Fair Use of ArmArch Database

17.02.2018 

ArmArch digital image and database collection is a non-profit site. All individuals and institutions that use it are asked to follow the common code of best practice in fair use for the visual arts and intellectual property. The following is meant as a guideline for users of this site as to the extent of fair use:

1. Research activities

2. Classroom instruction and related classroom activities

3. Student assignments

4. Public display or public performance as part of a noncommercial scholarly or educational presentation

5. In a student, faculty, or curatorial portfolio

6. Linking to the content on the database

7. In dissertations, including reproductions of dissertations, provided such reproductions are only for personal use, library deposit

8. On an ad hoc basis and without commercial gain or in a manner that would substitute for direct access to the ArmArch content, sharing a work that incorporates data for the purposes of collaboration, comment, or similar non-commercial educational or scholarly use

9. All use must given correct and complete credit and citation in the publications or/and presentations that used ArmArch image and/or text contents as per the instructions cited below


Noncommercial Educational and Scholarly Uses

You may only access and use the ArmArch digital image and database for educational and scholarly uses that are noncommercial in nature. Commercial uses are strictly prohibited.


Restricted access

The ArmArch digital image and database is a resource that is only made available to individuals at nonprofit institutions and individual scholars.


Exporting/Downloading/Printing

If you export or download images or other content from the ArmArch digital image and database, you must correctly cite each image and content referring to the ArmArch digital image and database site.

 

Examples of Permitted Uses

 Classroom instruction and related activities (such as handouts, presentations, research, and student assignments)

 Display or performance as part of a noncommercial scholarly or educational presentation (such as in seminars, classes, lectures, conferences, exhibits, workshops, or similar noncommercial educational and scholarly activities)

 Student or faculty portfolios, term papers, theses, and dissertations, provided that you follow the access restrictions stated on the previous page

 Restricted course websites for review and study purposes, provided that these sites are not publicly accessible on the web

 

Examples of Prohibited Uses

 Any commercial use and any use that is not educational or scholarly (such as reproductions in alumni materials, in advertisements or commercial materials, or making content available to someone else for commercial uses)

 Posting content on an unrestricted website or in a publication made available on the web without access restrictions (such as posting an ArmArch digital image and database image on a personal or course website that is not access-restricted, or posting a dissertation or other materials containing ArmArch digital image and database content on a website that is not access- restricted)

 Reproducing content in the ArmArch digital image and database in a publication. Downloading images from the ArmArch digital image and database for use in publications is prohibited unless expressly permitted by the content provider

 

Citation examples

Citation of images and data from ArmArch content should follow the standard academic convention on crediting the source, such as those listed on the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions site: http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm) or ArtStor site: https://support.artstor.org/?article=citing-sources

An internet resource (World Wide Web Site)

Title of the Work

Artist/Architect’s Name (First and Last)

Date of the Work

Image Source

Date of Citation

World Wide Web Site


Example of how to cite ArmArch for this example image:



Title of the Work: Bus Station 

Artist/Architect: Henrich Arakelyan

Location: Hrazdan, Armenia

Date of the Work: 1971

Image Source: ArmArch Online, available at http://armarch.net/en/encyclopedia/hrazdan-bus-station

Date of Citation: Cited on February 17, 2018 [today’s date]

Further Instructions of Fair Use

While ArmArch is not able to give legal counsel regarding Fair Use, we are happy to point our users interested in this topic to the following resources:

 College Art Association’s Fair Use Guidelines, Practices and Policies

 Visual Resources Association’s Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research and Study