• Standard bibliographic citations
• Two weeks' advance notice (at the beginning of the semester)
• Permission release form attached to any original student work
• Request only the amount of material needed to accomplish the educational purpose (less than 80 items/course)

Additional Information

• Instructors submitting materials are responsible for evaluating, on a case-by-case basis, whether the use of a copyrighted work requires permission or qualifies as fair use.
• Personal copies are placed on reserve at owner's risk and will be labeled with library identification.
• UW Libraries materials will be considered for partial reproduction, when possible.
• Interlibrary Loan & Prospector materials, course packs and consumable materials may not be placed on reserve.

Materials may be reproduced and made available for course reserves when they are

• in the public domain; or
  • used with permission from the copyright holder; or
  • used under the provisions of a contract or license agreement, noting that the agreements may differ from, and often take precedence over, what is allowed under copyright law; or
  • used under the provision of Fair Use, U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 107, as outlined or as determined using a case-by-case four-factor analysis.

The Libraries interpretation of Fair Use generally allows for the following reproductions of an original copyrighted work for reserve use:

• One article per issue of a journal
• Under 20% of a book or similar copyrighted work