Updated 8/07
Saint Louis University Libraries
ERes Request Form
General Instructions:
In addition to this form, please fill out the attached Checklist for Fair Use to
verify that all copyrighted materials submitted weigh in favor of fair use
guidelines. The library staff reserves the right to refuse any materials for
Reserve that weigh towards opposing fair use.
Remember to include bibliographic information for all copyrighted materials
Books: author, title, publisher, year and exact page numbers
Journals: title of journal, volume, issue, year and exact page numbers
Today’s Date_____________________________
Date Materials Needed____________________
(Allow a minimum of 5-7 business days at the beginning of each term)
Semester/Term___________________________
Instructor’s Name _______________________________________________________
Title First Last
Telephone____________________________ E-mail____________________________
Department_____________________________________________________________
Course Number and Section______________________________________________
Course Title_____________________________________________________________
Course Password______________________ (create a password that your students
will use to access your course page. If no password is given, the Reserve Staff
will create one and notify you via e-mail or phone. You are responsible for
giving your students this password) Do not use spaces in the password.
Passwords are not case sensitive.
Please check one:
This request is new for the semester listed__________
This request is an addition to materials already on ERes_________
Note: After the materials are placed on ERes, your copies will be returned via
Inter-Office Mail.
CHECKLIST FOR FAIR USE
Name:_________________________________ Date:____________ Project:_________________________________
Institution:______________________________ Prepared by:_________________________________
PURPOSE
Favoring Fair Use Opposing Fair Use Opposing Fair Use
Teaching
(including multiple copies for classroom use)
Commercial activity
Research
Profiting from the use
Scholarship Nonprofit Educational Institution
Entertainmen
Criticism
Bad-faith behavior
Comment
Denying credit to original author
News reporting
Transformative or Productive use
(changes the work for new utility)
Restricted access
(to students or other appropriate group)
Parody
NATURE
Favoring Fair Use Opposing Fair Use
Published work
Unpublished work
Factual or nonfiction based
Highly creative work
(art, music, novels, films, plays)
Important to favored educational objectives
Fiction
AMOUNT
Favoring Fair Use Opposing Fair Use
Small quantity
Large portion or whole work used
Portion used is not central or significant to entire work
Portion used is central to work
or "heart of the work"
Amount is appropriate for favored educational purpose
EFFECT
Favoring Fair Use Opposing Fair Use
User owns lawfully acquired or purchased copy of original
work
Could replace sale of copyrighted work
One or few copies made
Significantly impairs market or potential market for
copyrighted work or derivative
No significant effect on the market or potential market for
copyrighted work for use of the copyrighted work
Reasonably available licensing mechanism
No similar product marketed by the copyright holder
Affordable permission available for using work
Lack of licensing mechanism
Numerous copies made
You made it accessible on Web or in other public forum
Repeated or long-term use.
This document is provided as a courtesy of Crews, Kenneth D. Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative
Strategies and Practical Solutions. Chicago: American Library Association, 2006.
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