Copyright and Fair Use in an Electronic Reserves System

ABSTRACT

The electronic distribution of closed reserve readings promises service and efficiency enhancements for circulation departments. However, complicated copyright issues are raised by such systems. In traditional reserve, section 107-fair use reproduction-has been used to defend photocopying of reserve readings for distribution to students. But in an electronic environment text is not only reproduced, but transmitted and displayed. While the Copyright Act assigns transmission and display privileges to rightsholders, fair use exemptions are given to non-profit educational institutions. This article examines sections 107, 109, and 110 of the Copyright Act in relation to the electronic distribution of reserve readings and fair use. It concludes that, when taken as a whole, copyright dramatically limits the conditions under which fair use may be applied in a simultaneous-user system displaying readings off-site.     

OPAC读者网摘功能的设计与实现

为了完善与丰富OPAC的互动性与个性化功能,充分揭示用户对网络信息资源的利用和需求,提升用户的使用体验,需要对网络信息进行收集、利用、挖掘和整理,并构建网摘数据库,在此基础上利用ASP的XMLHTrP组件和数据库的相关技术存储网页快照,从而设计和实现了OPAC读者网摘功能,达到了将网页全文一键收藏的目的。