Permission to examine and/ or obtain
a copy of any materials in Special Collections and Archives does
not convey the right to publish. Your rights and obligations with
respect to the reproduction by photocopy, or other means of
copyrighted material, is governed by Title 17 of the United States
Code. Researchers must be aware of copyright and must assume full
responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any
infringement of copyright law. The Library will be held blameless
for the infringement of copyright or of publication rights by
others due to deliberate or negligent misuse of the permission
granted to examine or copy materials in Special Collections and
Archives.
Special Collections and Archives can
only grant permission to publish texts or images for which the
University of Rhode Island is the copyright holder. We reserve the
right to assess a use fee when granting permission to publish from
the collection. The fee assessed will depend upon the purpose or
use of the item to be published. Commercial fees are normally
higher than general research publication fees. In giving
permission to publish, the University Library does not surrender
its own right thereafter to publish the material or to grant
permission to others to publish it.
Any materials from Special
Collections and Archives subsequently used in a publication or
exhibition must carry the following credit: "Courtesy of
Special Collections, University of Rhode Island Library".
The publishing party will supply
Special Collections with two copies of the book, periodical, or
any other work in which a photograph or image is published or in
which substantial information or material from the Special
Collections and Archives Unit is cited.
