Hi Barb, Hong Kong copyright law is different than USA, but if one of my faculty members asked the question like this, I would answer this way:
If you are talking about creating a mix-CD by copying *entire tracks*, or copying and posting entire tracks of music onto a server, it sounds like a copyright violation to me. To me it's like asking "can I copy 2 chapters out of this book and 1 chapter out of that book, and post them on our intranet for home-work" In our library, we will put a whole physical CD on Reserve and the students will have to find the right track by himself or herself. Also, I have found that the biggest problem for music reserves is for the professor to actually get the students to do the listening homework assignments. Frequent quizzes seem to help. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science and Technology > Are any of you up on best practices for audio reserves? > > I received a question about the legalities of doing a coursepack or e-reserves of music. > I don't have the list of songs/artists yet, but I think it's a history of > pop music class. > What resources should I take a look at for guidance? > > TIA, > Barb > > Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
