Change to Thesis/Dissertation Licence for UBC Library
The UBC Library has developed a new online cIRcle Non-Exclusive Distribution License, very similar to the current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement which students have been using up to now. The License will be applicable to theses and dissertations as well as to all non-thesis work in cIRcle, and will likely go into effect on Friday March 7, 2014 (tomorrow). The current UBC Thesis Licence Agreement form will be discontinued.
NOTE: This new online cIRcle Licence will be presented to students as part of the submission process. They do NOT have to submit a paper License form. None of the other procedures have changed. Our website will be updated tomorrow when I get confirmation from the Library that they are ready to launch the online License.
Key information:
· Students retain full copyright to their theses, as always.
· The new cIRcle License clearly states the restrictions on theses via a Creative Commons license. It specifies that, by default, works deposited in cIRcle will correspond to the most restrictive of the Creative Commons licenses. Please see the links below for details.
The text of the new License is here: http://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/46029
Description of changes to the Licence here: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/forms/distribution-license/
or here – the Library will likely be moving the information to this link: http://circle.sites.olt.ubc.ca/licensing-copyright/