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Instructors may request that books or DVDs related to their course material be put on Reserve in the library, allowing students to check out the item for 24-hours. To request that an item be placed on Reserve, please fill out the Course Reserve Request Form.

Faculty may post the following items in Populi without first obtaining permission:

  • Lecture notes, exam guides, and other material made specifically for this course;
  • Material in which the copyright is owned by the faculty member;
  • One article published in a journal owned by the OCOM Library1;
  • One chapter from a print book owned by the OCOM Library1;
  • Up to two chapters from a book owned by the OCOM Library (as long as the two chapters do not make up 10% or more of the entire book);
  • One chart, graph, or image from a book or periodical;
  • Publications by the US Government;
  • Material from the Public Domain2

Be sure to include the full citation and copyright information on any copyrighted material you distribute. If you need assistance, the OCOM Library can make you a digital copy of the article that includes the copyright information.

 

Copyright permission will need to be obtained if any one of the following statements apply:

  • A legally obtained copy is not available (i.e., the OCOM Library does not own the material that is being used);
  • Multiple journal articles from the same journal are being used for your course;
  • The journal or book chapter is being used repeatedly for a course (i.e., you used the same journal article last time you taught the class);
  • You need to photocopy 10% or more of the entire work (i.e., you are using two chapters of a book that only has ten chapters).

If you would like to request permission to use copyrighted material, please fill out the Course Reserve Request Form. The library will provide you with an electronic copy of the article to post in Populi.

 

1 Using a scanned article or book chapter once for your class is fine; however, if you used the same article or book chapter last time you taught the class, we will need to seek copyright permission to use it again. 

2 Confused about whether or not the material you want to use is in the Public Domain? Use this copyright slider tool to find out!

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