UT SYSTEM RULES OF THUMB FOR RESERVES

This is an excerpt from Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials located at http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm

1. Limit reserve materials to

• single articles or chapters; several charts, graphs or illustrations; or other small parts of a work

• a small part of the materials required for the course

• copies of materials that a faculty member or the library already possesses legally (i.e., by purchase, license, fair use, interlibrary loan, etc.).

2. Include

• any copyright notice on the original

• appropriate citations and attributions to the source

• a Section 108(f)(1) notice:

  "Copying, displaying and distributing copyrighted works, may infringe the owner's copyright. The University of Texas System's policy statement on "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" can help you determine whether your use of a copyrighted work may be an infringement. Any use of computer or duplicating facilities by students, faculty or staff for infringing use of copyrighted works is subject to appropriate disciplinary action as well as those civil remedies and criminal penalties provided by federal law."

3. Limit access to students enrolled in the class and administrative staff as needed. Terminate access at the end of the class term.

4. Obtain permission for materials that will be used repeatedly by the same instructor for the same class.