Photocopy Duplication to Libraries
As part of its area reference and interlibrary loan functions, Hunterdon County Library will supply photocopies of any material in its collections, if not available for loan. Up to 20 pages per article will be provided free of charge to the requesting library. A maximum of three articles may be requested at one time from any given library. For articles over 20 pages in length, a charge of five cents ($0.05) per page will be made for the additional pages at the requesting library’s expense.
Photocopy Duplication to Individuals
As Hunterdon County Library has a coin operated photocopier on its premises, most library users can do their own photocopying at the rate of five cents ($0.05) per impression. In certain instances, Hunterdon County Library will photocopy for the patron, charging the patron the required five cents ($0.05) per impression. If a request is made from a periodical that does not circulate, up to three articles (20 pages or less) will be provided free of charge.
Photocopy of Personal Documents
Birth certificates, wills, sales transactions, etc., may be duplicated by the patron or, if assistance is needed, by a staff member; however, the following items cannot be photographed or reproduced in any form: bonds, paper money, postal money orders, passports, draft registration cards, or any type of government issued stamps.
Photocopy of Copyrighted Materials
The photocopying of copyrighted materials is limited under the “Fair Use” doctrine of Sec. 107 of the Copyright Act of 1978 (Title 17, U.S. Code). Fair Use implies no impairment of rights and benefits of the author who wrote the work or its publisher. Sec. 108 applies only to libraries. In general, the rights under Sec. 108 apply only to copies made or distributed “without any purpose of direct or indirect commercial advantage” (108(9a)(1).
- WHOLE WORKS: Under the doctrine of “Fair Use,” copyrighted material cannot be reproduced in its entirety unless the item is unavailable through regular trade sources. (In other words, a book that is out-of-print and cannot be obtained in any other way may be photocopied from an extant copy, provided the copy to be made is needed for educational, informational or archival purposes.)
- EXCERPTS (from books, pamphlets, periodicals, other printed published works): Parts of a book or periodical may be photocopied, provided the patron can demonstrate “Fair Use,” which, in this case, means that there is an associated educational or informational need and no commercial profit may be realized by the person requesting the copy. Only one copy may be reproduced on any given occasion. No aggregate use of copyrighted material is permitted.
Stories, articles and poems included in anthologies may also be photocopied in their entirety, provided only one copy is made and no commercial advantage is to be gained by the user.
A person requiring multiple copies of a copyrighted article, story or book must contact the publisher for permission to make the desired number of copies (over the one copy allowed) or may buy the desired materials through commercial trade sources.
It is impossible to supervise the photocopying activities of the patron who is reproducing copy independently and without staff assistance; however, in all other cases, the photocopying of printed materials and the number of copies to be made must be determined in the light of need, use and purpose at the time, and within the concept of “Fair Use.” Ultimately, the decision to photocopy (or not) in each instance must be left to the discretion of the library staff member.
In addition to the above, Sec. 108(e)(2) states that the library must include a “warning of copyright” on its order forms and prominently display a warning of copyright at the place where orders are accepted. A similar warning must be placed where unsupervised reproducing is done (108(f)(2). The language for these warnings, as provided by Copyright Office regulations, can be found in the law or in the Copyright Handbook, 2nd. Ed., 1982, pp. 170-1.
8/21/84; Revised 1/11
