Re: a question on scanning

[claudia holland <chollan3@xxxxxxx>]

I agree with Barbara. The Assistive Technology Initiative at George 
Mason University is a member of Bookshare, which provides students who 
have documented learning or physical disabilities with alternative text 
formats. The ATI also sponsors a web site called "VA HEAT" that serves 
as a resource for a consortium of higher ed institutions in Virginia; 
briefly, this partnership functions as a lending library for e-texts to 
enrolled students with print-related disabilities. Participating 
students must show proof of purchase for each course required text book 
to be scanned (i.e., evidence it is a legal copy) and must sign a 
copyright agreement provided by the institution (see 
http://ati.gmu.edu/va_heat.html). Institutions must comply with 
additional partnership and copyright requirements.

Claudia Holland


Barbara Fister wrote:
> from bookshare.org....
>
> "An exception in the U.S. copyright law, known as the Chafee Amendment
> (17 U.S.C. ' 121), makes Bookshare? possible under the law in the
> United States, as long as the copyrighted digital books are only
> available to people with bona fide disabilities."
>
> I don't think you need to seek permission.
>
> Barbara Fister
> Gustavus
>
> Quoting "Bryan M. Carson" <bryan.m.carson@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi, Sandy,
>>
>> Another possibility is to approach the reprint publisher for rights.
>> You probably have a much better chance of tracking someone down
>> there who can help you.
>>
>> The publisher was Burt Franklin, so I used the publisher records in
>> Books in Print to help track down this company. According to BIP,
>> Burt Franklin was either an imprint or subsidiary (I'm not sure
>> which) of Lenox Hill Publishing & Distributing Corporation. Lenox
>> Hill is now known as Digital Paperback, but is still in business.
>> The BIP record for Digital Paperback has an editorial mailing
>> address and a phone number:
>>
>> 35 Hills Ln.
>> Westport, CT 06880
>> Local Phone: 203-847-0528
>>
>> Good luck with your search.
>>
>> Bryan M. Carson
>>
>>
>> Hudock, Sandy L wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> One of my colleagues is trying to find out the copyright status on
>>> this title
>>> in order to be able to scan it for use by a visually disabled 
>>> student at
> our
>>> university:
>>>
>>> Title:
>>>
>>> The story of Teapot Dome.
>>>
>>> Author(s):
>>>
>>> Ravage, M. E.
>>>
> 1884-1965.<http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSQUERY?searchtype=hotauthors:for 
>
>>>
> mat=BI:numrecs=10:dbname=WorldCat::termh1=Ravage%5C%2C+M.+E.:indexh1=pn%3D:te 
>
>>>
> rmh2=1884-1965.:indexh2=pn%3D:operatorh1=AND:sessionid=fsapp7-54393-g1p44i7a- 
>
>>> eux0b6:entitypagenum=4:0:next=html/records.html:bad=error/badsearch.html> 
>>>
>>> (Marcus Eli),
>>>
>>> Publication:
>>>
>>> New York, B. Franklin
>>>
>>> Year:
>>>
>>> 1974, 1924
>>>
>>> Description:
>>>
>>> v, 198 p. 21 cm.
>>>
>>> Language:
>>>
>>> English
>>>
>>> Series:
>>>
>>> Burt Franklin research & source works series. American classics in 
>>> history
> &
>>> social science,; 255;
>>>
>>> Standard No:
>>>
>>> ISBN: 0833753258; 9780833753250 LCCN: 73-22410
>>>
>>>
>>> SUBJECT(S)
>>>
>>> Descriptor:
>>>
>>> Teapot Dome Scandal,
>>>
> 1921-1924.<http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSQUERY?searchtype=hotsubjects:fo 
>
>>>
> rmat=BI:numrecs=10:dbname=WorldCat::termh1=%22Teapot+Dome+Scandal%2C+1921-192 
>
>>>
> 4.%22:indexh1=su%3D:sessionid=fsapp7-54393-g1p44i7a-eux0b6:entitypagenum=4:0: 
>
>>> next=html/records.html:bad=error/badsearch.html>
>>>
>>> Named Person:
>>>
>>> Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon),
>>>
> 1861-1944.<http://firstsearch.oclc.org/WebZ/FSQUERY?searchtype=hotsubjects:fo 
>
>>>
> rmat=BI:numrecs=10:dbname=WorldCat::termh1=%22Fall%2C+Albert+B.%22:indexh1=su 
>
>>>
> %3D:termh2=%22%28Albert+Bacon%29%2C%22:indexh2=su%3D:operatorh1=AND:termh3=%2 
>
>>>
> 21861-1944.%22:indexh3=su%3D:operatorh2=AND:sessionid=fsapp7-54393-g1p44i7a-e 
>
>>> ux0b6:entitypagenum=4:0:next=html/records.html:bad=error/badsearch.html> 
>>>
>>>
>>> Note(s):
>>>
>>> Reprint of the 1924 ed. published by Republic Pub. Co., New York.
>>>
>>>
>>> It appears from her research that Republic Publishing Company has
>>> gone out of
>>> business, and she is unsure of how to proceed to gain permission to do
> this.
>>> Thanks for your assistance,
>>>
>>> Sandy
>>>
>>> Sandy Hudock
>>> Head of Public Services
>>> Access Services/Interlibrary Loan Librarian
>>> Colorado State University-Pueblo
>>> 2200 Bonforte Blvd. Pueblo, CO 81001
>>> 719.549.2527 phone 719.549.2531 fax
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> No better word can be said of a man
>>> than that he is careful of his horses.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S., Ed.D.
>> Special Assistant to the Dean for Grants & Projects/
>> Coordinator of Reference & Instructional Services
>> Western Kentucky University Libraries
>> Author, "The Law of Libraries and Archives" (Scarecrow Press)
>>
>> 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11067
>> Bowling Green, Kentucky  42101-1067
>> Phone: 270-745-5007; Fax: 270-745-2275
>> bryan.carson@xxxxxxx
>>
>> All original content copyright 2009 Bryan M. Carson
>

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