Below are the Terms and Conditions under which institutional subscribers may provide to their authorized end-users electronic access to the Journal of Dairy Science (JDS) Online for which a subscription has been paid. The agreement term is for calendar year 2002 and is established between the institutional member and the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA).

JDS Online is accessed via the World Wide Web, and access is controlled by IP number. Authorized users from the subscribing institution will have online access to the full text of articles from JDS. The subscription, based on the calendar year (2002),  covers access to the current volume of the journal and to the electronic archive of back-issues.

The subscribing institution is allowed to copy data from the electronic journal for the purpose of preservation and/or the creation of a usable archive. Use of any electronic archive copy shall be subject to these Terms and Conditions.

Access may be granted from computer workstations anywhere on the subscriber’s site falling under the IP numbers specified on the IESA (Class B or C IP addresses). 

Permitted access by authorized users includes the retrieving, displaying, searching, downloading, printing, and storing of individual articles for scholarly research and educational and personal use. 

Unless otherwise specified, the ADSA holds all rights, including copyright, in JDS Online and retains these rights under all circumstances.

Users may not modify, adapt, transform, translate, or create derivative works based on any material included in JDS Online, or copy any such materials except as stated in these Terms and Conditions, or otherwise use any such materials in any format or medium in a manner that would infringe the copyright therein. Any copyright notices, other notices or disclaimers included in the material or accompanying screen display may not be removed, obscured, or modified in any way. All copies in any format or medium of any part of these online materials must include copyright notices.

The subscribing institution shall take all reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized use, including making reasonable efforts to inform authorized users of these Terms and Conditions. The subscribing institution will not be liable to the publisher for breach of these Terms and Conditions by any authorized user so long as the subscribing institution did not assist in or encourage such breach, nor permit such breach to continue after having actual notice thereof. In the event of continued abuse and/or infringement, the ADSA reserves the right to withhold access to the JDS Online from the subscribing institution, in addition to any other remedies the publisher may have.

The ADSA will  make all reasonable attempts to make the server available to institutional subscribers 24 hours a day, but if the institution's access is interrupted or suspended or a defect occurs that prevents access to the server, ADSA's liability will be limited to restoring access to the server as soon as is reasonably possible; otherwise, ADSA will have no other liability to the institution.

Although the ADSA will take reasonable care to ensure that the information and data placed on the server are error-free and current, ADSA accepts no responsibility for corruption of the information and data, including but not limited to any defects caused by the transmission or processing of the information and data. ADSA makes no warranty as to the complete accessibility of online articles in every hardware/software environment.

The ADSA will not be responsible for incidental, consequential, or any other damages arising out of or in connection with the service or materials provided hereunder. The subscriber assumes sole responsibility for all use of the material available through this subscription and agrees to hold the ADSA harmless from any liability or claim of any person arising from such use.