The TCC Library offers Document Delivery, where library staff can coordinate scans from material that we own to send to you electronically, if copyright allows.
Sometimes the office that handles interlibrary loans receives requests from library users for items that are actually owned by the TCC Library or available for free through open access sources. When this happens, the request will be filled through a process known as Document Delivery. It provides the requested item to the requester, without having to borrow it from an outside library system. TCC Library employees, in coordination with the Access Services Office, will do the scanning and sending, where applicable. It is part of our Access Services & Interlibrary Loan offerings.
By using the Interlibrary Loan request form on this page, you can have documents/scans supplied to you. When a request is placed for an item owned by the TCC Library, the ILL Office will place a hold on the item and notify you or will direct you to where you can access a digital copy. If the request falls out of the scope of copyright law or copyright guidelines, we may adjust the request.
The Access Services Office's preference for fulfilling article/copy requests is to fill via a scan of the print version, so that patrons have more context to the provenance of material (i.e. as something looked in print publication). But that is not always possible.
Please note that you cannot typically request a whole book to be copied due to copyright restrictions. Our library follows CONTU guidelines, which means we will only process up to 5 total requests (ie copies of a section) for our entire college from any one (1) title that was published in the last 5 years. Older material will not be added to our accumulative 5.
COPYRIGHT LAW & INTERLIBRARY LOAN
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. Under these specified conditions, the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research". If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use", that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
"The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.
Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law." [Copyright.gov]
See the links below to more information.
