Library reserves and copyright: Thirty years on and still changing |
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| Institution: | 1. The College of Management-Academic Studies, Main Library, 7 Yitzhak Rabin Boulevard, Rishon Lezion 7549071, Israel;2. Department of Information Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Since the passage of the 1976 Copyright Law, library reserve services have had to define continuously the nature of their services within the context of copyright. Lacking professional guidance, librarians reacted to the 1976 Law with a largely conservative set of guidelines for reserve copying due, in large part, to a vacuum of guidelines from the library profession and despite the prevalence of progressive rhetoric. Court cases (NYU, Kinko's and Texaco) have reinforced a conservative approach. However, the environment for reserve remains fluid. Electronic reserves and a recent court decision (Michigan Document Services) offer the profession another opportunity to redefine the reserve/copyright dynamic. Librarians need to avoid past strategic failures and take full advantage of the current environment to press the expansion of reserves into the new electronic library paradigm. |
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