Update on Fair Use
The much-anticipated Code of Best Practices for Fair use in Academic and Research Libraries was released today and is available at:
http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/code-of-best-practices-fair-use.pdf
The MIT Libraries participated in the focus groups leading up to the creation of this document. This code joins a group of successful best practices in fair use documents coordinated by Peter Jaszi and Patricia Aufderheide in association with the Center for Social Media at American University:
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/best-practices
For more information, contact Ellen Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing and Licensing , MIT Libraries.