The University of Hawai'i distributed its copyright guidelines in 1992 in what has come to be called the "Dratler Copyright Guidelines" after its author Jay Dratler, Jr. The document was sent by Dratler to Edward Yuen, then Director of PPMO, and is dated April 9, 1992. This online copy is in Adobe Acrobat format.
The current text of the Copyright Law of the United States may be found at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html. Limitations to exclusive rights in the Copyright Law may be found at sections 107 (Fair Use) and 108 (Libraries and Archives).
On November 2nd, 2002 The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization Act of 2002 (TEACH Act), was signed into law. Kenneth D. Crews, Professor of Law and Director, Copyright Management Center Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis has prepared a summary of the act for the American Library Association. The summary includes the duties of administrators, information technology personnel, faculty, and librarians. Click here to read the Crews ALA summary document.
Click here to get the UH West O‘ahu TEACH Act Checklist. Complete this checklist to see if you may use copyrighted material in your distributed education online classes.
Go the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. to get permission to reproduce copyrighted content such as articles and book chapters for photocopies, coursepacks, library reserves, Web sites, e-mail and more.
Finally, Leeward Community College has an excellent page on copyright rights, permissions, and resources, including the TEACH Act, at http://emedia.leeward.hawaii.edu/teachtech/Copyright.htm.
Prepared by Eric Flower, Librarian
University of Hawai'i-West O'ahu
Last revised October 15, 2003.