"It is the responsibility of individual teachers and researchers to learn about copyright and reach informed conclusions, understanding that the primary responsibility for making appropriate decisions about fair use of copyrighted material rests with the individual faculty or staff member."

The purpose of this policy is "to provide consistent guidelines to ensure that university student organizations comply with the provisions of Public Law 94-553."

This document "establishes the ... policy with respect to the developmental process, protection, transfer, and commercialization of rights to Intellectual Property, defined below, resulting from the work of its faculty and other employees."

These standards were developed by the Graduate School. Information on the use of copyrighted material is provided on page 4.

When you use course reserves for supplemental class materials, the Libraries will secure copyright permission, if needed.

The information on this page shows how to link to library databases so that off-campus users will be able to access them.