The Kalamazoo College Library will place unpublished works (such as Senior Individualized Projects and other student papers) on Print Reserve or Electronic Reserve after the Library has received signed permission in writing by the copyright holder (usually the author) of the work. This written letter must grant explicitly the permission to copy, download, or print the work by current students, faculty, and staff at Kalamazoo College, within fair use guidelines.

Forms must be signed by the copyright holder in order to grant permission to place an unpublished manuscript on Print Reserve or Electronic Reserve.

Kalamazoo College students complete their SIP’s and other papers to fulfill degree requirements, and with the expectation that their works will not be distributed freely by anyone at the College. SIP’s and student papers are unpublished manuscripts, and as such, the authors hold the copyright to their works in perpetuity. Therefore, each unpublished manuscript placed on Print Reserve or Electronic Reserve must have permission from the copyright holder to:

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