Choose from among the following: General Issues Guidelines, Rules of Thumb, FAQs, etc. for Special Formats: Audiovisuals | Classroom Photocopying | Computer Software | Coursepacks | Distance Education | Educational Multimedia | Electronic Reserves | images | Internet | Music | Research Copies | Visual Arts Copyright and the Library: Audiovisuals | Computers | Digital Libraries | Electronic Reserves | Interlibrary Loan | Photocopying | Reserves | General Issues Checklist for Fair Use (handy checklist to determine fair use of copyrighted material; from Indiana University, Purdue University at Indianapolis) Circular 21: Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians [PDF file] (Library of Congress) CONFU: The Conference on Fair Use (U. of Texas) Copyright Law in the Electronic Environment (U. of Texas) Copyright Permissions Guide (handy guide to determine if permission of copyright owner is needed; from North Carolina University) Copyright Term and Public Domain in the U.S. (Cornell University) Copyright Tutorial: Using Copyrighted Works (from North Carolina University) Crash Course in Copyright (U. of Texas) Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials (part of the U. of Texas "Crash Course in Copyright") Fair Use Checklist (handy guide, in PDF, when determining if a use of a copyrighted work falls within the fair use exception; from North Carolina University) Getting Permission (U. of Texas) The TEACH Act Finally Becomes Law [U. of Texas] The TEACH Toolkit [North Carolina State University] When Works Pass Into the Public Domain (U. of North Carolina) Guidelines, Rules of Thumb, FAQs, Etc. for Specific Formats or Situations Audiovisuals Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Audio, Image and Audiovisual Copies (U of Texas) Classroom Photocopying Guidelines for Classroom Copying of Books and Periodicals (provided by by the U. of Texas) Computer Software Copyright for Computer Authors (Franklin Pierce Law Center) Ethical and Legal Use of Software: A Guide for Students, Faculty, and Staff at the University of Michigan Coursepacks Rules of Thumb for Coursepacks (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Distance Education and Learning Educational Fair Use Guidelines for Distance Learning: Revised Draft [CONFU] (from the U. of Texas) [*see the "CONFU: Conference on Fair Use" link in the "General Issues" section above for more information the status of CONFU proposals] Rules of Thumb For Displaying And Performing Others' Works in Distance Learning (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Educational Multimedia Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia [CONFU] (from the U. of Texas) [see the "CONFU: Conference on Fair Use" link in the "General Issues" section above for more information on the status of CONFU proposals] Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using Others' Works in Multimedia Materials for Educational Purposes (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Electronic Reserves Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserve Systems (U. of Texas) [see the "CONFU: Conference on Fair Use" link in the "General Issues" section above for more information on the status of CONFU proposals] Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Electronic Copies (U. of Texas) Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using Others' Works in Electronic Reserves (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Images Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Audio, images and Audiovisual Copies (U of Texas) Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using images for Educational Purposes Internet Copyright on the Internet (Franklin Pierce Law Center) Linking and Liability (BitLaw: A Resource on Technology Law) Using Materials from the Internet: What are the Rules? (U. of Texas) Music Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music (provided by the U. of Texas) Rules of Thumb for Music (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Research Copies Rules of Thumb for Research Copies (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Visual Arts Copyright in Visual Arts (Franklin Pierce Law Center) Copyright and The Library Audiovisuals Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Audio, images and Audiovisual Copies (U of Texas) Computers Library Reprography· [See Section A] (U. of Texas) Digital Libraries The Digital Library (U. of Texas) Electronic Reserves Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserve Systems (U. of Texas) [see the "CONFU: Conference on Fair Use" link in the "General Issues" section above for more information on the status of CONFU proposals] Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Electronic Copies (U. of Texas) Rules of Thumb for Digitizing and Using Others' Works in Electronic Reserves (from the U. of Texas "Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials" guide) Interlibrary Loan Interlibrary Loan (U. of Texas) Photocopying and Library Copying Fair Use: Library Copying for Patrons and for Its Own Collection Library Reprography: Patron Requests Reserves Fair Use: Reserve Room Operations, Print Copies (U. of Texas) Last Updated by Laura N. Levy: May 5, 2008