RE: digital-copyright Digest 2 Sep 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 415

["Valerie A. Lang" <langval@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Alice and everyone who responded.  It's time we looked in to changing
our policy.


-----Original Message-----
From: Alice Ruleman [mailto:aruleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 2:43 PM
To: 'digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: FW: digital-copyright Digest 2 Sep 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 415

In response to  Valerie Lang's question:

We have a policy, instituted by our IT Dept., whereby faculty who post
course material on electronic reserve are unable to view the material they
post online.  In addition, our Instructional Media Center administrators,
who actually post the materials, are also prohibited from online access.

Valerie,

The information below is from Univ. of Texas copyright site on e-reserves.
Number 1 is especially pertinent to your question.  It gives access to
students, faculty & IT staff.

 ACCESS AND USE
(http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/rsrvguid.htm)
1. Electronic reserve systems should be structured to limit access to
students registered in the course for which the items have been placed on
reserve, and to instructors and staff responsible for the course or the
electronic system. 

2. The appropriate methods for limiting access will depend on available
technology. Solely to suggest and not to prescribe options for
implementation, possible methods for limiting access may include one or more
of the following or other appropriate methods: 

(a) individual password controls or verification of a student's registration
status; or 

(b) password system for each class; or 

(c) retrieval of works by course number or instructor name, but not by
author or title of the work; or 

(d) access limited to workstations that are ordinarily used by, or are
accessible to, only enrolled students or appropriate staff or faculty. 

3. Students should not be charged specifically or directly for access to
electronic reserve systems. 


Alice B. Ruleman
Assistant Librarian
J.W. & Dorothy Bell Library
Crichton College
255 N. Highland
Memphis, TN 38111
(901) 320-9770
aruleman@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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