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:

• syllabi
• class assignments
• class notes
• problem sets
• sample tests

Supplementary reading materials:

• 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....

For general guidance on Copyright and Fair Use issues, please visit The Copyright Help Center.

To consult a copyright expert, please contact either...

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

OSU Libraries - Rights Management Specialist:
• Shannon Baird. 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

  Details 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)

  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 Copyright Site

  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