RE: digital-copyright Digest 3 Sep 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue 416

["Harper, Georgia" <GHARPER@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We try very hard to assure that every contract the library enters into
either explicitly gives permission to use the database contents in
electronic reserves or is at worst, silent on that issue. If the
contract explicitly authorizes electronic reserves or is silent on the
issue, the library is authorized to make a copy of a licensed article
available to authorized users in a manner that is convenient for them
(or necessary in some cases). We are not talking about providing anyone
with something that we have not already paid for, of course.

So, you need to check your licenses to see what they either expressly
authorize, or what can reasonably be inferred from the terms you
negotiated. The only thing I consider to prevent use in electronic
reserves is an express prohibition, which we avoid like the plague. What
in the world are we paying the money for, after all?

Georgia

Georgia Harper
Univ. of Tx. System
Office of General Counsel
gharper@xxxxxxxxxxxx
512/499-4462




-----Original Message-----
From: Blobaum, Paul [mailto:p-blobaum@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 12:34 PM
To: Harper, Georgia; digital-copyright-digest-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: digital-copyright Digest 3 Sep 2004 15:00:00 -0000 Issue
416

We are having trouble with durable links and the proxy server for our
databases from one vendor.  Are you saying its OK to download articles
from, say, Proquest full text and put them on the server for the WebCT
e-reserves?  This would sure facillitate access to something we have
already paid for.  We haven't talked to our vendor about doing this yet,
but have been trying to work with durable links, and have run into
snafus this fall.

Thanks,

Paul Blobaum
Copyright Coordinator, Health Science Librarian
Governors State University Library
University Park, IL