This result is neither unfair nor unfortunate. It is the means by which copyright advances the progress of science and art. The roles libraries play are shaped by copyright law. Copyright in its origins and in the way it has evolved in the United States has always involved a balancing of interests. Authors and creators are granted certain monopoly rights in order that an adequate return stimulate the creation of intellectual works, but those rights are limited in various ways in order, in the Constitution's phrase, to promote science and the useful arts.
Request is for a single copy of one original, as opposed to multiple copies of the same original.
Requests meeting the above criteria will be filled. Clientele Students, faculty and staff of the University of Louisville and its academic and research programs. The Libraries also serve as a resource for users of the Kentucky Virtual University and Library , for organizations with which to University Libraries has a contractual agreement, and are a lending library for Interlibrary Loans. Other clientele include all adult residents of Kentucky and the Louisville Metropolitan area. The scope of the collections includes primary and secondary materials to support the research and curricula of the Schools and Colleges of the University of Louisville and to maintain the strength of the libraries at or above the standards of the Association of Research Libraries, SACS, and other accrediting agencies.