Staff and Faculty Viewing of E-Reserves

["Yvonne Rode" <YRode@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm curious to know what the reasoning is behind not allowing faculty or
e-reserve staff to view what they post. The last step I do after posting
e-reserves is to access them just as the students will to make sure I
did everything correctly. How on earth does the staff check to make sure
everything's up and running properly?

Yvonne Rode

Interlibrary Loan & Electronic Reserves
Sidney Silverman Library
Bergen Community College
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
BER/NJUBCO

(p) 201-447-7982; (f) 201-444-7036


Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:39:05 -0400
To: <digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Valerie A. Lang" <langval@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: Electronic Reserves Policy
Message-Id: <200409011939.i81Jd5r2285776@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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.

Of course they can view what they are posting in hard copy format - but
are
not able to access the materials online, as the students can.

I am wondering whether such a restrictive policy is necessary, in terms
of
copyright restrictions.  I have found no such prohibitions at other
institutions.  How are colleges and universities handling this? Are your
faculty & e-reserve administrators allowed to view what they post on
reserve!?  It would seem so...!

Thank you.

Valerie A. Lang
Librarian / Copyright Officer
Dwight Marvin Library
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY  12180
Phone: 518.629.7319
Fax: 518.629.7509