Fair Use and Copyright Guidelines and Policies

Know Your Copy Rights — What You Can Do – A 2007 brochure aimed at faculty and teaching assistants from the Association of Research Libraries Applying Fair Use in the Development of Electronic Reserves Systems, November 2003 – Statement from the Association of Research Libraries seeks to articulate how institutions are currently applying fair use to copyrighted materials included in electronic reserves systems. In addition, the statement provides general guidance on design and operation of systems that are both compliant with copyright law and take full advantage of fair use and library exemptions that are central elements of the law. The statement addresses only how U.S. copyright law applies to electronic reserve operations in academic institutions. The application of U.S. copyright law to the use of copyrighted materials in course- or learning-management systems is out of scope of this statement.

Guidelines and Policies:

• College & University
• Association & Organization

College & University

• Brown University
• California State University
• Catholic University
• Claremont Colleges
• Columbia University
• Columbia University Libraries / Information Services
  • Copyright Advisory Office
• CETUS: Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems (California State University, City University of New York, State University of New York)
• Cornell University
• Earlham College
• Harvard University Copyright & Fair Use Guide
  • Harvard University Digital Millennium Copyright Act – FAQ
• Louisiana State University
  • TEACH Tool Kit
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Ownership of Intellectual Property
• Stanford University
  • Office of Technology Licensing
• University of Arizona
• University of California
  • Policy Statement
  • Fair use for teaching and research
• University of Colorado
• University of Minnesota
• University of North Carolina
  • Scholarly Communications Office
• University of Tennessee
• University of Texas
  • Regents’ Rules

Associations & Organizations

• AALL Copyright
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Copyright Policy
• American Library Association
  • General Copyright
  • Fair Use and Electronic Reserves
  • Copyright Advisory Network – forum for users to share copyright scenarios in library settings
• The Conference on Fair Use (better known as CONFU), in which copyright stakeholders convened 1994-1997 to negotiate Fair Use guidelines in the following areas. In late April, 1997,BruceLehman, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, however, declared that the group had failed to reach consensus. The greatest agreement was on the Multimedia Development guidelines.
  • Digital Images
  • Distance Learning
  • Electronic Reserves
  • Interlibrary Loans
  • Multimedia Development
  • Software Uses
• Library Copyright Alliance – consists of five major library associations – the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, the Medical Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association. Takes concrete positions on current copyright legislation, international issues etc.
• Music Library Association: Copyright for Music Librarians
• Visual Resources Association
  • Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright – Resources Providing Guidance on Academic Use of Images