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Use this field to provide information about permissions to copy, quote, or publish from the collection that apply after access has been granted.
MIT Practice
Collection Level
Use for all resource collection level records EXCEPT for sets of student records and faculty and staff personnel records, where not intellectual property note is used at all. Generally, this note field is labeled as "Intellectual Property Rights," however, an additional note labeled "Conditions Governing Use" may be used in collections where the only item is in non-text format and it constitutes the entire collection.
Example Text for Intellectual Property Rights
MC Collections
Access to collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by donor of collection.
AC Collections
Access to collections in the Institute Archives and Special Collections is not authorization to publish. Separate written application for permission to publish must be made to the Institute Archives. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by creator of collection.
Public Domain (rarely used)
Material in this collection is in the public domain.
Example Text for Conditions Governing Use
To be used if the note is about physical use.
Condition of media needs to be reviewed. There may be restrictions on use.
Series, Folder, or Item Level
Use a statement at the collection level description that specifically describes restrictions on reproduction. A few collections have photocopy restrictions on items placed on them by donor.
Example
No reproduction of oral history transcripts without permission of interviewee.