New! If the Library doesn't have an ebook that you need to use in a course, you can request it using this Acquisitions Request Form.
YES
- Linking is always fine.
- ONE chapter from a book, if you can't link to it in the library.
- ONE article from a journal, if you can't link to it in the library.
- A SUNY Empire produced accessible version of inaccessible content, if the copyright owner can't/won't give you the accessibility features you need.
- Anything with a Creative Commons license OTHER than ND (no derivative works) or SA (share-alike.) So CC-BY and CC-NC are fine.
- A full-length documentary or other non-fiction multimedia, OR clips of fictional/dramatic multimedia.
- Related to learning objectives only - not decorative
- Attributed, marked as copyrighted content, "further reproduction or distribution is prohibited by law"
- Legal copy, legally obtained
- Not content that targets the educational market (Pearson, Cengage, etc.)
- Images
- Related to learning objectives only - not decorative
- Attributed, marked as copyrighted content, "further reproduction or distribution is prohibited by law"
- Creative Commons content with an ND (no derivative works) license
- Used exactly as it was found with no modifications. Not incorporated into another piece of content.
- Creative Commons content with a SA (share alike) license
- If it is remixed or incorporated into a new piece of content, that ALSO has to be put under a Creative Commons share alike license, which rules out incorporating other works that require more restrictive licenses.
- Content that's not labeled Creative Commons but has some kind of statement about being free for educational or non-profit use.
- Something that might be a transformative work.
- Something that might be public domain.
NO
- Library content reproduced within the course
- Multiple chapters from a book reproduced within the course
- Multiple articles from a journal reproduced within the course
- Textbook content or homework/quiz content from the publisher reproduced within the course
- Full-length entertainment media reproduced within the course
- Sharing materials obtained through Interlibrary Loan as course materials
