Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
Dear Judy et all, I completely understand your argument. But my concern is about technical legal issues. I've heard that textbooks are considered not permanent materials compare to regular books. I was wondering if this is correct and if so, does it violate copyright law? Farhad From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shoaf,Judith P [jsh...@ufl.edu] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Maybe I am too quick to reply, but for heaven’s sake! The entire concept of libraries is that they allow people to read books without having to buy them. Of course they “cause loss of revenue” if one assumes that even one person who borrows the book from the library would have bought it if it were not available at the library. But that is what libraries do. Judy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
Farhad, It is a good question. And Gary, there can be differences between textbooks and any other book if, as is sometimes the case, the textbook has what can be considered consumables in it. Consumables being fill in the blank, work book exercises, quizzes designed to be answered in the pages provided, or a computer disk with limited downloads. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:15 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Yes, absolutely The First Sale doctrine of the copyright law allows this kinda stuff. In a way, what's the difference between a textbook and any other book a library acquires? Gary Handman Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
Well, textbook companies have figured out how to get around the inconvenience of producing something that can be borrowed or resold. The first line of defense is putting out a new edition every couple of years... and now they are coming up with online sites to which you need a unique passkey (which takes you into a course management system and reports your quiz grades etc. to your instructor), something the library will not be able to help with. Really, I would not worry about the textbook publishers Judy Shoaf From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:37 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear Judy et all, I completely understand your argument. But my concern is about technical legal issues. I've heard that textbooks are considered not permanent materials compare to regular books. I was wondering if this is correct and if so, does it violate copyright law? Farhad From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shoaf,Judith P [jsh...@ufl.edu] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Maybe I am too quick to reply, but for heaven's sake! The entire concept of libraries is that they allow people to read books without having to buy them. Of course they cause loss of revenue if one assumes that even one person who borrows the book from the library would have bought it if it were not available at the library. But that is what libraries do. Judy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
We put textbooks on reserve all the time. They are cataloged like other books. Sarah McCleskey sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu [ghand...@library.berkeley.edu] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:01 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Textbooks are books. They're no different under the First Sale doctrine than any other print between covers. gary Dear Judy et all, I completely understand your argument. But my concern is about technical legal issues. I've heard that textbooks are considered not permanent materials compare to regular books. I was wondering if this is correct and if so, does it violate copyright law? Farhad From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shoaf,Judith P [jsh...@ufl.edu] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Maybe I am too quick to reply, but for heaven’s sake! The entire concept of libraries is that they allow people to read books without having to buy them. Of course they “cause loss of revenue” if one assumes that even one person who borrows the book from the library would have bought it if it were not available at the library. But that is what libraries do. Judy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve
Judy Shoaf wrote: ... and now they are coming up with online sites to which you need a unique passkey (which takes you into a course management system and reports your quiz grades etc. to your instructor), something the library will not be able to help with. It's not just textbooks. The new edition of the MLA (Modern Language Association) citation style manual includes passworded access to a web site with more information, and specific details. But that password is only valid for the original purchaser of the print book, and libraries are specifically prohibited from sharing it with their users except in face-to-face instructional sessions, to demonstrate, or in one-to-one reference assistance. -- deg farrelly, Associate Librarian Arizona State University at the West campus PO Box 37100 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 Phone: 602.543.8522 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
I dunno, Jo Ann. When an institution or individual buy a textbook, there is NEVER (in my experience) any contractual transaction. You simply order da book. I have never seen any stricture on the specific uses of texts, other than the usual copyright requirements. Then again...I ain't a book reserve guy and haven't even picked up a texbook for 40 years. Anyone else have experience which would shed light? gary Farhad, It is a good question. And Gary, there can be differences between textbooks and any other book if, as is sometimes the case, the textbook has what can be considered consumables in it. Consumables being fill in the blank, work book exercises, quizzes designed to be answered in the pages provided, or a computer disk with limited downloads. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:15 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Yes, absolutely The First Sale doctrine of the copyright law allows this kinda stuff. In a way, what's the difference between a textbook and any other book a library acquires? Gary Handman Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
Usually the consumable pages of the book (lab manual, workbook, SAM =Student Activities Manual) are separate volumes, on cheap paper, and indeed have to be purchased by each student--at least for language textbooks. Unless the instructor would accept a Xerox, the library copy would be no good. The glossy, heavy, well-bound textbook can be resold until a new textbook comes out, though--but--- This year we have one class using a textbook which is never supposed to be resold. The glossy pages are in a binder and somebody (any bookstore dealing with the textbook company, maybe? Or the students themselves?) is contracted not to resell it. The package (with passkey to online version with workbooks and lab manuals, quizzes, etc.) cost about $100 as opposed to $200 for a similar package that has a resaleable book, according to what I was told. Since the passkey can't be transferred, it makes some sense to go for the cheaper version. As I say, don't worry about the textbook companies. Maybe the confusion is because there is a special category re. educational use in (I think) the TEACH act. You can't *digitize* something and stick it in your own course management system if it was developed as an item which students in a class like this ought to buy, or as an ancillary of such an item. Example: M. Chagrin comes to UF to teach third-year French, and the book the students buy for that course is called Hexagone. But Chagrin taught the year before at UW, where he used a book called Le Monde Francophone which had an excellent video program. Chagrin still has his desk copy of the video from teaching at UW. But it would be illegal and I would say kind of immoral to digitize the video or some of the text and pop it into a course management system to add diversity to the Hexagone course. Either the UF course should switch to Monde Francophone or M. Chagrin should, to his chagrin, find some other way of exposing his students to Francophone diversity. I think, though, that he could probably show his hard copy in class. Judy Shoaf VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
While we recognize differences between books and textbooks, i can't find anything in the Copyright code singling out textbooks for special treatment. i'm certainly no expert on deciphering copyright laws but i haven't been able to find anything in there saying we can't put textbooks on reserve. If you're anxious about how the students will use the reserve copy of the textbook then if you haven't already you could poste notices about the non-legality of photocopying copyrighted works. There's actually a pre-defined paragraph to poste by library photocopy machines, located here (http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter7/7-d.html) and cited below: NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. Good luck! -lisa Hooper Music Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Fri 1/15/2010 12:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? I dunno, Jo Ann. When an institution or individual buy a textbook, there is NEVER (in my experience) any contractual transaction. You simply order da book. I have never seen any stricture on the specific uses of texts, other than the usual copyright requirements. Then again...I ain't a book reserve guy and haven't even picked up a texbook for 40 years. Anyone else have experience which would shed light? gary Farhad, It is a good question. And Gary, there can be differences between textbooks and any other book if, as is sometimes the case, the textbook has what can be considered consumables in it. Consumables being fill in the blank, work book exercises, quizzes designed to be answered in the pages provided, or a computer disk with limited downloads. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:15 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Yes, absolutely The First Sale doctrine of the copyright law allows this kinda stuff. In a way, what's the difference between a textbook and any other book a library acquires? Gary Handman Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?
THERE IS NUTHIN' in Title 117 that distinguishes between types of text. Copyright strictures and requirements apply to all equally. That said, there are no proscriptions/prescriptions in the law about textbooks. If there was anything hanging things up, it'd be contractual/commercial agreements between buyer and seller. While we recognize differences between books and textbooks, i can't find anything in the Copyright code singling out textbooks for special treatment. i'm certainly no expert on deciphering copyright laws but i haven't been able to find anything in there saying we can't put textbooks on reserve. If you're anxious about how the students will use the reserve copy of the textbook then if you haven't already you could poste notices about the non-legality of photocopying copyrighted works. There's actually a pre-defined paragraph to poste by library photocopy machines, located here (http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter7/7-d.html) and cited below: NOTICE WARNING CONCERNING COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research. If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use, that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. Good luck! -lisa Hooper Music Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Fri 1/15/2010 12:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? I dunno, Jo Ann. When an institution or individual buy a textbook, there is NEVER (in my experience) any contractual transaction. You simply order da book. I have never seen any stricture on the specific uses of texts, other than the usual copyright requirements. Then again...I ain't a book reserve guy and haven't even picked up a texbook for 40 years. Anyone else have experience which would shed light? gary Farhad, It is a good question. And Gary, there can be differences between textbooks and any other book if, as is sometimes the case, the textbook has what can be considered consumables in it. Consumables being fill in the blank, work book exercises, quizzes designed to be answered in the pages provided, or a computer disk with limited downloads. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:15 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Yes, absolutely The First Sale doctrine of the copyright law allows this kinda stuff. In a way, what's the difference between a textbook and any other book a library acquires? Gary Handman Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use
Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve--different info
I know this is a bit off the original inquiry, but our textbook center is run by Barnes Noble. This year as part of the response to textbook affordability issues, copies of many of this semester's textbooks are being sent to the Library to be placed on reserve...free of charge. They are trying to be good citizens and their bottom line has and will continue to be evaluated. Other Florida state universities are doing similar things. So, I'm thinking beyond the various types of texts, copyright interpretations regarding loss of revenue, and what I feel has historically been a non-issue regarding reserves, if placing textbooks on reserve (and actually assisting in placing them) is being handled this way without economic concern in FLORIDA (!?), it seems unlikely that the lost revenue card would be played, however inappropriately it might be considered Rue Rue McKenzie Coordinator of Media Collections Academic Resources University of South Florida, Tampa Library 813-974-6342 An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.--Anatole France From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:37 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear Judy et all, I completely understand your argument. But my concern is about technical legal issues. I've heard that textbooks are considered not permanent materials compare to regular books. I was wondering if this is correct and if so, does it violate copyright law? Farhad From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shoaf,Judith P [jsh...@ufl.edu] Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:25 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Maybe I am too quick to reply, but for heaven's sake! The entire concept of libraries is that they allow people to read books without having to buy them. Of course they cause loss of revenue if one assumes that even one person who borrows the book from the library would have bought it if it were not available at the library. But that is what libraries do. Judy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 12:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve? Dear colleagues, This is a question about books not video recordings. But you may be able to help me, especially, Carrie Russell who I know is a member of this listserve and I had the chance to participate in her excellent ALA online seminar on copyright issues sometime ago. My question is this: can a library put textbooks that are available for purchase (the university bookstore sells them) on reserve so students who can not afford them, borrow them from the library? I'm concerned that the library would be in violation of the copyright law on the basis of loss of revenue for the copyright holder. I highly appreciate you input. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
