Copyright Issues
The following resources are a good guide to what is permissible
and what is not when it comes to posting items on CTools.
In general:
- Copyright is tricky; there are few hard-and-fast guidelines.
This document is only a rough guide.
- It is best to use eReserves to
post articles in CTools instead of scanning articles and uploading
them. It is generally not legal to scan and post - or even photocopy
- articles, book chapters, etc. to distribute to your class unless
you have paid appropriate licensing fees (as the library does,
and as students do when buying coursepacks).
- If the library does not have a copy of the item you want, you
must evaluate each item you want to use for "Fair Use."
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Information on how School of Nursing faculty
should go about using Taubman Library's eReserves service to put articles
into CTools. |
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From the University of Minnesota, and excellent
visual guide for deciding if you may use an item in your course. |
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From Indiana University, a quick overview
of the legalities of posting materials online. |
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Most often, you will have to determine if
your use of an item constitutes "Fair Use." Use this checklist
from U. Minn. to help you decide if your use is "fair." |
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The full description of Fair Use. From Indiana
University. |
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Also from U. Minn. The TEACH act is a federal
law covering those parts of distance education courses that simulate
face-to-face classes. NOTE: It does NOT cover items like textbooks and
readings, that students can keep after the end of the course. |
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U. Minn. document describing common teaching
scenarios, with an analysis of their legality. |
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General info and U-Michigan specific policies |