Guidelines for Authorized Use of National Central Library’s Digital Resources

Announcement No. 0980004067B ratified on December 18, 2009

Announcement No. 10301002062 revised on August 15, 2014

Announcement No. 10301002190 corrected on August 29, 2014

Announcement No. 10901001492 revised on July 2, 2020

1、National Central Library (NCL) has issued these guidelines in an effort to promote social education, support scholarly research, and provide dissemination, use, and proper management of NCL’s digital resources.
2、The meaning of “digital resources” in these guidelines is digital files that have been made, taken, or scanned by NCL. National treasures and important artifacts, as well as other items that have copyright restrictions have their own policies and are not part of these guidelines.
3、The digital resources that NCL provides for use have the following limitations:
(1) Digital images: up to 30 images for the same purpose.
(2) Periodical index booklists: up to 3,000 titles per publication year; up to 10,000 titles for the same purpose. For classification types of digital images, see the “Resource Classification Codes” column in Appendix 1.
4、Fees for use of digital resources are different for commercial and noncommercial use.
(1) Noncommercial use can be authorized for those who will not be involved in selling behavior, or who are but not as a primary purpose, such as: Scholarly research or publishing research papers. Other non-profit use: any other use that is not primarily for profit. Once NCL has approved applications for noncommercial use, fees will be assessed according to the following rules: Government institutions (departments), private or public schools, or public welfare entities are exempt from use fees. Other legal entities or natural persons will be charged 50% of the fee rate listed in Appendix 2.
(2) Fees for commercial use are found in Appendix 2. For those applying to use NCL’s digital resources for commercial products, or for use which exceeds the limitations in Guideline 3, NCL will discuss fees on a case-by-case basis.
(3) Those who have entered into a cooperation agreement with the NCL or obtained NCL's approval through the application in the form of a project will be processed in accordance with the agreement or the content agreed by the NCL.
5、In using NCL’s digital resources, an application form must be filled out (Appendix 1) and personally delivered or sent via post. A decision will be made within 15 days of receiving the application. A written decision (Appendix 3) will then be sent to the applicant. Only after NCL has approved the application and the fee has been paid can these resources be used in the authorized manner.
6、Format, use restrictions, and scope of use for digital images:
(1)    The specifications of digital resources provided by NCL are limited to whatever file format they are currently in.
(2)    Use of these resources implies agreement to their use restrictions. Length of use is one year from approval. If the scope of use changes from what was approved, a new application must be submitted as outlined in Guideline 5.
(3)    Besides the production of e-resources, no other authorized use includes open transmission on the internet.
7、Use of NCL’s digital resources must be accompanied by the following disclaimer: “Courtesy of National Central Library.” After the work is published, a copy must be deposited at NCL per the Library Law and the Guidelines for Management of Government Publications.
8、After use is authorized, if any of the following occur NCL retains the right to terminate use authorization without refunding any fees. Furthermore, a two-year ban will be imposed.
(1)    Actual use differs from stated use on application.
(2)    Items were transferred to a third party without NCL’s consent.
(3)    Origin of digital resources was not stated or marked properly.
(4)    Other matters or actions that harm NCL’s rights.
9、After use has been authorized by NCL, resources must be used with care. Any accident or oversight in their use caused by the applicant that results in the infringement of NCL’s rights will result in damage compensation being paid by the applicant.

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