Abstract
This article describes the process used at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries to develop and implement a new method for interlibrary loan copyright fee assessment as an alternative to the outdated CONTU (Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works) which we call “CAUSeS” (Copyright Assessment for Uses that Substitute for Subscriptions), by reviewing legal standards and considering practical needs.
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to the other members of the 2019-2020 UMass Amherst Interlibrary Loan Copyright Evaluation and Payment Task Force:
Sarah Fitzgerald, Assessment Librarian
Lisa Di Valentino, Law and Public Policy Librarian
Paulina Borrego, Science and Engineering Librarian
Scott Stangroom, Acquisitions Unit Coordinator
Jaime Taylor, Discovery & Resource Management Systems Coordinator
Brian Miller, Head, Interlibrary Services, Ohio State University Libraries
Amanda Rudd, Interlibrary Loan Services Supervisor, Georgetown University Library
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.