Copyright and Plagiarism : Library Resources

• Copyright in the Library Copyright issues affecting the digital library.
• Medical Library Association position statements on copyright.
• Stanford University Libraries Organized set of links to materials relating to copyright and fair use.
• The Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian This publication is available as HTML pages or as a full PDF file if you are a MLA Member. The new online publication is a revision of the 1989 edition of “The Copyright Law and the Health Sciences Librarian.”

 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
    • Intellectual Property, Fair Use, and the Unbundling of Ownership Rights
    • CSU Office of General Counsel: Fundamentals of Copyright and Fair Use
  • Catholic University
  • Claremont Colleges
  • Columbia University
    • STV: Science and Technology Ventures. Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer at Columbia
  • 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
  • Grinnell College
    • Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials for Inclusion in Course Reserves
  • Harvard University: Intellectual Property Policy: A Concise Guide
    • Peer to Peer FAQ
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • North Carolina State University
    • TEACH Tool Kit
  • Stanford University
    • Office of Technology Licensing
  • University of Arizona
  • University of California
    • Policy on Use of Recordings of Course Presentations
    • Fair Use at UC
    • Office of Tech Transfer
    • UCLA faculty principles on the use of streaming videos and other educational content (drafted February 16, 2010)
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of North Carolina
    • Computing Policy - Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights
    • University Committee on Copyright
  • University of Tennessee
  • University of Texas
    • Distance Learning
    • Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music
    • Regents' Rules (Also, In plain English)
    • System Policy of Copying Copyrighted Materials
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Yale University

  Associations & Organizations

  Fair Use in the Electronic Age Outlines the lawful uses of copyrighted works by individuals, libraries, and educational institutions in the electronic environment. Sponsored by: The American Library Association, The Association of Law Libraries, Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors, Association of Research Libraries, Medical Library Association, Special Libraries Association and endorsed by the Art Libraries Society of North America.

  • AALL Guidelines on the Fair Use of Copyrighted Works
  • 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
    • Image Collection Guidelines: The Acquisition and Use of Images in Non-Profit Educational Visual Resources
    • Copy Photography Computator

• Saudi Arabia Copyright Office
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Copyright Information Circulars and Forms
• Crash Course in Copyright
• The Copyright Site
• 10 Big Myths about copyright explained
• Copyright Information
• Copyright and Intellectual Property Policies
• Know Your Copy Rights
  A project of the Association of Research Libraries providing useful information on using copyrighted material in an academic setting.