The University of Texas at Austin has signed an agreement with non-profit copyright licensing solutions provider Copyright Clearance Center (CCC), US, to become the largest institution to adopt CCC's Annual Copyright License for academic institutions. This agreement seeks to provide librarians, faculty, copy shop staff and others with pre-approved permission to use content in coursepacks, e-reserves, course management systems, research collaboration and more.
The Annual Copyright License, introduced in 2007, comes with comprehensive training and implementation support services. In all, more than 1 million books, scholarly journals, newspapers, magazine and other sources are available for educational use under the license. Participating publishers include Elsevier, Dow Jones, Harvard Business School Publishing and the American Medical Association.
Benefits of CCC's Annual Copyright License include institution-wide coverage under a single agreement; improved operational efficiencies, reduced time and administrative costs associated with searching for, obtaining and reconciling copyright permissions; and a uniform set of pre-approved usage rights for paper and electronic coursepacks, course management system postings, classroom handouts, electronic library reserves, research collaboration and administrative and faculty communication.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the leading research institutions in the US. It has more than 50,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 21,000 faculty and staff, 16 colleges and 17 libraries containing more than 9 million volumes.
In March 2008, the American Psychological Association selected CCC's Rightslink application to streamline online content licensing. Rightslink is an online service from CCC that enables content users to purchase copyright permissions and reprints directly from content on the web or in database services.
