I thought I should do something more, on this topic and have found the CONTU Guideline - Rule of Five https://www.copyright.com/Services/copyrightoncampus/content/ill_contu.html ​Important bits: 1. It applies to articles that are less than five years old 2. ​A library that asks - may not ask for more than five articles from one journal, in a year But - we need to read the entire contents. They also mention that these are Guidelines and not the law, but overall, we need to really follow these! Vasumathi Sriganesh QMed Knowledge Foundation (Trust - Reg No: E-24663) A-3, Shubham Centre, Cardinal Gracious Road Chakala, Andheri East, Mumbai 400099 Tel: 91-22-40054474 Mob: +919867292230 Web: www.qmed.org.in http://www.qmedkf.org.in/ www.indianmedicalsites.in On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Vasumathi Sriganesh (QMed) < vasu@qmedkf.org.in> wrote:

Asking for articles, by itself is not a violation of copyright practices. (As long as it is for fair use, of course!) I am a member of the Medical Librarians' (USA) mailing list, where people do ask. But, the rule is that they should have tried all other options (their DOCLINE - and more) and only then ask.

Also there is something called Rule of 5. ​....​

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