Re: questions

From: Bert Boyce <lsboyc[_at_]lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:49:42 -0600

On 10/29/98, Paula Jewell <pjewell[_at_]fplc.edu> wrote:
>
> On 10/28/98, Jerry Notaro <notaro[_at_]bayflash.stpt.usf.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Beverly Bowles <bbowles[_at_]hshsl.umaryland.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Are there any libraries on the list who take the responsibility
> > > of requesting copyright permission from publishers for materials
> > > being placed or reserve or do you delegate this responsibility to
> > > the faculty member or to another group within the library?
> >
> > I am curious. Why would you need permission from anyone to put
> > materials on reserve in a library?
>
> Even libraries must comply. Fair use does not give unlimited use of
> others' copyrighted materials.

     No fair use here. The first purchase doctrine gives the owner the right to do as he wishes with his own rightfully obtained copy. This includes loaning it out for short periods, which is what a reserve desk does. You may be thinking of the practice of making copies for such loans, not placing the orignal in reserve status. This would be a different matter.

                                        BRB

Bert R. Boyce, Professor & Dean
School of Library & Information Science
Louisiana State University
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LSBOYC[_at_]LSUVM.sncc.lsu.edu Received on Fri Oct 30 1998 - 15:50:20 GMT