License Grant. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, ProQuest LLC and its affiliates (“ProQuest”) hereby grant to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable license (the “License”) for Customer and its Authorized Users to access and use the products and services listed on Customer’s approved Order Form (the “Service”) solely at Customer’s principal location and those locations identified on the Order Form or a separate schedule (“Additional Sites”). Additional locations may be added as Additional Sites upon written notice to ProQuest and payment of additional fees, if applicable. Access and use of the Service is only for the internal, research purposes of Customer and/or its Authorized Users as further described in Exhibit A (Permitted Uses). Customer does not acquire any intellectual property ownership in the Service or any associated software, systems, documentation, content, other materials and/or improvements made thereto, including improvements based upon customer feedback. All such rights and interests remain in ProQuest and its licensors.
Authorized Users. Unless otherwise detailed on the Order Form, “Authorized User” means only: (a) For public libraries: library staff, individual residents of Customer’s reasonably defined geographic area served, and walk-in patrons while they are on-site; (b) For schools and other academic institutions: currently enrolled students, faculty, staff, and visiting scholars, as well as walk-in patrons while they are on-site; and (c) For other types of organizations: employees and independent contractors, while performing their work. Authorized Users excludes Customer’s corporate affiliates, academic bookstores, and alumni unless those users are expressly included and reflected on the Order Form or Additional Sites Schedule.
Secure/Remote Access. All access and use of the Service must be made via a secure network and secure authentication methods. Use of the Service by remote access is allowed unless otherwise stated on the Order Form. Customer will strictly limit any remote access to its Authorized Users through the use of secure methods of user verification. Customer will promptly notify ProQuest if Customer believes security has been compromised. Posting or sharing of passwords, or otherwise enabling access for the benefit of non-subscribing institutions or users, is strictly prohibited.
Updates to the Service. ProQuest will provide reasonable notice of any substantial modifications of information, databases, materials, capabilities, or services within the Service by email to Customer’s representatives who sign up to receive updates. These changes shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and shall not materially alter use of the Service in an adverse manner.
Supplemental Terms. Some content included in the Service has terms of use applicable solely to such content. Content-specific terms are clearly displayed with the associated content or embedded in the systems and technologies incorporated into the Service. Where third-party databases or content are subject to supplemental terms, such terms shall be clearly referenced on the Order Form. Such supplemental terms shall not materially alter use of the Service.
Variations in Content. The content provided as part of the Service is primarily owned and supplied to ProQuest under agreement with third party licensors, and is subject to the continuation and extent of the license granted under such agreements. ProQuest shall have the right, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, to remove or modify materials in the Service because (a) ProQuest’s right to distribute such materials lapses, (b) such materials contain errors or could be subject to an infringement or other adverse claim by a third party, or (c) particular content collections have changed due to editorial selection, coordination, or arrangement of materials.
Fees and Payments. Customer agrees to pay the fees for the Service shown on the Order Form within 30 days of receipt of ProQuest’s invoice unless otherwise specified on the Order Form. Fees are based in part on Customer’s population served, Authorized Users and Additional Sites at the time of the order or such other license parameters as may be listed on the Order Form. If any one or a combination of these elements materially increases (e.g., if the Customer acquires a new affiliate), a fee increase commensurate with such change may be required before access and use of the Service is provided to or for the benefit of the additional user population and/or Additional Sites. Firm U.S. Government orders require a valid purchase order and advance payment or payment in accordance with FAR 52.213.2.
U.S. Government Restricted Rights. Services include materials that are commercial technical data and/or computer databases and/or commercial computer software, as applicable, which were developed exclusively at private expense by ProQuest LLC, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108. U.S. Government rights to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose these technical data and/or computer databases and/or computer software are subject to the limited rights restrictions of DFARS SUBPART 252.227-7202-3 (December 2011) Rights in Computer Software and Computer Software Documentation and/or subject to the restrictions of DFARS 252.227-7019 (Sep 2011) Validation of Asserted Restrictions – Computer Software, as applicable for U.S. Department of Defense procurements and the limited rights restrictions of FAR 52.227-14 (December 2007) Rights in Data-General, FAR 52-227-20(c)(2-3) (December 2007) Rights in Data-SBIR Program and/or subject to the restricted rights provisions of FAR 52.227-15 (December 2007) Representation of Limited Rights Data and Restricted Computer Software and FAR 52.227-19 (Dec 2007) Commercial Computer Software-Restricted Rights, as applicable, and any applicable agency FAR Supplements, for non-Department of Defense Federal procurement.
Termination for Breach. If a party breaches a material term of this Agreement and does not cure within 30 days from written notice, the other party may immediately terminate this Agreement in whole or as to the affected Service. If this Agreement is terminated in whole or in part for Customer’s breach, (a) ProQuest shall disable access to any terminated Service, (b) Customer shall destroy any files, information, data or software derived from any terminated Service in its possession or control, and certify destruction upon request, and (c) ProQuest reserves the right to pursue all available legal remedies.
补救措施。没有上述限制,ProQuest may suspend delivery of the Service if it reasonably determines that Customer’s or an Authorized User’s failure to comply with this Agreement may cause irreparable harm to it or its licensors. If delivery is suspended, ProQuest will work in good faith to restore Customer’s access as soon as possible after the failure to comply has been remedied in full.
有限质量保证和保修的免责声明。ProQuest warrants that the Service will perform substantially as documented on ProQuest’s public websites (the “ProQuest Websites”). EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY WARRANTED HEREIN, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” PROQUEST AND ITS LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE PERTAINING TO: MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AVAILABILITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, CORRECTNESS, RELIABILITY, CURRENCY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE SERVICE OR ANY INFORMATION OR RESULTS OBTAINED THROUGH THE SERVICE, EVEN IF ASSISTED BY PROQUEST. PROQUEST SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR DETERMINING THE COMPATIBILITY OF ANY HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE NOT SUPPLIED BY PROQUEST WITH THE SERVICE AND PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERATION OF SUCH HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE WITH THE SERVICE.
责任限制。最大总LIABILITY OF PROQUEST AND ITS LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FEES RECEIVED BY PROQUEST FROM CUSTOMER FOR THE RELEVANT SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENTS GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIMS. IN NO EVENT SHALL PROQUEST OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO CUSTOMER OR ITS AUTHORIZED USERS FOR (a) ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES; OR (b) ANY CLAIM RELATED TO CUSTOMER’S OR ITS AUTHORIZED USERS’ USE OF COVER IMAGES OR USER-GENERATED CONTENT PROVIDED AS PART OF THE SERVICE; OR (c) UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE SERVICE.
地点。Proquest的主要业务地点，在形成合同，所有服务将被视为进行，是789 E. Eisenhower PKWY，Ann Arbor，MI 48108。
Entire Agreement. This Agreement consists of these Terms and Conditions, any applicable Order Form referencing these Terms and Conditions, and any Exhibits or Addenda attached hereto or referencing this Agreement (including the Exhibit A (Permitted Uses), and constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to its subject matter and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous agreements between the parties with respect to the same subject matter and may not be amended, except in a writing signed by the parties. The terms of Customer’s purchase orders, if any, are for Customer’s convenience and do not supersede or supplement any term or condition of this Agreement.
展览A：允许使用
Online Research Services. Services designed to facilitate online research may be used for Customer’s internal research or educational purposes as outlined below provided that doing so does not violate an express provision of this Agreement
Research and Analysis. Customer and its Authorized Users are permitted to display and use reasonable portions of information contained in the Service for educational or research purposes, including illustration, explanation, example, comment, criticism, teaching, or analysis.
Digital and Print Copies. Customer and its Authorized Users may download or create printouts of a reasonable portion of articles or other works represented in the Service (i) for its own internal or personal use as allowed under the doctrines of "fair use" and "fair dealing”; (ii) when required by law for use in legal proceedings or (iii) to furnish such information to a third party for the purpose of, or in anticipation of, regulatory approval or purpose provided that the recipient is advised that the copies are not for redistribution. All downloading, printing and/or electronic storage of materials retrieved through the Service must be retrieved directly from the on-line system for each and every print or digital copy.
Electronic Reserves, Coursepacks, and Intranet Use. Provided that Customer does not circumvent any features or functionality of the Service, Customer may include durable links to articles or other works (or portions thereof) contained in the Service in electronic reserves systems, online course packs and/or intranet sites so long as access to such materials are limited to Authorized Users.
Academic Institutions, Schools, and Public Libraries. If Customer is an academic institution, school, or public library:
Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Library Customer may loan digital or print copies of materials retrieved from the Service to other libraries, provided that (i) loans are not done in a manner or magnitude that would replace the receiving library’s own subscription to the Service or purchase of the underlying work (e.g., newspaper, magazine, book), (ii) Customer complies with any special terms governing specific content or licensors as described in this Agreement, (iii) with respect to ebooks, copying is limited to small portions of a book, and (iv) Customer complies with all laws and regulations regarding ILL.
Scholarly Sharing. Customer and its Authorized Users may provide to a third party colleague minimal, insubstantial amounts of materials retrieved from the Service for personal use or scholarly, educational research use in hard copy or electronically, provided that in no case is any such sharing done in a manner or magnitude as to act as a replacement for the recipient's or recipient educational institution's own subscription to either the Service or the purchase of the underlying work.
All Streaming Video and Audio Products. Audio and Video files are delivered to Customer and its Authorized Users via streaming service over the Internet. Customer and its Authorized Users shall not download or otherwise copy the streaming videos or audio contained in the Service. In the case of content that can potentially be publicly performed, Customer must secure permission from ProQuest’s Licensor and/or the copyright holder for any public performance other than reasonable classroom and educational uses.
MARC Records. MARC records may be placed in Customer’s online public access catalog (OPAC) or shared online catalog (e.g., WorldCat) unless otherwise specified on the Order Form with respect to a particular Service.
Electronic Resource Discovery, Access, and Management. For electronic resource discovery (e.g., Summon, 360 Link), access and/or management services, the Customer reserves all right, title and interest in all Customer specific data it contributes to the Service (which may include but is not limited to Customer created metadata, bibliographic information, holdings and circulation data) and grants ProQuest permission to use such data in raw form for the limited purpose of operating and improving the Service and such information may only be provided to third parties in aggregate form. Raw usage data containing information relating to the identity of specific users shall not be provided to any third party without Customer’s permission. Provided that such access, use, and/or sharing does not violate an express provision of this Agreement, Customer and its Authorized Users are permitted to: (a) access the Service and information derived from the Service in order to discover, manage and provide access to library resources owned or licensed by Customer, (b) create, store and retain any reports and lists delivered by the Service, (c) share data about Customer’s own library holdings that is retrieved from such Service with third party applications, so long as prior written notice is provided to ProQuest and all pricing information is kept confidential to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law; and (d) display metadata, bibliographic and holdings information in the library catalog available on Customer’s library website.
Library Catalog Enrichment Service. For library catalog enrichment Services (e.g., Syndetics), Customer may use the enrichment elements for the sole purpose of augmenting Customer’s own library OPAC or website. Customer may not convert Service metadata records into MARC format, nor distribute or display the enrichment elements in any third party applications, catalogs or websites.
Purchased Content. For perpetual archive licenses (“PAL”) (as specified on the ProQuest Websites or Order Form), Customer pays a one-time fee for a perpetual license to the designated materials (the “Purchased Content”), and an annual “Continuing Service Fee.”
Continuing Services. In consideration of the Continuing Service Fee, ProQuest will provide Customer and its Authorized Users with online access to the Purchased Content, plus any included updates, on a proprietary platform designed to enhance the research experience (a “ProQuest Platform”). ProQuest will maintain systems and technology that help Customer comply with use restrictions and security standards required by ProQuest’s licensors.
文件交付。If Customer loses the ability to access its Purchased Content online through ProQuest (e.g., if ProQuest discontinues online access services), or if the Purchased Content is otherwise eligible for local loading, Customer may obtain digital copies upon certifying that it will secure and restrict use of the Purchased Content as contemplated under this Agreement, using systems and technology at least as protective as ProQuest’s. In the case of Audio, any local access must be restricted by DRM and be limited to one (1) simultaneous user (unless the Customer tracks the necessary playbacks and makes all royalty payments to copyright holders for mechanical and performance rights). All use of the materials delivered continue to be subject to this Agreement. File transfer costs, if any, are Customer’s responsibility.
Locally Loaded Purchased Content - Data Mining. Subject to any content-specific restrictions, Customer and its Authorized Users may extract and compile data from locally-loaded copies of the Purchased Content solely for Customer’s teaching, learning, and research purposes.
Acquisition Models. For certain Services, Customer may elect to have user activity trigger the purchase of content. Purchase preferences and Service eligibility for these models are described on the ProQuest Websites. Examples of these types of purchase models include Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA), Demand Driven Acquisition (DDA), Evidenced Based Acquisition, Access-To-Own (ATO), and Build By Choice.
Analytics. Some Services contain library collection analysis capabilities related to library holdings, or functionality that allows Authorized Users to create reports, lists, or alerts. Customer and Authorized Users may create, download, store and retain any such analytics or lists delivered by the Service. ProQuest may use library holdings and other information in the Service for comparison and metrics purposes and in order to better understand the customers’ needs.
限制。除上面明确允许的外，客户及其授权用户不得：
Translate, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, discover, or modify ProQuest’s software;
删除在服务或由Proquest或其许可方从服务中检索的任何物品的任何版权和其他专有通知;
Circumvent any use limitation or protection device contained in or placed upon the Service or any materials retrieved from the Service;
执行渗透测试或使用服务执行拒绝服务攻击;
Perform automated searches against ProQuest’s systems (except for non-burdensome federated search services), including automated “bots,” link checkers or other scripts;
Provide access to or use of the Services by or for the benefit of any unauthorized school, library, organization, or user;
Text mine, data mine or harvest metadata from the Service;
Communicate or redistribute materials retrieved from the Service; or
Download all or parts of the Service in a systematic or regular manner or so as to create a collection of materials comprising all or a material subset of the Service, in any form.