The UF Libraries' ILL Unit adheres to the Interlibrary Loan Code of the United States. Section 108 of the Copyright Act of 1976 allows libraries to make copies ... Since the law did not quantify limits, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) developed guidelines that were hoped to be acceptable to libraries, publishers, and authors. The UF Libraries' ILL copyright policies are based on these guidelines.
As a public research institution, we qualify for Section 108 status. We provide notice of copyright requirements to all users. Requests for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research will not be filled. Non-returnable materials received through ILL become the property of the patron; electronic copies are regularly purged from our server. We follow the guideline of providing one article per issue within the last five years per patron before paying copyright royalties. We will pay royalties for any copies exceeding five articles per journal title per calendar year. Transactions are reported to the Copyright Clearance Center through the ILL system and records are maintained for at least three years.
As a public research institution, we qualify for Section 108 status. We review the copyright compliance statement provided by the borrowing institution and include a copyright notice on copies delivered. We do not fill requests from journal databases for which the licensing agreement prohibits interlibrary loan. Electronic copies of scanned materials are regularly purged from the system.
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