[ILL-L] BOOK CHAPTERS

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As far as I understand, the borrower has to worry about copyright, not the lender. If we fill two articles from the same issue or book for the same patron, which is very rare, we might put on a note - 'Remember copyright fee', but it's the borrower's responsiblity, or we might condition them, but they asked for the article.

Ed Helmrich
Iona College
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I'm glad to see this discussion.   I have always been told that we send the book because of copyright restrictions.
It is definitely cheaper to send the chapter via Ariel than mail the book.    Does no one else see the copyright side of this?


Harlene Hansen, Reference Assistant
(319) 399-8016
Stewart Memorial Library
Coe College
1220 First Avenue NE
hhansen at coe.edu
Cedar Rapids, Iowa  52402
Direct: (319) 399-8016

>>> "Breedlove, W Stephen" <breedlov at lasalle.edu> 10/28/2009 11:19 AM >>>

This issue may have been discussed on this list before.  But here goes:

For the life of me, I cannot understand why a library that receives a request for a book chapter will send the book rather than scan the chapter and send the article through Ariel or Odyssey or email.  This morning, we received a book from which we requested a ten or so page chapter.  The supplying library paid UPS fees to send the book to us and we will in turn have to pay UPS fees to send it back to them after we copy the chapter.  By sending the book rather than copying the chapter, the book could get lost or damaged in transit.  Plus, supplies such as shippers and tape are needlessly used.

I could understand this if a library had no staff to copy or was "swamped," but it seems to me even in these cases they could just say NO and let the request go on to the next library who might copy the chapter.

Currently, we are operating on a restrictive budget as far as postage and UPS expenses--and supplies--are concerned.  We are using every angle possible to keep expenses to a minimum.  We always copy a chapter rather than send the book, unless the chapter is very, very long.  Copying a chapter is not violating copyright as far as I know.

Thoughts?

W. Stephen Breedlove
Reference and Interlibrary Loan Librarian
La Salle University Library
breedlov at lasalle.edu
215-951-1862


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