The Vault - JIBC's Institutional Repository: Copyright and Permissions

JIBC affiliated individuals can only submit items to The Vault for which they own the copyright, or have permission from the copyright-holder to do so.

Do you own the copyright in your work?

At JIBC, faculty, staff and students generally own the copyright in works they create through teaching and research, with certain exceptions: 

1. JIBC owns Intellectual Property created by employees as part of their assigned duties or that involves the use of JIBC funds, facilities or information owned or administered by JIBC.  JIBC also owns Intellectual Property arising in instances where employees are given release time from usual duties, or are paid, in addition to their regular rate of pay, or have been hired or agree to create and produce a copyrightable works for JIBC. 
2. JIBC owns all IP created by and for contractors unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.
3. You have transferred your rights to another party, such as a journal publisher.
4. The work is part of a research grant or contract that specifies you are NOT the owner of the material.

For more information see the JIBC Intellectual Property Policy.

If your work includes third-party material you will need to have written permission from that third-party to post the item in The Vault

Permission from copyright holders is often needed when creating course materials, research papers, and web sites. You need to obtain permission when you use a work in a way that infringes on the exclusive rights granted to a copyright holder if it falls outside the boundaries of fair dealing or other exceptions under the Copyright Act.

Visit the Permissions tab of the Library's Copyright Subject Guide for more information or contact the Library.

If you transferred your copyright to another party

Standard journal and book publishing contracts require authors to transfer their copyright to the publisher. That means that the authors are no longer free to do what they wish with that work.

Most journal publishers will permit authors to upload specific versions of the work to an institutional repository such as The Vault or to a personal web page. Most book publishers will not grant such permission. Policies vary by publisher.

Before you submit a previously-published item to The Vault, you will need to check whether you are permitted to do so. The best way to check is to read the agreement that you signed with your publisher. If you cannot find that agreement, you can use the following tools to search for the publisher's standard policy.

Some publishers will permit you to upload either a pre-print (prior to peer-review) or post-print (after peer-review) version of a journal article to an institutional repository or to your personal web page. Only a few permit you to upload the publisher's final typeset version.

Contact the publisher directly by email or by online form from the publisher website to determine its copyright policies and/or request permission.

Work with the Library who will help with these questions.