The Classroom Guidelines did not address copying for library “reserve.” In response to librarians’ wish for some guidance, and also the belief that the Classroom Guidelines were unrealistic in the university setting, in 1982 the American Library Association prepared a Model Policy Concerning College and University Photocopying for Classroom Research and Library Reserve Use.[1]
Like the Classroom Guidelines, the ALA Model Policy provides that an instructor may, for scholarly research or use in teaching or preparing to teach a class, make a single copy of a chapter of a book; a journal or newspaper article; a short story, short essay, or short poem; or a chart, diagram, graph drawing, cartoon or picture.
With respect to copies for students, the Model Policy follows the Classroom Guidelines, permitting the distribution of a single copy to students in a class without permission so long as (a) the same material is not distributed every semester, (b) the material includes a copyright notice on the first page of the item, and (c) students are not assessed a fee beyond the actual cost of the copying.
After repeating the Classroom Guidelines’ brevity standards, the Model Policy notes that they are not realistic in a university setting and that faculty “should not feel hampered by these guidelines, although they should attempt a ‘selective and sparing’ use of photocopied, copyrighted material.” The Policy notes that copying should not have a significant detrimental impact on the market for copyrighted works, and, therefore, that instructors usually should restrict using an item to one course and not repeatedly copy excerpts from one journal or author without permission.
Copies for Librarians and Administrators
Some copying in the educational sector has no direct connection with teaching or scholarship. For example, if an academic librarian copies an excerpt about librarians using Twitter from Library Journal to share with her colleagues at a staff meeting, would she be protected by the fair use exception? Neither the Classroom Guidelines nor the ALA Model Policy
- ↑ The Model Policy is reproduced in Appendix D to this book and is available at http://library.ucmo.edu/circulation/Model_Policy.pdf.
