Ryerson University is presently operating under an Agreement with Access Copyright. This agreement is in place until midnight Dec 31st, 2015.
This agreement authorizes the reproduction of works in Access Copyright’s repertoire by Ryerson University and persons acting under their authority.
This includes students, faculty and Ryerson University staff.
To check if material is covered by this agreement please use the Access Copyright Look-up Tool.
For published works in Access Copyright’s repertoire, students can:
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Photocopy, fax, scan and print.
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Store copies on a hard drive, USB stick or on a Secure Network.
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Transmit by email, upload or post copies within a Secure Network.
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Project display copies, such as on overheads, on LCD or plasma monitors, or interactive whiteboards.
How much can students copy?
Students may copy up to 10% of a repertoire work or make a copy of a repertoire work that is:
- An entire article, short story, play, essay or poem, or reproduction of an artistic work from a volume containing other published works.
- An entire article or page from a newspaper or periodical.
- An entire entry from an encyclopedia or similar reference work
- An entire reproduction of an artistic work from a publication, an entire reproduction of an artistic work (including any drawing, painting, print, photograph or other reproduction of a work of sculpture, architectural work or work of artistic craftsmanship) from a Published Work that contains other Published Works
- One chapter of a book, provided the chapter is no more than 20% of that book.
Guide to Works NOT covered by the Access Copyright Agreement
- Works on the Exclusions List
- Digital born works which are not covered by the Inclusion List AND not available when searching the Access Copyright Look-up Tool
- Unpublished works
- Consumable items such as published workbooks, assignment sheets, and tests
- Business Case Studies
- Material found on the World Wide Web
- Government documents such as Crown or provincial publications
- Instruction manuals, including teachers’ guides
- Sheet music and original artistic works including photographs or prints that are not part of a published work collection
- Works published in countries with which Access Copyright does not have a reciprocal agreement
- Works with notices excluding them from copying under a collective licence
Citation Required by Access Copyright
Distributed copies shall include, where reasonable, on at least one page,
- a credit to the author, artist or illustrator, and to the source;
- a notice stating “Copied under Permission from Access Copyright. Further reproduction, distribution or transmission is prohibited, except as otherwise permitted by law. This in no way restricts a fair dealing use of this work.”
Beyond what is listed above only copy published works if:
- the copying complies with the Canada Copyright Act and its fair dealing provision
- you obtained specific permission from the copyright holder
- the copying is allowed under existing Library licences for Electronic Resources. Learn how to use the Journal Lookup Tool to find out how you can use an electronic journal resource in teaching.
See also: Ryerson University's Fair Dealing Guideline
Copyright Inquiries: copyrt@ryerson.ca
Website: http://library.ryerson.ca/info/copyright
