Reserves Policies
It is the policy of the University Libraries of the University of Nevada, Las
Vegas to follow the fair use provisions of the Copyright Law (contained in Title
17 of the U.S. Code). Specifically the University Libraries Reserves Policy
is guided by the permissions granted within Section
107 of the Copyright Law with respect to making copies for educational purposes.
In essence the law states that making multiple copies for classroom use is not
considered a copyright infringement. It further establishes four factors that
will be used to determine whether the use being made of a work is fair use.
- Purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial
nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
- The Nature of the copyrighted work
- The Amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted
work as a whole
- The Effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted
work.
In its enforcement of photocopying and/or digitizing works for the purpose
of placing them on reserve, either in print or electronic format, the University
Libraries complies with these four fair use factors, and to that end adheres
to the following requirements:
- Course reserves will be processed for UNLV courses only.
- The patron barcode will be required for accessing electronic reserves.
- All materials placed on reserve will be at the initiative of faculty solely
for non-commercial, educational use by UNLV students.
- Recommended limit for Lied Library reserves: 25 items. We ask that faculty
placing materials on reserve at Lied Library limit the number of items to
twenty five. Staying under this limit will help us meet all requests equitably.
Limit guidelines in the Branch Libraries may vary.
- Material will only be made available for the semester the class is being
taught.
- There will be no charge for access to reserve materials; the charge for
copies made by students will be limited to the nominal costs of photocopies or
computer print-outs.
- Materials to be copied or scanned for electronic reserves that are not
owned by the library will be purchased as needed.
- Whether the library owns the item or not, the library will not copy or
scan:
- An entire book
- An entire journal issue
- Amounts that exceed the essence of the work
- Works intended to be purchased by students for course work, such as
textbooks, coursepacks, workbooks, exercises, solution manuals, standardized
tests or test booklets and answer sheets, and case studies
- Student papers without written permission from the author granting such
permission and waiving privacy rights
- A Copyright notice will be placed on all digital and/or photocopies to be
used for reserve material.
- UNLV faculty are responsible for making the initial good faith determination
of fair use and acknowledging copyright compliance when making requests to
place items on reserve.
- UNLV Faculty are responsible for obtaining copyright permissions when needed,
paying copyright permission fees as requested and presenting proof of copyright
permission for items requiring such permission.
- Works that explicitly grant permission to copy for educational purposes
will be accepted for reserves.
- The University Libraries reserves the right to:
- determine if material will be placed on reserve.
- make the final determination if copyright permission is necessary.
The University Libraries will routinely monitor the effectiveness of this
policy and make every effort to ensure that library services are in
compliance with the Copyright Law.
Curriculum Materials Library
All electronic reserves submitted by Education faculty should be placed
at the CML. If they are submitted at Lied Library, they will be transferred
to the CML for scanning.
CML staff release a date each semester by which electronic reserves
must be submitted in order to be ready by the first day of the semester.
Other than this deadline, electronic reserves placed at the CML will
generally be posted within 48 hours of submission.
There is no limit on the number of items that a faculty can place
on electronic reserve at the CML.
The CML also has a physical reserve system for books, study guides,
media, and other items that cannot be scanned into electronic reserves.
Checkout periods and fines generally mirror those of Lied Library.
Architecture Studies Library
ASL Reserves policies can be viewed here.
Music Library
Music Library reserve policies can be found
here.