Terms and conditions of use of the online Royal Historical Society Bibliography, of Irish History Online, and of London's Past Online

Royal Historical Society Bibliography, Irish History Online and London's Past Online

Terms and Conditions of Use

When you USE RECORDS from the on-line Royal Historical Society Bibliography of British and Irish History or London's Past Online you agree to the terms and conditions detailed below.

1. INTERPRETATION

For the purpose of interpreting this document, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "DATABASE" means the collection of RECORDS in machine readable format created, modified, enhanced or edited by the Royal Historical Society Bibliography or by London's Past Online and to which you have access under these Terms and Conditions of Use.

(b) "DOWNLOAD" means the production, or the production and storage, of a paper or electronic copy of a RECORD by you solely for NON-COMMERCIAL USE, and 'DOWNLOADING' and 'DOWNLOADED' shall be construed accordingly.

(c) "RECORD" means, as appropriate, a complete machine-readable bibliographic description of an article, paper, book or other bibliographical item contained in the DATABASE.

(d) "USE" means to access, download, produce, or produce and store, a paper or electronic copy of a RECORD by you solely for NON-COMMERCIAL USE and 'USING' and 'USED' shall be construed accordingly.

(e) "NON-COMMERCIAL USE" means use solely for the purposes of resource discovery, learning, teaching, academic research or private study and specifically excludes transmission, selling on, redistribution or circulation within or outside your organisation, but nothing in this definition shall preclude you from citing a RECORD in a scholarly publication, or from citing a RECORD in material used in your own teaching or for teaching within your own institution.

(f) "IHR" means the Institute of Historical Research.

2. GRANT OF LICENCE AND USE OF THE RECORDS

2.1 The IHR grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to access the DATABASE and DOWNLOAD RECORDS. The licence is personal to you and the grant does not include the right to grant sub-licences.

2.2 You shall use the RECORDS and the information available or obtained from the RECORDS solely for resource discovery, or for personal use for the purposes of learning and teaching, academic research or private study.

2.3 You may print out and save the RECORDS, but your attention is drawn specifically to Clause 8 of these Terms and Conditions.

2.4 You acknowledge that the use of the RECORDS requires you to use your own skill and judgement and you accept that neither the IHR nor any contributor to the data shall have any liability in respect of any third party claims.

2.5 You accept that any RECORD is for use by yourself or by you within your organisation solely for NON-COMMERCIAL USE.

2.6 You shall ensure that your equipment and/or software used to access the DATABASE shall not corrupt the DATABASE or the RECORDS.

3. PROHIBITED USES

3.1 Your use of the RECORDS and the DATABASE is restricted solely to the purposes set out in Clause 2 of these Terms and Conditions. You shall not:

3.1.1 make any additions, deletions, modifications, adjustments or alterations to the RECORDS or the DATABASE;

3.1.2 attempt to rectify or permit any persons other than the IHR or its agents to rectify any fault or inaccuracy in the RECORDS or the DATABASE;

3.1.3 infringe or permit the infringement or otherwise prejudice the proprietary rights of the IHR or of any party contributing to the DATABASE;

3.1.4 use any equipment and/or software in a manner that is inconsistent with these Terms and Conditions;

3.1.5 link your own database or any equipment, software or service to the DATABASE so that the RECORDS can be accessed, used, stored or distributed as the case may be, by or through such other database or its equipment, software or service without the written permission of the IHR and of rights holders (including, for records derived from the British Library, the British Library Board).

3.2 Other than with the prior written consent of the IHR and of rights holders (including, for records derived from the British Library, the British Library Board), you are expressly prohibited from using the DATABASE for the purposes of:

3.2.1 reproducing, retransmitting, distributing, redistributing, disseminating, selling, publishing, broadcasting or circulating the RECORDS by any means whatsoever, except as provided in Clause 2;

3.2.2 allowing access to the DOWNLOADED RECORDS to any third party.

4. CHANGES TO THE SERVICE

4.1 The IHR may make additions to or deletions from the DATABASE without notice. The journals available within the DATABASE are subject to the continuity of their publication. Neither the IHR nor any contributor to the database is liable for the provision of RECORDS for any title that might cease publication.

5. LIABILITY

5.1 The IHR and all contributors to the database will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that the bibliographical information provided in the RECORDS is free of errors and up to date, but they give no guarantees as to the accuracy of that information or its fitness for any purpose whatever.

5.2 The IHR and the contributors to the database shall not be liable in contract, tort or otherwise for any direct, indirect or consequential loss or damage sustained by you or others directly or indirectly making use of the RECORDS or the DATABASE, including but not limited to any loss or damage resulting as a consequence of any defects, delays, interruptions or failures or inaccuracies or errors in the RECORDS or the DATABASE, and specifically excluding liability for the same to the fullest extent permitted by law.

6. INDEMNITY

6.1 You undertake to indemnify and keep indemnified at all times the IHR and all contributors to the database against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims, demands, liabilities and expenses whatsoever (including legal and other fees and disbursements) sustained, incurred or paid by the IHR and the contributors to the database directly or indirectly in respect of any breach by you of any of these terms and conditions.

7. SUSPENSION OF SERVICE

7.1 IHR or any party contributing to the database may suspend your access to the DATABASE without prior notice if you have broken any of the terms and conditions of use.

8. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

8.1 Any rights that subsist in the RECORDS remain the property of the Royal Historical Society or of other rights holders, including, for records derived from the British Library, the British Library Board. All rights reserved.

8.2 You agree not to remove, deface, or amend any statement of rights on a RECORD.