Electronic Reserves - Information for Faculty
Overview
Faculty
may place articles or book chapters under 50 pages on electronic reserve
at the Jane Bancroft Cook Library. To place materials on reserve, fill
out and submit the Reserves Request Form or stop by the Circulation Desk.
PDF
files can be emailed as attachments to
reserves@ncf.edu.
It
is essential to include your name, phone number, e-mail address, the course
prefix number and/or name, and the title and author of the article or
book chapter being submitted along with the bibliographic citation in
the email message. The electronic copies of print reserves are retrieved
through the
Cook Library Catalog under the Course
Reserves.
Articles
placed on electronic reserve will not be kept on print reserve unless
special arrangements are made.
Paper materials to be scanned and placed
on electronic reserve should meet the following guidelines:
- Clean, first-generation copies of materials
with as little black margin or center stripe as possible.
- Submitting the best possible copy
is ESSENTIAL.
- 8 1/2" x 11" paper with
at least 1/2" margin on all four sides
- Single pages only (no double-sided/facing
pages)
- All text when possible, since photographs
reproduce poorly
- Materials not meeting these guidelines
will be returned to the faculty who will then need to resubmit the materials
in the appropriate format.
Be aware that large documents may be divided
and scanned in sections since large files are difficult to download and
print.
Copyright and Electronic Reserves
Electronic Course Reserve materials can
be viewed electronically and are protected by copyright. The copyright
law of the United States (
Title
17 US Code Section 108) governs the making of photocopies or other
reproductions of copyrighted material. The University of South Florida
and New College of Florida adhere to this statute by relying on the fair
use provisions of the copyright law and by obtaining permission of the
copyright holder where applicable.
One of the conditions of the copyright
law as it applies to libraries specifies that a 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 later be liable for copyright infringement.
Electronic Reserve procedures at the University
of South Florida and New College of Florida for materials protected by
copyright rely on the fair use section of the
Copyright
Act of 1976. Section 107 of the Copyright Act identifies four factors
in determining fair use:
- The purpose and character of the use,
including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit
education purposes;
- The nature of the copyrighted work;
- The amount and substantiality of the
portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- The effect of the use upon the potential
market for or value of the copyrighted work.
General Guidelines
- Electronic Reserves of the Jane Bancroft
Cook Library are for the use of the students, faculty, and staff of
USF Sarasota/Manatee and New College of Florida.
- Materials placed in Electronic Reserves
will be at the initiative of instructors for the educational and non-commercial
use of students.
- Material in Electronic Reserves will
be removed from the system at the end of the courses for which the material
is intended.
- Copyrighted material will be secured
and available only to the students for which the material is intended.
- Electronic Reserves maintains the
right to deny placement into Electronic Reserves any material it judges
is beyond the boundaries of "fair use."
Copyright Procedures
- Complete books will not be scanned
into Electronic Reserves
- Materials which do not require copyright
permission include exams, syllabi, and lecture notes of the instructor
placing material on Electronic Reserves; government publications; a
single journal or magazine article used for one semester; a single book
chapter used for one semester; works of art used for one semester; and
material for which the professor or instructor owns copyright.
- The instructor's signature will accompany
all submissions for research purposes into the Course Reserves
- Materials which require copyright
permission are:
a journal article, magazine article or book chapter intended use
for more than one semester; - multiple chapters from a single
book or multiple articles from a single journal or magazine
This
page provides information for those in the university community seeking
both to observe copyright restrictions and to obtain copyright protections
for their work.