Copyright and Fair Dealing   Tags: copyright, fair dealing  

The Library's Reserve and eReserves Service is a way of ensuring that your students have equal access to required and supplemental readings.  Please note that users must have a valid Mount Saint Vincent University Student or Faculty ID card in good standing in order to access materials both in print and online.

The processing and use of reserve material has changed under copyright law and Fair Dealing guidelines.  We are legally bound to follow this law and these guidelines.  To abide by copyright law and Fair Dealing guidelines Library staff will need to use materials that qualify using the Fair Dealing criteria, that are licenced for educational purposes, or staff will seek permission of the copyright holders. To assist library staff in creating your  course reading lists please use the online request form.

Mount Library Reserves/eReserves Policy

The principal mission of the Mount Library is to support the curricular and research needs of the students and faculty of Mount Saint Vincent University. The Library supports members of the Mount community who require access to required and supplemental readings for courses while respecting the copyright of the publishers of such materials, in keeping with the Fair Dealing provisions in Section 27 of the Canadian Copyright Act. Single copies of library materials, required for the purposes of research, review, private study and criticism, may be provided to members of the Mount community. In order to access the Mount Library Reserves services and resources, users must have a valid Mount Saint Vincent University Student or Faculty ID card in good standing.

Guidelines to the Mount Library Reserves/eReserves service

1. The service provides single copies for specific purposes, identified in advance to library reserves staff.

2. For material to be considered supplemental, the specific purposes are research, review, private study and criticism. Any doubt concerning the legitimacy of the request for these purposes will be referred to the Reference Librarians.  Required readings may be placed on Reserve as well but cannot be copied.

3. Requests must be submitted using the online request form.

4. As to the amount of copying, discretion must be used. No copies will be made for any purpose other than that specifically set out on the request form. Ordinarily, requests for a copy of one chapter or one article will be satisfied as a matter of routine. Requests for substantial copying from secondary sources (e.g. in excess of 5% of the volume or more than two citations from one volume) will be referred to the Reference Librarians and may ultimately be refused.

5. If you wish to use a student's work or other unpublished works, it is good practice to use the Consent form for unpublished works [pdf]).

6. eReserves service provides online access to readings where:

   • The library has a licence to the material and can create a persistent url to the reading.

   • The library has a licence to the material and the licence allows the library to make a copy for eReserves.

   • The material is available on the open Web, and the Library can provide a link to it.

   • Articles or book chapters which are owned by you or the library and which fit the criteria of Fair Dealing, or if outside the criteria for fair dealing, for which you have the copyright holder's permission to post electronically to your course site.

7. No fees are charged for this service.