Title: Licensed Library Resources

*Updated: August 2024
Learning Objectives:

- Explain why licensed library resources are only accessible to members of the library’s parent organization or community
- Describe the role of publishing and licence agreements in relation to licensed library resources
- Recognize how the future of scholarly publishing is becoming more open

What’s a paywall?
If you've ever run into a barrier online where you need to pay to access certain content, you have hit a paywall.

Licensed library resources are only available to authorized users (such as university staff and students) because:

Q: Licensed library resources are only available to authorized users (such as university staff and students) because:
- Terms and conditions in licence agreements restrict access to authorized users (correct)
- Academic articles should not be used by the general public because they have better things to do with their time
- Libraries want to make as much money as possible
- Of the restrictions outlined in s. 30.2 of the Copyright Act

If you are not a member of the university community you might be able to access licensed library resources by logging into an academic library workstation with a temporary password.

Q: If you are not a member of the university community you might be able to access licensed library resources by logging into an academic library workstation with a temporary password.
A: true

To compensate them for transferring their rights to publishers, academics normally receive:

Q: To compensate them for transferring their rights to publishers, academics normally receive:
- Generous royalty payments from academic publishers
- Nothing but prestige (correct)
- Free access to that academic journal for life
- First class travel to academic conferences

Simone could not access the article her TA assigned because:

Q: Simone could not access the article her TA assigned because:
- She was not logged into her account on the university network (correct)
- The TA hopes to sabotage Simone’s GPA
- Sunspot activity
- She is not an authorized user

All licence agreements for library resources:

Q: All licence agreements for library resources:
- Have terms and conditions
- Are negotiated by librarians based on their professional expertise
- Should reflect the needs of the user community (e.g., typical academic uses)
- All of the above (correct)

The nature of scholarly communications is becoming more open, in part, because:

Q: The nature of scholarly communications is becoming more open, in part, because:
- Of the rise of open access mandates and open educational resources (correct)
- Academic publishers want to reinvest in creators
- Of the intrawebz
- There isn’t any money in academic publishing anyway

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Licensed Library Resources; by University of Alberta; 2019; licence CC BY 4.0