Re: personal items of professor / teacher on reserve

From: Kevin Grierson <kgrierson[_at_]wilsav.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:19:11 -0400

On 06/30/2000, Mike Cobb <mikecobb[_at_]liberty.edu> wrote:
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> Is it a copyright violation for a library to place a personal item
> belonging to a teacher on reserve for his/her class to use? Teachers
> frequently place library-owned material on reserve for their class,
> but it seems different to do that with their own personal items.

As a general matter, a work purchased by a library or by a professor should be distributable in the same manner. I can't think of any reason why the ability to make a copy of a work available to the public (or a group of persons such as students) varies based upon ownership of the copy.

Kevin Grierson

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