Senate Document SD 01-14

(Approved, 4/8/2002)

TO: The Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: University Resources Policy Committee

David Oberstar, Chair

SUBJ: Resolution regarding ReservesEXpress and FAIR USE

DATE: March 19, 2002

DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for implementation

Whereas ReservesEXpress allows faculty members to provide electronic versions of class material (such as handouts prepared by instructors and copyrighted material from books, journals, and magazines) to their students via the Internet; and

Whereas the Helmke Library must use funds from its book budget to pay required copyright fees for items placed on ReservesEXpress after they have been on reserve for one semester;

Therefore, be it resolved that procedures be created and implemented to educate the faculty on:

a) the FAIR USE of copyrighted material and

b) the judicious use of the ReservesEXpress system.

Be it further resolved:

That faculty be encouraged to use such alternative methods of delivering instructional materials as course packs and links to full‑text web sites, and

That faculty be limited to the budgeted amount for copyright fees currently established by the library.