The license clauses below are all from the Center for Research Libraries 2024 Model License. They are provided here as an example of text the library would like to see included in licenses.
Text and Data Mining. Authorized Users may use the Licensed Materials to perform and engage in text and/or data mining activities for academic research, scholarship, and other educational purposes, utilize and share the results of text and/or data mining in their scholarly work, and make the results available for use by others, so long as the purpose is not to create a product for use by third parties that would substitute for the Licensed Materials. Licensor will cooperate with Licensee and Authorized Users as reasonably necessary in making the Licensed Materials available in a manner and form most useful to the Authorized User. Licensor shall provide to Licensee or Authorized Users, upon request, copies of the Licensed Materials for text and data mining purposes free of any additional charges.
Accessibility. Licensor shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), by supporting assistive software or devices such as large print interfaces, text-to-speech output, voice-activated input, refreshable braille displays, and alternate keyboard or pointer interfaces, in a manner consistent with the Web Accessibility Initiative Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 AA (http://www.w3.org/WAI/guid-tech.html). Licensor shall ensure that product maintenance and upgrades are implemented in a manner that does not compromise product accessibility. Licensor shall provide to Licensee a current, accurate completed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) to demonstrate compliance with accessibility standards (https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility). If the product does not comply, the Licensor shall adapt the Licensed Materials in a timely manner and at no cost to the Licensee in order to comply with applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the Licensee or any end user from making lawful, non-infringing uses to facilitate access to the Licensed Materials by users who have disabilities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor authorizes such uses.
No Diminution of Rights. Nothing in this Agreement, including but not limited to Authorized Uses, shall be interpreted to diminish the rights and privileges of the Licensee or Authorized Users with respect to any of the Licensed Materials, including exceptions or limitations to the exclusive rights of copyright owners, such as Fair Use, under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act or the Canadian Copyright Act. In the event that any content included in the Licensed Materials is in the public domain or has been issued under a Creative Commons or other open license, Licensor shall not place access, use or other restrictions on that content beyond those found in the open license, where applicable.
Interlibrary Loan. Licensee may fulfill requests from other institutions, a practice commonly called Interlibrary Loan. Licensee agrees to fulfill such requests in compliance with Section 108 of the United States Copyright Law (17 USC §108, "Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives") or the Canadian Copyright Act. Requests may be fulfilled by using electronic, paper, or other intermediate means. Electronic books are among the Licensed Materials governed by this provision, and regardless of statutory provisions or interpretation, requests for whole eBooks may be fulfilled by the Licensee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor authorizes such uses.
At this time there is no agreed upon standard for AI clauses in library licenses. Publishers mostly oppose use of their content for generative AI. We acknowledge that this is an evolving area for publishing. While the acceptable parameters for AI use with licensed content are being determined, we prefer licenses at this time which allow the use of AI for teaching, learning, and research purposes.