Thanks to Ms Vasumathi for much needed clarification (I do not know why pressing 'reply' puts only your name in To: field but not the list name?!) In the case of electronic version of he document being sent on ILL, how does the lending library ensure that it does not continue to hold the copy? In sophisticated online lending systems employing DRM techniques, an electronic version of a file available in s(L)ending library may be rendered unreadable or inaccessible once a copy has been transfered to receiving library. Are you suggesting that this much care should be taken by us also to be within copyright act? Vyasamoorthy On 10/23/07, Vasumathi Sriganesh <vasu@qmedin.com> wrote:
Document delivery by anyone is not a violation if proper systems are followed.
1. If the requestor is asking for personal research and study - then there is no need to pay a copyright fee to a publisher
2. The supplier - whether it is the librarian of the reqeustor's institution or another librarian - has two responsibilities: a) Not to retain a copy of the article given to the requestor (print or electronic) b) Getting a declaration from the requestor - saying that he/she will use it only for non-commercial purposes, and that he/she has not got the same article from anyone else.
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