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Policies and Guidelines for CUNY Libraries
Access and Borrowing Privileges
Circulation Policies
Copyright and Copyright Guidelines
Internet Access Guidelines
Professional Reassignment Leaves
Public Access to CUNY Libraries
White Paper on Information Literacy
Access and Borrowing Privileges at CUNY
Please see Circulation Policies (below).See also Public Access to CUNY Libraries (below).
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A library's interlibrary loan activities (see Services/ILL) may be limited by copyright provisions. The Copyright Act of 1976 restricts the reproduction of copyrighted material without the express consent of the copyright holder. However, Section 107 acknowledges the teacher's need to copy and distribute materials in the classroom and recognizes that such activities may constitute "fair use" of the copyrighted material.Section 108 authorizes libraries to "reproduce no more than one copy" of a copyrighted work under specific conditions, and this restriction is reflected in library policy governing materials placed on reserve and in other services. Section 107 is reproduced below in its entirety. The full text of the act and interpretive materials are available in any library.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 106, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any means specified by that Section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use, the factors to be considered shall include:
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- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- the nature of the copyrighted work;
- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- the effect of the use upon the potential market for a value of the copyrighted work.
Copyright Guidelines for CUNY Libraries (.pdf*)
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Internet Access Guidelines for CUNY Libraries.
For more information, see:Rules and Procedures for Professional Reassignments in the Libraries
CUNY Application Form for Professional Reassignment in the Libraries (.pdf*)
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If you are a member of the public desiring access to research information held in the CUNY library system, your best bet is to check first with local public libraries (New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, or Queens Library) to see if the desired information is available there. *If* the public libraries do not have the title you need, and they see that CUNY does, they may then provide you with a referral to CUNY in the form of a Metro card (see above) that cites the unique title of the reference source you need from CUNY. Without this METRO referral or a valid CUNY ID, you do not have access to campus libraries. In no case may non-CUNY researchers remove materials from the libraries.See also Library Services/InterLibrary Loan and Document Delivery
The CUNY Council of Chief Librarians' White Paper on Information Literacy (.pdf) *
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