Policies & guidelines
The Library is open our students and staff. Students and researchers from other universities and members of the community are also welcome to visit use the Library.
UQ Library policies
- Information and Communication Technology and Acceptable Use of UQ ICT Resources Guideline
- Collection Management Policy
- Digitisation Policy
- Information and Digital Literacy Strategic Framework, 2016 - 2020 (PDF, 3.8 MB)
- Library Code of Practice
Use of the Library is also governed by associated UQ Policies and procedures.
Additional guidelines for the use of the Library
Using library resources
When using UQ Library resources, it is important that:
- It is for private research and study purposes only
- Items are referenced and collection material is attributed in line with copyright legislation
- Books are returned on time
- Computers and Internet are used in accordance with the Information and Communication Technology Policy and Acceptable Use of UQ ICT Resources Guideline.
Restrictions on the use of digital collections
You must use our digital collections in compliance with all UQ policies, copyright laws and UQ’s commercial licences with resource providers.
You may not share, re-publish, copy or enter into AI technologies any part of a resource accessed from our digital collections, unless expressly permitted in the licence terms for that resource.
Click the Show Licence button on the search results screen for further details about use of a particular resource, including information about other restrictions including data/text mining, distribution, systematic copying and downloading.
Please contact us if you have any questions on the appropriate use of UQ Library resources.