Until it expired in December, 2010, the day-to-day photocopying component of TRU’s Access Copyright license determined what materials could be placed on reserve for students to photocopy.  Until further notice, copying restrictions of and for the purpose of library reserves at TRU are guided by a Fair Dealing Policy prepared by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).  The following documents, prepared by the AUCC explain the relationship between the expired Access Copyright agreement, the proposed Access Copyright tariff, and the interim tariff.

• AUCC Fair Dealing Policy
• AUCC Fair Dealing Policy – FAQs (Feb. 17, 2011)
• Access Copyright Post-secondary Education Institution Interim Tariff – FAQs (Feb. 14, 2011)
• Access Copyright Post-secondary Education Institution Tariff 2011-2013 – FAQs (Dec. 2, 2010)

• Original books, videos, and other original materials, whether owned by the TRU Library or supplied by instructors
• Photocopied materials, so long as copying does not exceed or violate the limits established under copyright law and/or licensing agreements with publishers

• Paper copies may be placed on reserve only if they are intended as an optional and supplemental source of information for students, and they must be a small proportion (no more than 25 per cent) of the required reading for a particular course
  
• Most published works: Maximum of 10% may be copied
  • Exceptions: The following copying is permitted:
    • An entire chapter from a book , but total cannot exceed 20% of the book
    • An entire article from a periodical
    • An entire short story, play, poem or essay from a book or periodical publication
    • An entire entry from an encyclopaedia, dictionary, annotated bibliography etc.
    • An entire reproduction of an artistic work from a book or periodical
    • A single musical score from a book or periodical
      
• Textbooks: Maximum of 5% may be copied
  Textbooks are defined as books produced primarily for the post-secondary education market
  • Exceptions: Up to 10% of the following parts of a textbook may be copied
    • An entire chapter from a textbook
    • An entire short story, play, poem or essay
    • An entire reproduction of an artistic work or a single musical score
      
• Works in the Public Domain: No copyright limits apply
  What's in the public domain?

  The general rule is the copyright protection over a work lasts for 50 years past the year in which the author of the work dies.  This means that in 2011, the public domain includes all works whose authors died in 1960 or earlier .

  Note: there are some exceptions for unrecorded performances, sound recordings, communication signals, crown copyrighted works, jointly authored works, anonymous works, & posthumous works.

• No copies may be made of any of the following:
  Notwithstanding any other provisions in the AUCC Fair Dealing guidelines  
  • An article, play, poem, essay, encyclopaedia entry, or artistic work from a publication containing only that article, play etc.
  • Unpublished works
  • Proprietary workbooks, work cards, assignment sheets, tests and examination papers
  • Instruction manuals
  • Newsletters with restricted circulation intended to be restricted to a fee paying clientele
  • Business cases which are made available for purchasing

• Please allow a minimum of 1 week for the processing of reserve requests.
• Items may be placed on Reserve for only 2 consecutive semesters.
• Photocopies of articles or other materials must be supplied by Instructors.  Please use TRU's Print Shop copy services.
• One paper copy for each 30 students in a course of instruction up to a maximum of 3 may be made onto paper pursuant to the Copying Guidelines for library reserve.
• The Library will barcode all items placed on reserve, including non-TRU Library books and other materials belonging to individual instructors.
• We cannot guarantee the condition or even survival of any personal copies while they are on reserve

1. Check the Library Catalogue to see if the Library owns the item that you want put on Reserve. Faculty may recommend items not currently held by the TRU Library for addition to the collection.  Requests will be considered on an item by item basis, and you should allow at least 12 weeks for the arrival and processing of any items ordered by the Library.
2. Complete a separate Library Reserve Request form for each item to be placed on reserve.  Forms are available as a Word document, a PDF, and in print from the Circulation Desk.
   • Full bibliographic information for each reserve item must be provided on this form
   • Reserve request forms may be emailed to: or fax to: 250.828.5313
3. Physical copies of reserve items may be delivered to the Library in-person, via TRU interoffice mail, or by post/courier. 
   • Copies must be in good condition with no dog-ears
   • The pages of articles must not be stapled together
   • Collections of articles, book chapters, and other materials must not be bound together as they will be circulated separately, and not as part of a collated package or binder.

To make changes to material on reserve for a course, contact reserves@tru.ca

• 2 Hour
• 2 Hour In-Library Use Only
• 1-day loan, 3-day loan
• 7-day loan

Note that reserve materials are available on a "first come, first served" basis.  Holds may not be placed on reserve materials.