New Agreement with Ordnance Survey

The Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance has successfully concluded a new agreement with OS to replace the defunct and long-expired BRICMICS Agreement. This new agreement, which regularises and clarifies the conditions under which librarians and archivists may copy maps, takes effect from 1 November 2006 and will be reviewed in December 2009. Librarians and archivists within 'prescribed libraries and archives' are now formally permitted to copy from OS copyright paper and electronic mapping for users without specific licensing.