Re: personal items of professor / teacher on reserve

On Thu, Jul 06, 2000, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> On 06/30/2000, Mike A. Cobb <mikecobb[_at_]liberty.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> No, it is not a violation. Sec. 109(a) states that "the owner of a
> particular copy ... lawfully made under this title ... is entitled,
> without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise
> dispose of the possession of that copy." Under this section, known
> as the "first-sale doctrine," the person who owns a lawful copy may
> lend it to anyone else.

I write in response to Mike Cobb's question about a professor's personal items on reserve in the library:

My understanding is that if the library does not own the book/video/journal to be placed on reserve, the instructor may put a personal copy on reserve for one semester. If a longer reserve time is needed, the instructor must receive copyright clearance and attach the permission notice to the reserve item. Is this myth or fact -- or individual library's perogative?

Rose M. Christensen, Reference Supervisor NorthWest Arkansas Community College Library One College Drive, Bentonville, AR 72712 501-619-4246; FAX 501-619-4115
rchriste[_at_]nwacc.cc.ar.us Received on Thu Jul 13 2000 - 19:12:42 GMT