Lafayette College Library

Placing materials on reserve

A wide variety of materials may be placed on reserve at the Lafayette College Libraries including books, videos, DVDs, photocopies, computer discs, and problem sets with solutions. These materials may be personal copies or library copies. Materials owned by other libraries may not be placed on reserve.

To place materials on reserve, you must complete a Course Reserve Book/Media List and/or Photocopy List for each course. Materials delivered to the Circulation Desk by 2 p.m. will be placed on reserve by the end of the day. At the beginning of the semester, however, there may be a delay of 24 to 48 hours. You are encouraged to place materials on reserve before the start of the semester. Personal copies placed on reserve will be returned to you at the end of each semester.

Copyright compliance

Faculty are responsible for complying with copyright law for single or multiple copies of periodical articles and chapters of books. Under the fair use provision, photocopies of these materials may sometimes be made without obtaining permission from the copyright owner. The number of copies placed on reserve must be limited to a "reasonable" number. This obviously depends upon the size of the class, but the American Library Association and the American Association of Law Librarians suggest a maximum of five copies, regardless of the number of students enrolled.

If you have further questions about copyright, please refer to the following Web sites:

• Stanford University Libraries: Copyright & Fair Use
• The UT System Crash Course in Copyright
• Copyright Management Center at IUPUI
• The Copyright Clearance Center
• The Fair Use Evaluator