ABSTRACT
“From digitization projects to interlibrary loan and from electronic reserves to electronic books, copyright law is having an impact on librarianship.” (Dames, 1). While many librarians would like to ignore this impact, it is here and we must somehow deal with the realities of the impact of copyright law in many areas of the library. This article will attempt to shed some light on just one aspect: that of copyright and electronic reserves. A review of the recent literature shows that library practices regarding electronic reserves vary from one extreme to the other. Some libraries consider all electronic reserves to fall under fair use while others are more restrictive about the items that can be placed on e-reserve. This article takes the middle ground and by examining one electronic reserve policy will assist other librarians in formulating their own copyright policy for their electronic reserve systems.
