This document provides a list of resources for understanding copyright and fair use as they apply to libraries, archives, and museums. It includes tools for evaluating fair use, charts describing copyright terms and the public domain, search tools for finding copyright status, a free e-book on copyright and digitization guidelines, statements on best practices for orphan works and copyright crash courses, and articles on topics like scanning unpublished photos. The resources cover a wide range of copyright and fair use issues and are intended to help cultural institutions navigate these issues.
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Copyright and Fair Use Bibliography
1. Fair Use Tool:
Brewer, Michael; American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy. (2008). Fair
Use Evaluator. Retrieved from http://librarycopyright.net/resources/fairuse/
Copyright Charts:
Gasaway, Lolly. (November 4, 2003). When U.S. Works Pass into the Public Domain. Retrieved from
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
Hirtle, Peter B. (January 1, 2016). Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States. Retrieved
from http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Minow, Mary. (April 15, 2004). Library Digitization Projects: U.S. Copyrighted Works That Have Expired into the Public
Domain. Retrieved from http://www.librarylaw.com/DigitizationTable.htm
OCLC. (May 28, 2010). Well-Intentioned Practice Document for libraries and archives. Retrieved from
http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/research/activities/rights/practice.pdf
Copyright Search Tools:
Stanford University Libraries. (2004). Copyright Renewal Database. Retrieved from
http://collections.stanford.edu/copyrightrenewals/bin/page?forward=home (Note: Also see the Resources page for other
search tools.)
Free E-book on Copyright and Digitization:
Hirtle, Peter B.; Hudson, Emily; Kenyon, Andrew T. Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S.
Libraries, Archives, and Museums. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Library, 2009). http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14142
Articles and Videos:
Center for Media & Social Impact. (December 30, 2014). Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use of Orphan Works for Libraries
& Archives. Retrieved from http://cmsimpact.org/sites/default/files/documents/orphanworks-dec14.pdf
Harper, Georgia K. (2012). The Copyright Crash Course. Retrieved from https://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html
Minow, Mary. (April 1, 2010). Can My Library Scan and Post Unpublished Photographs from its Local History Files? An
interview with Ricky Erway and Merrilee Proffitt. Retrieved from http://fairuse.stanford.edu/2010/04/01/unpublished-
photographs/
Ockerbloom, John Mark. (n.d.). How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed? Retrieved from
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/renewals.html
Copyright & Fair Use Bibliography
This brochure was supported in whole or in part by the Institute of Museum and Library
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