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It is the intent of Connecticut College to adhere to the provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code Sect. 101, et seq.), the congressional fair use guidelines, and licenses and contractual agreements in the provision of resources and services to the Connecticut College community. The College recognizes the role of copyright in promoting scholarly research and publication, and supports compliance of these laws by faculty, students, and staff.

Members of the campus community are advised to become as knowledgeable as possible regarding copyright and fair use as it pertains to their discipline. Connecticut College does not accept legal responsibility for copyright infringement by individual members of the College community. Individuals who willfully disregard College policy and guidelines do so at their own risk and assume all liability.

Course Reserves Policy and Procedures

The College policy regarding print and e-reserves for the Connecticut College Libraries may be viewed at http://www.conncoll.edu/is/info-resources/copyright/ccs/ reserves.html.  This policy supersedes all policies and procedures in use prior to June 18, 2003.  Please contact the main reserve room and Carol Strang at x2663 or e-mail cpstr@conncoll.edu if you have any further questions.

Copyright Clearance Service

Placing copies of library materials on reserve or distributing copies of material in class can add great value to your instructional efforts. Determining whether copyright permission is necessary for these activities is an important step in the process of preparing for your instructional sessions - whether you are placing materials on reserve at the library's circulation desk, using Moodle for electronic reserves, developing a Moodle course site, preparing a coursepack or distributing individual copies to your class. Each of these actions may require that you gain copyright permission to use these materials in your teaching. To make this process easier, faculty have the resources of the Copyright Clearance Service at the circulation desk in Shain Library. This service allows faculty to request permission to reproduce copyrighted content such as library reserves, e-Reserves, and Moodle sites.

Note that materials owned or licensed by the Connecticut College libraries may not need copyright permission in order to be placed on print or electronic reserves or to be duplicated for classroom distribution. See the Course Reserves Policy and Procedure page for complete information. The Copyright Clearance Center can help faculty determine whether permissions are necessary and then, if so, obtain permissions to reproduce materials not owned or licensed by Connecticut College libraries or for reproductions of materials that fall outside fair use.

The copyright guidelines for each material type may vary but, the procedure for using the library's Copyright Clearance Service is simple! First, you will need to determine if you need copyright permission. See the overview of Fair Use Guidelines for more information. We remind you that reproduction of materials owned or licensed by the Libraries may not require permission. We subscribe to a large number of full text journal articles online which are licensed for use in your class and do not require copyright permission. Use the libraries' journal locator to identify those journal articles that are available full text online.

Once you have determined the materials that require permission complete the "Reserve Copyright Clearance" form available at the Circulation Desk for each item to be submitted. A printable copy of this form is also available. Your information will then be submitted to the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) electronically requesting the needed permission. A copy of your completed form indicating that permission has been received will be returned to you as soon as the CCC has responded to your request. The CCC processing fee plus the copyright holder's royalty fee will then be charged back to the academic department periodically throughout the year.

Specific guidelines and procedures have been developed to provide information regarding print reserves and Moodle/eReserves.

Faculty members who prefer to obtain permission without using the Copyright Clearance Service in Shain Library may choose to contact the copyright holders on their own by submitting a letter requesting permission by mail or fax. A brief guide to this process is available online.

For additional assistance regarding copyright contact your library liaison or Beth Hansen, Director of Research Support & Instruction, x2681. Reserve or procedural questions should be addressed to Carol Strang, Reserve Supervisor, x2663