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Authorized User Definition

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The following definition is a complete description of MIT's authorized users. We use this as a beginning point for negotiating a definition within our licenses that includes all of the users at MIT. This description appears in some, but not all, of the licenses we sign for digital products. To see what definition applies to a given resource, check the "authorized user definition" field in VERA.

MIT LIBRARIES
AUTHORIZED USERS DEFINITION

Authorized users shall consist of: 1) persons officially registered as full or part-time students of MIT including those participating in distance education programs; its faculty (including some retired faculty) and other members of the teaching staff; administrators; employed staff;* 2) authorized affiliates (including, e.g., some House Masters and Chaplains; the President’s spouse; and Members of the MIT Corporation); affiliated or visiting scholars or researchers; and consultants under contract with MIT; 3) other individual authorized users sponsored by senior MIT faculty or staff with guest accounts to complete academic or administrative work; and 4) patrons physically present in the MIT Libraries.”

*Please note that there may be approximately six months’ lag time during which those no longer associated with MIT retain access to their campus network accounts.