Having just seen the correspondence about putting an electronic version of
an article onto an Intranet,
can I ask for advice on something similar:
Does anybody operate any electronic reserves collection, and what are the
copyright implications
(pitfalls) here.
Here at the American International University in London we have many
photocopies of articles on reserve
obtained from the British Library and copyright cleared. What would be
better for us is if we could get
electronic copies of these articles instead.
Do any publishers offer this as a service (with reasonable costs) ?
Would scanning of the articles ourselves be in breach of copyright ?
Would we need to consult each publisher independently to get permission ?
And generally, how does anybody else operate an e-reserve system ?
We had envisaged posting the articles onto a system called Blackboard which
restricts access
only to students enrolled for each class, so the articles would not be
publicly available - if this makes
any difference.
All advice gratefully received.
PS. I will investigate this with the Library Association and the British
Library itself, but was curious
as to how people practically operate such a system (if at all).
Frank Trew
Senior Librarian
Richmond: the American International University in London
Tel: 020-8332-8297
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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