Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)

License Terms of Use

For Library users

Can I make an electronic copy for use in an e-reserve system? Ask

There are exceptions or the license terms are unclear about whether materials from this resource may be used in eCOR. 

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E-reserves are electronic copies of articles and/or book chapters stored on a secure network, including a course management system such as SLATE, for use by students in a specific class.

For more information, contact copyright@sheridancollege.ca
Can I post a copy in a course management system? Ask

There are exceptions or the license terms are unclear about whether materials from this resource may be used in a course management system like SLATE.

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For more information, contact copyright@sheridancollege.ca
Can I put it in a course pack? Ask

There are exceptions or the licence terms are unclear about whether materials for this resource may be used in course packs, which are print compilations of articles and/or book chapters for use by students in a class. 

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For more information, contact copyright@sheridancollege.ca
Can I link to it? Yes

You may create a persistent link to an article or ebook in this resource. 

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For more information on persistent linking, refer to the Linking to Library Resources guide. 
Can I make print or electronic copies? Yes

You may make print and electronic copies for personal use.

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For more information, contact copyright@sheridancollege.ca

For Libraries

Is ILL allowed? No

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Interlibrary loan is a service whereby users from one library may borrow material from another library via email, fax or postal service, for the purpose of education, research or private study, and not for commercial use. Geographic restriction may be specified in the license.
Notes
Based on the licence, while the majority of the materials within the database are disseminated under the terms and conditions of the Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement (https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/reference/licence), there are some exceptions such as the Postal Code0M Conversion File, Postal Codes OM by Federal Ridings File and Postal CodeOM Conversion File Plus. These Canada Post materials are subject to a separate licence subscribed by Sheridan. Uses are generally permitted for:

o Teaching and learning purposes - e.g., students can download Postal Code Conversion File on their laptop to do their assignments. This includes projects, maps, analytical papers, etc. Faculty can download and use the Postal Code Conversion File in teaching exercises.
o Research purposes - e.g., can be used in analysis to write articles that are published in journals. The data is not shared but the results are published. This also includes thesis for Masters or Doctorate where results are required to be public. Publication of data is limited to 1% of the product.
o Planning purposes - where the institution can use the information in planning student recruitment activities or find out where these students are coming from.

Attribution to these sources can be provided in the following manner:
Source: (or Adapted from) Statistics Canada (Select either Postal CodeoM Conversion File or Postal CodesoM by Federal Ridings File and Postal Code0M Conversion File Plus (June 2017) which is based on data licensed from Canada Post Corporation.

For the Postal Code0M Conversion File, Postal Codes OM by Federal Ridings File and Postal CodeOM Conversion File Plus, data should not be used for mail preparation purposes, merging or linking with another data product, and/or data manipulation. Please contact copyright@sheridancollege.ca if there is a question about the terms and conditions of use.