Copyright Information and Links

The eReserves request form is required for copyright management. All materials will be cleared for copyright permission prior to placement in eReserves. Incomplete or incorrect citations may result in your request being delayed or denied.

The eReserves Office follows current copyright laws by relying on the educational Fair Use provision of the copyright law.

Examples of materials that instructors may submit:

Instructor owned materials, such as:
• syllabi
• class assignments
• class notes
• problem sets
• sample tests

Supplementary reading materials such as:
• excerpts from books (entire books cannot be placed on E-reserve - whether out-of-print or not)
• an article from a periodical or newspaper
• a short story, short essay or short poem
• a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper
• a link to a Web page (please provide URL, we can link to any stable URL)

Copyright Help Center Assistance....
To consult a copyright expert, please contact either...

OSU Libraries - Rights Management Coordinator:
• Trisha L. Davis

OSU Libraries - Rights Management Specialist:
• Dan Mayo. Phone: (614) 688-5849

FAIR USE AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

Below is a list of links to sites with excellent information on what constitutes Fair Use and information on how to obtain permission yourself to use materials for educational purposes.

COPYRIGHT CHART

for when works pass into the public domain, available at the Cornell University Copyright Information Center site

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

FAIR USE CHECK LIST

from Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis IUPUI site

http://copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.pdf

FAIR USE OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS

information on Georgia Harper's University of Texas Copyright site

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm

GETTING PERMISSION

also from Georgia Harper's University of Texas

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm

FAIR USE INFORMATION

United States Copyright Office - Circular 21 - Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians

http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ21.pdf

COPYRIGHT BASICS

from the U.S. Copyright Office

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ1.html

eReserves Links:

• eReserves Home
• Information for Faculty and Teaching Staff
• eReserves Request Form
• Accessing eReserves resources in Carmen
• Copyright/Fair Use Information
• Disability Access
• Questions/Comments