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
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
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
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
How are libraries dealing with the 2 year site license agreement for dvds
purchased from ABC News? Are you putting a note in the bib and/ or item record
with the date of expiration? What mechanism do you have in place to alert you
to the expiration date so the license can be renewed or the dvd
We put textbooks on reserve all the time. They are cataloged like other books.
Sarah McCleskey
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu
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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
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
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.
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.
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
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
Hi Linda,
We keep a note in the bib record and with the item itself. Since we
only have a limited number of materials that have such licensing, its
easy to keep track of which should be pulled/renewed.
hope that helps!
Junior Tidal
Web Services and Multimedia Librarian
New York City College
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