Copyright, Publishing and Citing
Copyright and Publishing
Open records at ARCS are available to the public and can be accessed and used under the Fair Dealings section of the Canadian Copyright Act.
This protects people who are using copyrighted materials from copyright infringement and allows for the use of material from a copyrighted work such as literature, organizational records, audio-visual works, or photographs, etc. without permission from the copyright holders.
People can use fair dealing to reproduce materials for the following purposes:
- Research
- Private study
- Education
- Parody
- Satire
- Criticism
- Review
- News reporting
Permission to publish or quote extensively from the material must still be obtained from the copyright holder, unless it is assigned to ARCS.
If you are interested in publishing (including putting material on the web), you can contact us to learn more about seeking copyright permissions. Information about the copyright holder and/or any other relevant parties to records, is available on our archival database under the subject field: Title statements of responsibility, or in the Restriction field.
For more information on Fair Dealing, visit the Copyright Office.
Citing
As with published materials, archival sources used in research require citing. You can cite using a variety of citation styles, but regardless of the format you use, you must ensure to include the following key elements:
Information about the document itself and its location
- Title (of the item or the file - if one does not exist, give a short description)
- Name of fonds or collection
- Reference code
- Box number, File number
- Name of the repository and location
For the citation of documents held in the Archives and Special Collections, we ask you to add the following after the complete reference of the document:
[Complete reference of the document according to the chosen bibliographic style], [ARCS Reference Number], Archives and Special Collections, Morisset Library, University of Ottawa.
Example:
Poster for Gay Women’s Festival, "Come as you are…come out!", Toronto, June 30th [1973], 35 x 23 cm, Canadian Women's Movement Archives Collection, 10-001, Posters Series, item 680, Archives and Special Collections, Morisset Library, University of Ottawa.
Consult our Citing Archival Material at ARCS
