This copyright
notice should be "printed on heavy paper or other durable material in type
at least 18 points in size, and shall be displayed prominently in such manner
and location as to be clearly visible, legible, and comprehensible to a casual
observer within the immediate vicinity of the place where orders are accepted":
NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States
Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted
material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and
archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One
of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not
to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or
research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy
or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user
may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse a copying order
if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of
copyright law.
This notice is
also required to be printed on the order form for reserve materials, "within
a box located prominently on the order form itself, either on the front side
of the form or immediately adjacent to the space calling for the name or signature
of the person using the form. The notice shall be printed in type size no smaller
than that used predominantly throughout the form, and in no case shall the
type size be smaller than 8 points. The notice shall be printed in such manner
as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual
reader of the form".
The photocopied materials must also
include a notice of copyright. This notice should appear exactly as it
appears on the original work. If no copyright notice appears on the original
work, the copy should include the statement "This material may be protected
by copyright".
Library Reserve Guidelines
The library suggests the following guidelines,
in accordance with section 107 of United States House Report 2223:
A single copy may be made of any of the following by or
for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research
or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class:
A
chapter from a book;
An
article from a periodical or newspaper;
A
short story, short essay or short poem, whether or not from a collective work;
A
chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical,
or newspaper;
Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than
one copy per pupil in a course) may be made by or for the teacher giving the
course for classroom use or discussion; provided that:
The copying meets the tests of brevity and spontaneity as
defined below; and,
Meets the cumulative effect test as defined below; and
Each copy includes a notice of copyright.
Brevity
Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than 250 words
and if printed on not more than two pages or,
(b) from a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words.
Prose:
(a) Either a complete article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words,
or
(b) an excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10%
of the work, whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words.
[Each of the numerical limits stated above may be expanded to permit
the completion of an unfinished line of a poem or of an unfinished
prose paragraph.]
Illustration:
One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical
issue.
"Special" works:
Certain works in poetry, prose or in "poetic prose" which often combine
language with illustrations and which are intended sometimes for children and
at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in their
entirety. Paragraph "ii" above notwithstanding such "special works" may
not be reproduced in their entirety; however, an excerpt comprising not more
than two of the published pages of such special work and containing not more
than 10% of the words found in the text thereof, may be reproduced.
Spontaneity
The copying is at the instance and inspiration of the individual
teacher, and
The inspiration and decision to use the work and the moment of
its use for maximum teaching effectiveness are so close in time
that it would be unreasonable to expect a timely reply to a request
for permission.
Cumulative Effect
The copying of the material is for only one course in the school
in which the copies are made.
Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay or two excerpts
may be copied from the same author, nor more than three from the
same collective work or periodical volume during one class term.
There shall not be more than nine instances of such multiple
copying for one course during one class term.
[The limitations stated in "1" and "3" above shall
not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and current
news sections of other periodicals.]
