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The following form is for use by the faculty members
of Carleton College. If you have any questions,
please see our Textbook
Request Frequently Asked Questions page. You may also want to use the
Faculty Center Network website
for information on textbooks. For information about Coursepacks,
please click here. For information about copyright policy, please click
here or
see our list of Copyright
FAQs (PDF format).
What is a coursepack?
A “coursepack” is a compilation (whether bound or loose-leaf)
of any photocopied extracts from one or more sources which is intended
to provide students with a compilation of materials designed to support
the teaching of a course. A coursepack is created by a professor
specifically for a certain course. It may include book excerpts,
journal articles, or course notes. Some out-of print books are also reproduced
as coursepacks.
What are the advantages of a coursepack?
A coursepack can be one of the texts for a syllabus or it can provide
all of the materials that a student needs for a course in one place at
one time. It is convenient for students, and also allows the professor
to always refer to the actual documents in class—unlike electronic
reserves.
If the desired material does not meet the criteria for fair use in a classroom
setting as defined by copyright law, permission must be obtained to make
multiple copies . In such cases, a coursepack is a viable option. The
Bookstore will help you insure that the proper permissions have been acquired.
Coursepacks do not put a burden on departmental budgets. All costs
of printing and copyright permission fees are built into the cost of the
coursepack that the student pays when making the purchase.
Will the Bookstore assist me in creating a coursepack and obtaining the
necessary copyright permissions?
The Bookstore will obtain all necessary copyright permissions through
licensing agencies or directly from the copyright holder if necessary to
reproduce all coursepack materials. The Bookstore will make all of
the arrangements with Printing Services for the design and production of
the coursepack.
What steps do I need to take to create a coursepack?
Just follow these easy steps:
- Bring all original documents to be included in the coursepack
to the Bookstore Textbook Manager.
- The Textbook Manager will apply for copyright permission for all materials. The
Textbook Manager will keep you apprised of any delays or problems receiving
copyright permission.
- Once permissions are secured, the Textbook Manager will bring the materials
to Printing and Mailing Services for reproduction.
The finished coursepacks are placed on the textbook shelves in the
Bookstore next to other course materials .
The purpose of the following guidelines is to state the minimum standards for
educational fair use under the 1976 Copyright Act. Copying course materials
is permitted only under the following guidelines without obtaining copyright
permission.
If course materials do not meet the tests listed below, copyright
permission must be obtained prior to using materials for classroom
use. This includes
hard copies OR electronic reserves in the library.
For more information on copyright policy
please, check out our list of copyright Frequently
Asked Questions (PDF format).
Guidelines:
- SINGLE COPYING FOR
TEACHERS
A single copy may be made of any of the following by or
for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in
teaching or preparation to teach a class:
- A chapter from a book;
- An article from a periodical or newspaper;
- A short story, short essay
or short poem, whether or not from a collective work;
- A chart,
graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture from a book,
periodical, or newspaper.
- MULTIPLE COPIES FOR CLASSROOM USE:
Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than one copy per pupil in a course) may be made by or for the teacher
giving the course for classroom use or discussion, provided that:
- The copying meets the tests of brevity and spontaneity
as defined below; and
- Meets the cumulative effect
test as defined below; and
- Each copy includes a notice of copyright.
Definitions:
- Brevity:
- i. Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than
250 words and if printed on not more than two pages or
(b) from a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than
250 words.
- ii. Prose: (a) Either a complete
article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words, or (b)
an excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000
words or 10% of the work, whichever is less, but in
any event a minimum of 500 words. (Each of the numerical limits stated
in "i" and "ii" above may be expanded
to permit the completion of an unfinished line of a
poem or of an unfinished prose paragraph.)
- iii. Illustration: One chart, graph, diagram,
drawing, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical
issue.
- iv. "Special" works: Certain works
in poetry, prose, or in "poetic prose" which
often combine language with illustrations and which are
intended sometimes for children and at other times for
a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in
their entirety.
Paragraph "ii" above notwithstanding such "special
works" may
not be reproduced in their entirety; however, an excerpt
comprising not more than two of the published pages of
such special work and containing not more than
10% of the words found in the text thereof may be reproduced.
- Spontaneity:
- i. The copying is at the instance and inspiration
of the individual teacher; and
- ii. The inspiration and decision to use the
work and the moment of its use for maximum teaching effectiveness
are so close in time that it would be unreasonable to
expect a timely reply
to a request for permission.
- Cumulative Effect:
- i. The copying of the material is for only one course in the school in which
the copies are made.
- ii. Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay or two excerpts may be copied
from the same author, nor more than three from the same collective work or
periodical volume during one class term.
- iii. There shall not be more than nine instances of such multiple copying for one course during
one class term. (The limitations stated in "ii" and "iii" above
shall not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and current news
sections of other periodicals.)
- Prohibitions:
Notwithstanding any of the above, the following shall be prohibited:
- A. Copying shall not be used to create or to replace or substitute for anthologies,
compilations, or collective works. Such replacement or substitution may occur
whether copies of various works or excerpts therefrom are accumulated or are reproduced and used separately.
- B. There shall be no copying of or from works intended to be "consumable" in
the course of study or teaching. These include workbooks, exercises, standardized tests
and test booklets and answer sheets and like consumable material.
- C. Copying shall not:
- i. substitute for the purchase of books, publisher's reprints or periodicals;
- ii. be directed by higher authority;
- iii. be repeated with respect to the same item by the same teacher from term to term.
- D. No charge shall be made to the student beyond the actual cost of the photocopying.
For information on Carleton College's official copyright policy,
please click here:
http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/copyright/
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