Educational institution libraries and copyright
The agreements between Copibec and educational institutions cover copies made by teaching personnel for their students. How do those agreements impact the institutions’ libraries?
Certain exceptions in the Copyright Act apply specifically to libraries, including those in educational institutions. The library exceptions are summarized below, together with information on what the agreements between Copibec and educational institutions allow you to do for the following purposes:
- Research and private study
- Interlibrary lending
- Managing and maintaining collections
- Digitizing or scanning content
- Using self-service photocopiers and scanners in a library