[ILL-L] copyright vs. fair use problem--help please.

[Karen Williams]

A faculty member has requested some short stories that we don't own to be put on reserve. My dean wants me to get them via ILL. He thinks that it would fall into fair use because we'd only do it once and only the students in the class would access them.

I have two problems with this:
1. Since they are short stories it would be the ENTIRE work
2. I'm not sure we should ou them on reserve since we don't own them.

Therefore, I am asking the collective knowledge of this list. What are your opinions on this? Is this an instance of fair use or not?

Please reply directly to me since I only get the digest and this is somewhat time-sensitive.

Thanks in Advance,
Karen

Karen Williams
Interlibrary loan Librarian
Auburn University at Montgomery (AAM)
Montgomery, AL
(334) 244-3445

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