Faculty Resources

Library Course Materials is a resource available in Canvas, which includes at least these three links:

• Roger D. Moe Library website
• Roger D. Moe Library Research Guides
• A Guide to Online Learning

Library Course Materials is also a way to incorporate electronic reserves into your course. This resource provides access to course materials selected by the instructor.

Submit your request via the Electronic Course Reserve Request form.

Electronic resources available through the library's online subscriptions will be available via the Library Course Materials link on your Canvas site or via the Course Reserves option in the library catalog advanced search. Please provide the full citation to have electronic resources added to your course list.

For further information about copyright, see Copyright, Licenses, and Permissions below.

If you are having trouble viewing your online reserve page or readings, contact Keri Youngstrand.

Conditions of Use: Something may be copied and made available for course reserves when the material copied is:

• In the public domain
• Used with permission from the copyright holder
• Used under the provisions of a contract or license agreement (agreements may differ from, and often take precedence over, what is allowed under copyright law) or
• Used under the provision of Fair Use (U.S. Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 107), as outlined in the Classroom Guidelines or as determined using a case-by-case, four-factor analysis.

Instructor Responsibilities: Course reserve materials are routinely subject to controls that restrict access to registered students and their instructors. In some cases, materials may be made available after an assessment by the instructor that such a use is a fair use under copyright law. All such uses are based on information about fair use from the University of Minnesota Libraries.

When copyrighted works are used for reserves under the provisions of Fair Use (Section 107), instructors are responsible for:

• Ensuring all materials used support course-related teaching, scholarship, or research.
• Determining, on a case-by-case basis, whether the use of a copyrighted work requires permission or qualifies as fair use. Such a determination requires a working knowledge of the principles & applications of fair use. Library staff can provide some consultation on the relevant issues. 
• Making arrangements for permissions when they are needed.
• Copying only the amount of material needed to accomplish the specific educational purpose. In consultation with library staff, instructors will determine any limits on the amount of material to be used.

For more information regarding copyright, please see our guide on the subject or the Copyright information services page from the University of Minnesota Libraries.