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Classroom Single-Copy Guidelines

(In Not-for-Profit Educational Institutions)

Books and Periodicals

A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his/her individual request for his/her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class:

  1. A chapter from a book
  2. An article from a periodical or newspaper
  3. A short story, short essay, or short poem, whether or not from a collective work
  4. A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper

This single copy may be used in following semesters or years.

Examples of permissible single copying might be:

  • A photocopy of a short editorial from the newspaper for use in a class.

  • A paper copy of two frames from a microfiche for a class.

  • Scan a photograph from a periodical to show a class how an earthquake is located by triangulation.

  • Scan one picture of a dress style from a book containing some 200 pictures of dress through the ages.

 

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