Using Copyrighted Works in the Classroom or in Angel
On Campus
Faculty
Linking
Linking
to freely available Web content is not an infringement of
copyright. Providing persistent links to online resources owned/leased
by Wellehan Library to
current SJC students, faculty, or staff (via email, in Angel, or in internal
departmental documents) is also not an infringement of copyright. For assistance
with creating persistent links to content in Wellehan Library’s online
resources, contact Shelly Davis or Chuck Prinn.
Fair Use
Guidelines for Classroom Copying
For one time
use ("teachable moment") only, faculty may copy and hand
out in class or scan and post in Angel -
- one chapter or 10% of an
entire book
- one article per journal,
magazine, or newspaper issue
Annual
Copyright License
If the
amount of material to be used exceeds Fair Use limits and/or the material will
be used more than one time, the use may be allowed under the
College’s Annual Copyright License from the Copyright Clearance Center.
- If the material is covered
by the Annual Copyright License, faculty may copy and hand
out in class or scan and post in Angel -
The material
may be used repeatedly, semester after semester.
Seeking
Permission
If the
material cannot be linked to, exceeds the Fair Use guidelines, and is either
covered by the Annual Copyright License but exceeds the guidelines
or is not covered by the Annual Copyright License, permission from the copyright
owner must be sought. (Any fees for use will be the responsibility of the
faculty member’s department.) Two options:
The Faculty
Copyright Assistants (Elaine Moesel and Jane Bartram) are available to assist faculty with seeking permission to use
copyrighted works.
Departmental
Copyright Guidelines
Course
Reserves - Wellehan Library
Faculty
wishing to place copyrighted material on reserve (physical or electronic),
should consult the following documents.
For more
information
Shelly Davis (893-7726)
Chuck Prinn (893-7725)
Copy Center
Faculty and
staff wishing to have copyrighted materials reproduced at the Copy Center
should review the following:
- Copy Order and Copyright
Release Form - This form must accompany all
copy jobs submitted to the Copy Center.
- Coursepacks – Please note
that the Copy Center cannot reproduce coursepacks to be sold in the campus
bookstore.
For more
information
Copy Center (893-7730)
Coursepacks
- Campus Bookstore
Follett,
Inc., operator of the campus bookstore, has a custom publishing operation that
will research copyrights, obtain necessary permissions, and reproduce the
material into coursepacks for sale to students. All charges for researching,
photocopying, and royalties are included in the cost of the coursepack.
For a
coursepack to be produced and sold at the Bookstore, a faculty member would
need to submit a bibliography with complete citations for each of the items in
the coursepack as well as one copy of each of the items to the bookstore
manager by the following deadlines:
- June 1 for the Fall semester
- October 15 for the Spring
semester
- March 1 for May term
For more
information, call Jan Hilton at 207-893-6651.
Online
Faculty
There
are three ways copyrighted materials (journal articles and/or
portions of books) may be distributed to online students.
SJC Staff
Linking
Linking
to freely available Web content is not an infringement of
copyright. Providing persistent links to online resources owned/leased
by Wellehan Library to
current SJC staff, faculty, or students (via email or in internal departmental
documents) is also not an infringement of copyright. For assistance with
creating persistent links to content in Wellehan Library’s online resources,
contact Shelly Davis or Chuck Prinn.
Fair Use
To determine
if the use of a copyrighted work is a Fair Use, SJC staff must consider four factors
- purpose, nature, amount and effect. The Copyright Clearance Center offers a Fair Use Check List staff should use in their
good faith analysis and evaluation of any situation involving the use of
copyrighted works for College business.
Annual
Copyright License
If it is determined that the use of a work is
not a Fair Use, the use may be allowed under the College’s
Annual Copyright License from the
Copyright Clearance Center. If a work is covered, staff may use a
reasonable amount of that work for College business.
