Copyright

*The information listed here is not legal advice. Please speak to a lawyer for legal counsel.*

General       

1. Law:
   • Portion of U.S. copyright law most relevant for interlibrary loan and resource sharing purposes. 
2. Online Courses/Resources:
   • Copyright for Libraries LibGuide hosted by the American Library Association
   • Copyright for Librarians by the Berkman Klein Center & eIFL. More information can be found here.
   • Copyright for Educators & Librarians on coursera, offered by Duke University, Emory University, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
   • Introduction to Copyright and Open Licensing for Libraries and Archives *NOT FREE* offered by Library Juice Academy.
   • Copyright for Librarians (a section of the Copyright Crash Course), hosted by the University of Texas Libraries
   • Stanford Libraries hosts the Copyright & Fair Use page, which offers a plethora of useful resources.
3. Books & Chapters:
   • Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions by Sara R. Benson, 2021
     • Ch. 1: Copyright Basics, pp. 1-12
     • Ch. 2: The First Sale Doctrine, pp. 13-16
     • Ch. 4: Making Copies for Preservation, pp. 33-38
     • Ch. 5: Interlibrary Loan and Unsupervised Patron Copying, pp. pp. 39-46
     • Ch. 6: Access to Copyrighted Material for Patrons with Disabilities, pp. 47-52
     • Ch. 7: Face-to-face Teaching versus Public Performance Rights, pp. 53-58
     • Ch. 8: The TEACH Act, pp. 59-65
     • Ch. 9: Noncommercial Performance of Nondramatic Literary or Musical Works, pp. 67-70
     • Ch. 11: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Circumvention Provisions, pp. 87-99
     • Ch. 12: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice and Takedown Provisions, pp. 101-113
     • Ch. 14: The Implied License Doctrine, pp. 123-126
     • Ch. 15: Sovereign Immunity, pp. 127-130
     • Ch. 16: Copyright Metadata and Rights Statements, pp. 131-137
     • Ch. 17: Controlled Digital Lending, pp. 138-142
     • Ch. 18: Creative Commons Licensing, pp. 143-147
     • Appendix B. Copyright and Film Screening Best Practices, pp. 153-154
     • Appendix C. Additional Recommended Reading and Materials, p. 155 
   • Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World edited by Sara R. Benson, 2019
     • Ch. 1: “Kids These Days”… May Know More About Copyright Than You, by Nancy Sims, pp. 1-16
     • Ch. 2: Copyright Law’s Role in Advocacy and Education for Open Access Policies on Campus, by Colin B. Lukens, Shannon Kipphut-Smith, & Kyle K. Courtney, pp. 17-31
     • Ch. 5: An Exercise in Contradiction? The Role of Academic Copyright Librarians by Melanie Brunet & Amanda Wakaruk, pp. 61-83
     • Ch. 6: Why Every Librarian Should Know About Copyright: Creating Copyright Training Opportunities for Librarians at Your Institution, by Sarah A. Norris, Barbara Tierney, & Lily Dubach, pp. 85-103
     • Ch. 7: Copyright Self-Study: How to Know What You Know, What You Don’t Know, and How to Discovery What You Need to Know Next, by Allison Nowicki Estell, pp. 105-122
     • Ch. 8: “Information Has Value” and Beyond: Copyright Education within and around the Framework, by Gesina A. Phillips, pp. 123-139
     • Ch. 14: Copyright Essentials and Information Policy (Policy Implications for Copyright Law), by Carrie Russell, pp. 235-248
     • Ch. 15: Seeing the Whole Picture: Insights into Copyright Risk Literacy in Higher Education from Enterprise Risk Management, by Alexandra Kohn, pp. 249-270
     • Ch. 18: Whose Stuff is it Anyway? Adopting Strategies for US Orphan Works, by Pia M. Hunter, pp. 317-334
   • The Future of Resource Sharing edited by Shirley K. Baker & Mark E. Jackson, 1995
     • Ch. 4: Scholarly Publishing, Copyright, and the Future of Resource Sharing, by William Gray Potter, pp. 49-66
   • Library Information and Resource Sharing: Transforming Services and Collections edited by Beth Posner, 2017
     • Ch. 8: The Evolution of Library Resource Sharing, by Collette Mak, discussed on pp. 147-149 (whole chapter pp. 135-156)
4. Videos:
   • IDS Network’s Online Learning Institute: Copyright 101
5. White Papers:
   • Interlibrary Loan: Copyright Guidelines and Best Practices, published by the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)

CONTU & Alternatives       

• CONTU:
  • The CONTU Guidelines.
• Journal Articles:
  • CAUSeS: An Alternative to CONTU for Assessing Interlibrary Loan Copyright Fees, in Journal of Library Resource Sharing, Vol. 32, 2023, doi.org/10.1080/26915979.2023.2290260 
• Slide Decks:
  • An Alternative to CONTU: Developing and implementing your own ILL copyright compliance policy, presented by Amanda Rudd, Interlibrary Loan Services Supervisor, Georgetown University & Brian Miller, Head, Interlibrary Services, Ohio State University Libraries, 2019
• Videos:
  • An alternative to CONTU at work: 3 years after implementation at a graduate library, presented by J. Silvia Cho, Resource Sharing Librarian, CUNY Graduate Center, at NWILL, September, 20, 2024 
  • Copyright Evaluation for Interlibrary Loan: One Size Does Not Fit All, presented by K. Zdepski, Resource Sharing Librarian, UMass Amherst, W. E. B. Du Bois Library, at NWILL, September 19, 2024 
  • Creating a New Interlibrary Loan Copyright Evaluation & Payment Workflow, presented by presented by K. Zdepski, Resource Sharing Librarian, UMass Amherst, W. E. B. Du Bois Library, at NWILL, September 2, 2021
  • Guidelines are Guidelines and New is Relative: A critical assess. of CONTU’s Rule of 5, presented by Natalie Logue (Committee Chair), David Ketchum, Kristin Walker, Laura Ramos at NWILL, September 11, 2020
• White Papers:
  • Modern Interlibrary Loan Practices: Moving beyond the CONTU Guidelines, An ARL White Paper (August 31, 2020)

Fair Use       

• Law:
  • 17 U.S. Code § 107 – Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
• Books & Chapters:
  • Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions by Sara R. Benson, 2021
    • Ch. 10: Fair Use, pp. 71-86
    • Appendix A. Fair Use Checklist, pp. 149-151
  • Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World edited by Sara R. Benson, 2019
    • Ch. 3: Fear and Fair Use: Addressing the Affective Domain, by Sara R. Benson, pp. 33-42
    • Ch. 4: The Origins and Future of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week: Why Should Libraries, Museums, and Other Cultural Institutions Participate? by Kyle K. Courtney & Krista L. Cox, pp. 43-59 
• Other:
  • The Ohio State University Libraries host a very useful page for learning about Fair Use.

International       

• Books & Chapters:
  • Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions by Sara R. Benson, 2021
    • Ch. 13: Select International Copyright Library Issues, pp. 115-122
  • Copyright Conversations: Rights Literacy in a Digital World edited by Sara R. Benson, 2019
    • Ch. 19: The International Copyright Regime – Just Enough to Make You Cringe, by Bing Wang, pp. 337-356
    • Ch. 20: From Fair Dealing to Fair Use: How Universities Have Adapted to the Changing Copyright Landscape in Canada, by Mark Swartz, Ann Ludbrook, Stephen Spong, and Graeme Slaght, pp. 357- 379
    • Ch. 21: Interlibrary Loan and Copyright in Italy: A Case Study of the Bocconi University Library, by Anna Vaglio, pp. 381-393
  • Document Delivery and Resource Sharing: Global Perspectives, edited by Peter Collins, 2023
    • Ch. 3: Copyright and Licenses, pp. 58-73
  • Global Resource Sharing by Linda Frederiksen, Margaret Bean, and Heidi Nance, 2012
    • Ch. 7: The future of global resource sharing, discussed in pp. 145-150
• Other:
  • The IFLA Position on Copyright in the Digital Environment
  • The Right Copyright: Library Association Engagement in Copyright Around the World, published by IFLA
  • IFLA Statement on Core Principles on Libraries and Copyright, published by IFLA
  • IFLA Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI), published by IFLA
  • Limitations and Exceptions to Copyright and Neighbouring Rights in the Digital Environment: An International Library Perspective, published by IFLA
• Videos:
  • Establishing core principles for copyright and libraries, presented by IFLA 
  • Licenses and Copyright: Protection and Managing Digital Content, presented by Ricardo Crisafulli Rodrigues (Brazil) and Jesús García Pérez (Mexico), moderated by Taína Batistade Assis (Brazil), for IFLA DDRS, August 29, 2024

Public Domain       

• Books & Chapters:
  • Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions by Sara R. Benson, 2021
    • Ch. 3: The Public Domain, pp. 17-32
• Online Resources:
  • Cornell University Libraries hosts a helpful guide on the Public Domain.