Copyright/Public Performance Rights

Approved: 4-11-96

POLICY

Copyright laws are taken seriously by the Library for both ethical and legal reasons. Patrons may photocopy material under the fair use exceptions to the rights of the copyright holder. To protect creators’ copyrights, the Library will post copyright warning notices at all library machines where material might be copied or downloaded, and will monitor its requests for journal articles from other libraries. The Library will also honor the rights of film and videocassette producers by purchasing public performance rights when appropriate in buying or renting material. Software licenses will be in compliance with the provisions of U.S. Copyright Law.