Scanning Materials

The UTC Library will scan print and microform materials and deliver them as PDFs to your e-mail account. Please see the guidelines below for additional information.

Scanning Guidelines

• We process scanning requests as they come in Monday through Friday. We strive for a 24-hour turnaround time on requests made during the week.

• We will only scan limited portions of a work. Typically one article from a journal, one chapter or 10% of a book, and short excerpts from anthologies or literary works.

• Items will be scanned to PDF format with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) enabled for screen readers. The PDF will be e-mailed to the faculty e-mail address supplied in the form.

• The library will not retain copies of the original scan files

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Scanning

• The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) Library adheres to U.S. copyright law [United States Copyright Act of 1976]. In particular, Section 107, the Fair Use Doctrine, and Section 108, Reproduction by Libraries and Archives, each serves as the guiding principles behind the UTC Library's reserves and faculty scanning service policies and procedures.

• Faculty must certify via the Scanning Request Form, that each item complies with U.S. copyright law under a fair use exception; however, the Library will assess each request for fair use and copyright compliance and reserves the right to reject requests or seek clarification from faculty if any copyright concern arises.