[ILL-L] copyright charges for recent Internet finds

[Document Delivery]

I assume you are sending these to your own patrons. If you find it free on the internet, why not send the link and not count it as copyright? Just don't put CCG into the copyright field. 

Edward Helmrich 
ILL Office 
Ryan Library 
Iona College VXI 
914-633-2352 
docdelivery at iona.edu 

-----Original Message-----
From: ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:ill-l-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Paul Drake
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:11 AM
To: ill-l
Subject: [ILL-L] copyright charges for recent Internet finds

I use the Internet to verify borrowing article citations, and I find about the full text for about 12% of the requests. We then supply that copy to the patron - we use publisher, author, or internet as the lender.

I am working with the assumption that these count towards our fair use(5/5 rule), and if we exceed 5, we need to pay.

Is this premise accurate?

I could just supply the link to the patron, but I would need to "cancel" the request so not tally for copyright.  

We paid over $1,000 for 2008 copyright fees. In light of zero budget, I'd like to limit any copyright payments while not limiting service.


Thanks for any comments/advice.


Paul

Paul B. Drake     pdrake at mcneese.edu
Interlibrary Loan Librarian   (OCLC:LHA;DOCLINE:LAUMUL)
Frazar Memorial Library     337 475 5726
McNeese State University - Excellence with a Personal Touch
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