Document Delivery Manual:
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept that allows the creator of an original work to retain rights to that work for a set amount of time. In the United States, copyright law is authorized by the Constitution in Article I, Section 8. “Fair Use” is a concept within copyright law which allows reproduction for scholarly or review purposes. It is this doctrine of Fair Use that allows interlibrary loan to exist as it pertains to reproducing materials.
Source/Additional Information
CONTU Guidelines (Circular 21) - Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians 
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ21.pdf
Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.copyright.com/
Copyright Office of the US Government
http://www.copyright.gov/
IFLA Position on Copyright in the Digital Environment. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.
http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/pos-dig.htm
Copyright Management Guidelines. Medical Library Association.
http://www.mlanet.org/government/positions/copyright_mgmt.html
Copyright & Fair Use. Stanford University Libraries.
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
When Works Pass into the Public Domain. University of North Carolina.
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
Copyright Crash Course. University of Texas System.
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
