Tracking repetitive use of electronic reserve items. Using electronic reserves repetitive use information to help gauge copyright compliance
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830910942964 |
| Pages | 106-117 |
| Published date | 06 March 2009 |
| Date | 06 March 2009 |
| Author | Astrid Oliver |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Library & information science |
OTHER ARTICLE
Tracking repetitive use of
electronic reserve items
Using electronic reserves repetitive use
information to help gauge copyright
compliance
Astrid Oliver
John F. Reed Library, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, USA
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to share findings on how to track the recurring use of items
placed on electronic reserve over a period of time using the Create Lists application in Innovative’s
Millennium software, in order to help determine copyright compliance with regard to electronic
reserves.
Design/methodology/approach – The approach takes the form of use of the Create Lists
application in Innovative’s Millennium ILS software to track repetitive use of electronic reserves over
time and the creation of search statements using both Boolean and regular expressions to capture
relevant data in the Create Lists application. Repetitive use of electronic reserve items was tracked
over a four-year period, with repetitive use initially rising, and then declining over the past year for
Fort Lewis College.
Findings – Using both Boolean and regular expressions, it is possible to create a series of search
statements that will retrieve information from item records in Millennium that identify materials that
have been placed on electronic reserves over a series of semesters.
Research limitations/implications – Research was conducted using the Create Lists application
of Innovative’s Millennium software. It is unknown whether other ILS systems have similar
functionality or capability. The implications of the findings indicate that it is possible to track general
electronic reserve copyright compliance over time.
Originality/value – The paper offers a methodology for gauging copyright compliance.
Keywords Reserves, Repeater,Computer software
Paper type Technical paper
A campaign
In the fall of 2006, Reed Library at Fort Lewis College (FLC) began a concerted effort to
increase awareness of copyright and compliance guidelines regarding repetitive use of
digitized materials placed on electronic reserve. While electronic reserves systems have
enabled easier and more efficient access to and management of materials:
...[f]or publishers ...the practice has come to represent something of a copyright nightmare,
tantamount, they’ve claimed, to the creation of illegal “electronic course-packs” in some cases.
...They note that e-reserves essentially enable libraries to make one copy of a resource to be
viewed – and in some cases printed, shared, and reused – by many, potentially creating a
number of what they consider to be unauthorized copies (Albanese, 2007).
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LHT
27,1
106
Received 28 July 2008
Revised 29 August 2008
Accepted 2 September 2008
Library Hi Tech
Vol. 27 No. 1, 2009
pp. 106-117
qEmerald Group Publishing Limited
0737-8831
DOI 10.1108/07378830910942964
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