The following guidelines outline provisions of the Cancopy agreement and federal legislation that all VCC personnel are obliged to follow concerning print and non-print reproduction. It is our responsibility to be aware of and honour all aspects of copyright law. Please choose a subsection, or scroll down the page to view them all. An entire entry from an encyclopedia, dictionary, annotated bibliography or similar reference work. Allowable material onto overheads.
Instructors can make copies to be put on reserve in the library.
Instructors are permitted to copy the allowable limit from a book once per year per course or program. Cumulative, systematic copying from the same published work within a year is not permitted. Copying cartoons and drawings is permissible. An entire newspaper article can be copied. You cannot reproduce letters to the editor or advertisements from newspapers, magazines or periodicals.