What are the guidelines for providing multiple copies for classes?
You as a teacher (faculty, instructor, etc.) may make copies of an article for all their students without any problem as long as it is done only once for that class and not done for the same course in the future. Problems may arise when you use more than one or two articles (or chapters) from the same journal issue (or book), you make copies of the same materials every semester for the same class, or you make copies of a lot of articles for the class instead of using a textbook. (If you have a textbook, this would not be a problem.) Under the copyright law, libraries are not allowed to make multiple copies. A library may make only one copy for individual use when requested by a patron. Please see the section on “Guidelines for Classroom Copying” for more details and best practices.
