These Terms govern your use of the BiblioPass website, member portal and BiblioPass Access browser extension. Institution-specific terms may also apply.
1. Agreement and eligibility
By accessing or using BiblioPass, or by installing or using the BiblioPass Access extension, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service or install the extension. You must be authorised by a participating university, library or other institution, and able to enter into these Terms under applicable law. If you use BiblioPass for an institution, you confirm that you have authority to act for it where relevant.
Your access is tied to your institution’s active BiblioPass service and to your individual account entitlements. It ends when either ends. Your institution’s agreement with the BiblioPass service operator, its acceptable-use rules and publisher licence terms form part of the rules governing your access. If these Terms conflict with an institution-specific agreement, that agreement governs to the extent of the conflict.
2. The service
BiblioPass helps authorised users discover and access electronic resources licensed by their institution. Features may include an institution-branded portal, authentication, search and collections, access routing, a browser extension, administration tools and usage reporting.
Available content, features, authentication methods, publisher integrations and support arrangements depend on your institution’s configuration and subscriptions. We may improve, replace, limit or discontinue features, giving notice where required by the applicable agreement or law.
3. Accounts and security
You must provide accurate information, keep credentials and devices secure, and use only the account issued or approved for you. Do not share passwords, session links, extension tokens or other access credentials. Tell your institution or BiblioPass support promptly if you suspect loss, compromise or unauthorised use.
Your institution administers account eligibility and may update, suspend or close your access. You are responsible for activity performed through your account to the extent permitted by law. Uninstalling the extension or signing out stops your use of extension-based access but does not cancel your institution’s BiblioPass agreement.
4. Acceptable use
You may use BiblioPass only for lawful academic, educational, research and institutional purposes authorised by your institution. You must not:
- access or attempt to access another person’s account or content beyond your authorisation;
- share access with unauthorised people or circumvent authentication, limits or access controls;
- systematically download, scrape, harvest or redistribute content unless the publisher licence expressly allows it;
- probe, scan, disrupt, overload or introduce malicious code into BiblioPass or connected systems;
- reverse engineer or modify the service or extension except where mandatory law expressly permits it;
- use the service to infringe intellectual-property, privacy or other rights, or violate applicable law; or
- misrepresent your identity, affiliation or authority.
Automated use is permitted only where BiblioPass, your institution and the relevant content provider have expressly authorised it.
5. Browser extension and third-party resources
The BiblioPass Access extension routes only publisher domains configured by your institution through its BiblioPass proxy; other traffic goes directly to its destination. The extension requires browser permissions needed to apply those dynamic rules, authenticate proxy requests, show access status and record authorised publisher access as described in the Privacy Policy. You must obtain the extension from an approved source, keep it updated and not tamper with its operation. Removing or disabling it may prevent access to some resources.
Publishers and other content providers operate independently. Their websites, content, availability, licences and privacy practices are governed by their own terms. BiblioPass does not grant rights to publisher content beyond the rights licensed to your institution. Links and access routes do not imply ownership or endorsement.
6. Intellectual property, feedback and enforcement
BiblioPass and its software, design, branding and documentation are protected by intellectual-property law and remain the property of their respective owners. Subject to these Terms and institutional authorisation, you receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable right to use the service.
If you submit suggestions, you permit the service operator to use them without restriction or payment, provided this does not transfer ownership of your confidential information or personal data.
Suspension and termination
Access may be limited or suspended if your institution’s BiblioPass service ends, your institution changes or revokes your entitlement, your account is blocked or closed, you breach these Terms or a publisher licence, or action is reasonably necessary to protect users or systems, investigate misuse, or comply with law. Where practicable, the institution will be involved and notice will be provided. You may stop using extension-based access at any time by signing out and uninstalling the extension.
7. Availability, disclaimers and liability
We aim to provide a reliable service, but access may be interrupted by maintenance, security events, network conditions, publisher systems or circumstances outside reasonable control. Except as expressly stated in an applicable agreement, the service is provided “as available” without warranties that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or compatible with every resource or device.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the BiblioPass service operator is not liable under these public Terms for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, loss of data, lost access to third-party content or loss arising from a publisher’s system. Any aggregate liability is governed by the applicable institutional agreement. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limits your mandatory consumer or data-protection rights.
8. Privacy, changes and general terms
Our Privacy Policy explains how personal data is handled. We may update these Terms and will post the revised version with a new date. If a change materially affects your use, notice will be provided through the service, extension, participating institution or another appropriate channel as required by the applicable agreement or law. Continuing to use BiblioPass after the effective date means you accept the revised Terms where permitted by law.
The operator identity, governing law, dispute forum, notices and commercial provisions for institutional use are set out in the applicable institutional agreement. If any provision of these Terms is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.
Questions about these Terms can be sent to info@bibliopass.ru.
Important: These are general public terms. Your institution’s BiblioPass agreement and the licences for individual electronic resources may impose additional conditions.