Use and Reproduction

• The materials on this web site have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) materials from this web site without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the collection holding repository for available information regarding copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording. It is requested that users give credit to The TIDES Digital Learning Consortium (TIDES) and the contributing institution when using or reproducing these materials. See the Participating Institution List for further information.



• Although we do not require you to contact us in advance for these purposes, we do appreciate hearing from teachers, students and researchers who are using our resources in interesting ways (please send e-mail to: digitalprojects@sfasu.edu).

TIDES Collection Inclusion Statement

All materials and collections in the TIDES database must be approved by the Digital Projects department of R.W. Steen Library. Collection criteria include, but are not limited to:

1. Educational focus.
2. Digital format in a minimum quality according to prevailing standards developed by the Digital Projects department.
3. Metadata provided according to collection needs and partner agreement.
4. Partner's Participation Contract on file in Digital Projects department.
5. Each collection may be required to include specific fields depending on the grant or usage needs. An example would be that collections using the GIS tie-in component must have a unique identifier in a specific field, and any materials submitted for these collections will be returned to the submitter for correction.
6. Collections included by a specific institution, ETRC, Newton Gresham Library, etc., retain the full metadata approval. Any changes requested (other than spelling errors, cosmetic issues) will be referred to the institution for review.