Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries

David R. Hansen is Digital Library Fellow at the University of California Berkeley School of Law; e-mail: [email protected]. William M. Cross is Director of the Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center at North Carolina State University; e-mail: [email protected]. Phillip M. Edwards is Instructional Consultant in the Center for Teaching Excellence at Virginia Commonwealth University; e-mail: [email protected]. © 2013 David R. Hansen, William M. Cross, and Phillip M. Edwards, Attribution-NonCommercial (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) CC BY-NC This paper presents the results of a survey of 110 ARL institutions regarding their copyright policies for providing electronic reserves. It compiles descriptive statistics on library practice as well as coding responses to reveal trends and shared practices. Finally, it presents conclusions about policy making, decision making and risk aversion in ARL institutions.