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Copyright Clearance Services
PCC Copyright Clearance office at Sylvania library provides assistance with copyright and fair use issues for faculty and staff. Have a question about copyright? Call us at 503-977-4441 or send an email to copyright@pcc.edu.
Menu of services
- Copyright Permissions
- The Copyright Clearance office can provide you with you with copyright permissions for course reserves, bulletin boards, coursepacks, blackboard spaces and anything that needs copyright clearance. When in doubt, ask us.
- Coursepacks
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A coursepack is a packet of materials designed to be used in a class, often in place of a textbook. Coursepacks can contain articles, chapters of books, faculty-created content. Although coursepacks require some up front planning from faculty, they have a number of benefits. They allow faculty added freedom and creativity in course design. They are usually substantially less expensive than textbooks and support the school’s sustainability efforts because they can be printed on demand. They can also be produced to be used by students with vision impairments.
PCC Copyright Clearance office strives to make the production process easy to use. Follow these simple steps to create and distribute a printed coursepack. Electronic coursepacks follow steps one and two:
- Identify the material you want to use – one term in advance if possible and contact Lynda Noland lnoland@pcc.edu for more complete information about the process of creating a course pack.
- Deliver the materials to Lynda in the Copyright Clearance office at the Sylvania library. Materials can be in electronic or print format.
- The library will clear copyright, prepare an electronic version of the coursepack and will deliver to the PCC Printing Office with instructions about printing.
- Coursepacks will be sold at the PCC Bookstore at cost.
Find out more about this new service by contacting Lynda Noland 503-977-4441.
- Reserves
- This office provides copyright clearance for course reserves when needed. Find out more about course reserves.
Want to learn more about copyright? Try these Copyright Resources.
Search to see if particular materials are covered under the Copyright Clearance Center Annual License.
Use the Fair Use Checklist to help determine if permission is needed.
Ready to seek permission? Copyright Clearance Request Form