearance Center.  For any questions or concerns, please contact Joli Barham at 704-337-2591 or barhamj@queens.edu.

For works that may have passed into the public domain, please refer to this handy chart:  http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm