From: "Hoon, Peggy" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:07:13 +0000 Under §109 of the copyright act - aka, the first sale doctrine, the lawful owner of a book may lend it to anyone it/he/she wants to - there is nothing that says ³except books being used as class textbooks at the institution where your library is located during the semester or quarter or whatever the time period of the class that is using it meets.² So the answer to your question whether it is a violation of COPYRIGHT is NO. This response does not address whether there are any agreements (perhaps with the campus bookstore), policies or other unknowns along those lines that may come into play. But copyright itself - nope. Best, Peggy -- Peggy E. Hoon, J.D. Scholarly Communications Librarian J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte [log in to unmask]