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Licensing

Guidelines for Using Library Licensed Content

Using Library Licensed Content

Emily Carr University of Art + Design Libraries provide access to electronic resources under license agreements that limit their use to students, faculty, staff and other authorized users. To ensure continued availability, all users must follow the terms of these agreements, as non-compliance could result in a vendor suspending or terminating access to these resources.

  • Commercial use is strictly prohibited
  • Systematic downloading; that is, bulk or automated downloading of large amounts of content from electronic resources, including saving entire journals, multiple consecutive articles, or large sections of e-books, often using scripts or rapid downloads is strictly prohibited
  • Do not ingest journal articles, book chapters etc into Generative AI tools as this may constitute a copyright violation. 

For more guidance on navigating copyright at ECU, please see the Copyright guide.

Permitted Use Definitions

Notes are indicated as applicable.

Permitted Use
If "Yes"
Research and Educational purposes

Users may search, retrieve, download, display, view, save or copy the material.

Note: Users may use the material for research purposes including assignment, portfolios, dissertations, theses, presentations, lectures, publications as long as appropriate credit is given.
Classroom handouts You may print or share a single copy of licensed materials with students or other authorized users for educational purposes.
Coursepacks You may include parts of the licensed materials in coursepacks for instructional use to share with students or other authorized users in the courses offered as long as appropriate credit is given.
Electronic Reserves You may include parts of the licensed materials in collections or assembled materials in an electronic format for educational purposes.
Learning Management Systems

You may make electronic copies of the parts of licensed materials and store on a secure network.

Note: the secure networks can include moodle, canvas and others alike.
Persistent URLs You may create or share the link to the licensed materials with students or other authorized users as long as it is within a secure environment.
Scholarly Sharing

You may share a small portion of the licensed materials with users who are not authorized for scholarly or educational purposes, but not for commercial use.

Note: Sharing is allowed only as a hard copy or electronically.
Text and Data Mining

You may use the licensed materials for research analysis and share the results publicly.

Note: The shared results should not be used for commercial purposes.
Public Performance Rights

You may use the licensed materials for performance or screening.

Note: The use of the licensed materials should be for private, educational and research purposes on ECU campus.
Inter Library Loan

You may share one copy of the document of the licensed material with another institution using paper or secure electronic methods.

Note: Sharing should be within the guidelines of interlibrary loan practices and Canadian copyright laws.
Training and marketing You may use the licensed materials for internal marketing or training users or a group of users.

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