Public Library Photocopying Licence Guidelines for Copying

Your Access Copyright licence gives you pre-authorized permission to:

Copy up to 10% of a published work or the following, whichever is greater:

• An entire chapter which is no more than 20% of a book.
• An entire newspaper article or a page.
• One short story, play, poem, essay, or article from a book or periodical containing other published works.
• One entire entry from an encyclopedia, dictionary, or reference book.

What is NOT Covered by the Licence?

• Federal, provincial and territorial government publications (excluding those published in Quebec).
• Print music.
• Workbooks, study guides, solutions, manuals, instructor's manuals.
• Advertisements and letters to the editor.
• Newsletters or any other publications containing proprietary information.
• Published material appearing on the Exclusions List (this applies to photocopying only).
• Works not appearing in Access Copyright's digital repertoire database (this applies to digital use only).