Copyright in the library

Libraries are granted certain exemptions from liability for fair use and for certain library copying.  The article below, "Copyright in the Library," by Georgia K. Harper of the University of Texas System Office of General Counsel, outlines and discusses some of these issues in respect to:)

Fair Use (Section 107):  Reserve Room Operations Print Copies Audio, Image and Audiovisual Copies  Electronic Copies Library Copying for Patrons and for Its Own Collection

Library Reprography (Section 108):  Archiving  Patron Requests  Unsupervised Copying,  News Programs Contractual Limitations on Acquisitions Interlibrary Loan

See: Copyright in the Library

See also: 

• Arnold P. Lutzker. Primer On The Digital Millennium: What The Digital Millennium Copyright Act And The Copyright Term Extension Act Mean For The Library Community. Washington, D.C., Lutzker & Lutzker LLP, 1999.
• Copyright for Music Librarians (Music Library Association)
• Duane Webster.  The Practical Realities of the New Copyright Laws: A Librarian's Perspective.  New York, Modern Language Association Conference, December 28, 2002.
• Fair Use Guidelines
• Fair-Use Guidelines For Electronic Reserve Systems (developed during CONFU, but not considered as a CONFU Guideline, draft March 1996)
• Library and Classroom Use of Copyrighted Videotapes and Computer Software (American Library Association, February 1986)
• Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom, Research and Library Reserve Use (American Library Association, March 1982)
• Regents Guide to Understanding Copyright & Educational Fair Use.  Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, 1997.