Please note the following guidelines for reserve materials as they relate to copyright.
- All users of the reserves system are responsible for following the Connecticut College Copyright Policy with regard to materials placed on reserve.
- All materials placed on print reserve and electronic reserve (via the Moodle course management system) will be at the initiative of faculty for the non-commercial, educational usage of students.
- Whenever possible, faculty should utilize materials that are owned or licensed by the library for print and/or electronic reserves. For the latter, links to resources are highly preferred over PDFs.
- In most cases, items that fall under fair use, as well as those that are not subject to copyright, may be placed on reserve without obtaining permission and/or paying a royalty. There may be exceptions for licensed materials, such as standardized tests or workbooks, for which the license supersedes fair use exceptions.
- Materials owned by an individual may be placed either print or electronic reserves, subject to a fair use determination.
- Users may make one copy for private study, personal reading, research or education. Users of the Moodle course management system must comply with the TEACH Act and/or other copyright laws in the use of copyright-protected materials.
- All copies of materials, whether in print or digitized form, must include a notice of copyright that contains the following:
- © followed by the year of first publication
- the name of the copyright holder, if known
- a full bibliographic reference (author, title, journal title or book publisher, and date)
- Materials submitted for reserve without a full citation may be returned to the faculty member for the addition of the required information.
- Library staff will not place any materials on reserve — or allow reserves to remain accessible — that they believe violate copyright law or licensing agreements.
