Course Reserves: Procedure
In an effort to provide students with additional options for accessing class resources (books, articles, etc.), the library offers Course Reserves for instructors. Items owned by Cattell Library or items owned by the instructor may be submitted for limited checkout to students in the instructor’s current classes. Students should ask for the items at the front desk. The library catalog (OPAL) features a search option for Course Reserves, searchable by instructor name or course number, for a list of available materials. A link to an instructor’s library Course Reserve page may be added to the course syllabus for direct access.
Library staff contact for Course Reserves
Mary-Ann Frischkorn: campus ext. 8319; email, mfrischkorn@malone.edu or libraryservices@malone.edu
Library Reserves Procedure
Library-owned materials
1. Complete a reserves form. Include library call numbers when possible so that we pull your preferred edition.
2. Allow at least 3 days from the date the form is submitted for the materials to be available for student use.
3. Check the OPAL Catalog “Course Reserves” under your name or the course number to see what you have on reserve.
4. Library-owned materials can be kept on reserve as long as needed, but due to space limitations, we need to remove them when you are no longer using them. Please keep us informed.
5. If the e-book format is listed in library catalog, that record may be added to the Course Reserve page as well.
Personally owned materials (including photocopies or other reproduced materials)
1. Complete a reserves form.
2. Bring personally owned materials to the front desk. Copies of articles or book chapters must have complete citation information and follow the copyright compliance guidelines listed below.
3. Allow at least 3 days (4 days if there are a large number of photocopied items) from the date the form and materials are received for the materials to be available for student use.
4. Check the OPAL Catalog “Course Reserves” under your name or the course number to see what you have on reserve.
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To comply with copyright law, we must ask you to follow certain guidelines:
1. Limit the amount of material copied from a single source. Try to limit to just 1 (or 2 small) chapters from a single book. If you need to use larger portions, please work with us to purchase the original items.
2. When submitting a chapter of a book for reserve, include the book’s title page and publication information.
3. When submitting a journal article, include all publication information.
4. The library requires proof of copyright permission in order to put more than one (1) copy of any published article on reserve at the Circulation Desk. Copyright permission may be requested through the Copyright Clearance Center at www.copyright.com. For each article or book chapter, please include a complete citation and the credit line: “Reproduced with Permission of (Copyright Holder) via the Copyright Clearance Center.”
5. Copied items can be kept on reserve only during the semesters the course is actually being taught. We will return all copied items at the end of the semester unless you indicate on the reserve form that the class will be taught in the semester immediately following.
Student Work
1. Videotaped class sessions, speeches, public performances, etc. from the current semester put on reserve for review do not need permission slips.
2. Obtain permission from students for other work put on reserve from either current or past semesters. Even if you remove the student’s name from the work, keep a copy of the student’s signed permission to use the work. Sample papers, etc. should be marked appropriately, for example: “permission for use has been granted by the "author”. Certain materials can be used and reproduced freely:
Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976
Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include -
1 the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit
educational purposes;
2 the nature of the copyrighted work;
3 the amount and substainibility of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
4 the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is
unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above
factors.