INSTRUCTION

Instructional Materials

All textbooks, printed materials, and other supplies required for course work are to be distributed through the University’s bookstores or some other University-authorized vendor. Employees of the University are prohibited from purchasing with personal funds or otherwise acquiring materials for resale to students. This policy is adopted in order to prevent misunderstandings among faculty, staff, and students and to avoid potential conflicts of interest for all parties.

Textbook orders for courses are processed by bookstore personnel on each campus, with campus-specific deadlines for submission of orders. Orders must be submitted on or before those deadlines along with estimates of student numbers, in order to give the bookstore adequate time to order and receive the books. Changing textbooks requires more time to order and stock.

Instructors who plan to use their own instructor-developed course materials, instead of traditionally published textbooks, and make use of others’ works must have copyright permission in hand before such materials may be incorporated into printed course-packs for sale at cost to students. The “fair use” provisions of the Copyright Act (Title 17 U.S.Code) govern all uses of others’ works in teaching, regardless of the format in which those works are available or the mode of instruction (face-to-face classroom, online, distance, etc.). Before distributing a work to students, it is advisable to fill out a fair use checklist and keep it for your records.

08/07