Course Readers & OASISplus

 

    To Electronic Materials (OASISplus)

    Printed Material

    Under the CLA HE Photocopy and Scanning Licence, adhoc copying for course readers or handouts from CLA Licenced material, is permitted (within licence limitations) without further copyright fees being incurred. The University must own an original copy of the publication, or a British Library Copyright Fee Paid (CFP) copy.
    Full bibliographic reference, details of origin and date, must always be attached to copies made or in the case of course readers, within a bibliography or reference list.

    Photocopy Blanket Licence Limitations

    The general Blanket Licence copying limitations are:
     

      No more than
    • one chapter from a book
    • one article from a journal or periodical
    • one single case report from a Law Report
    or
    • No More than 5% of a given work, whichever is the greater.


    A poem, short story or short literary work is regarded as a work in itself, and may not be copied in its entirety under Section 29 of the Act, but may be copied under the CLA Licence as long as a maximum of 10 pages is not exceeded.

    Where the above limitations are exceeded, copyright clearance will need to be sought from the Publisher/Copyright Owner (see Copyright Clearance Procedure).
    Permissions received from publishers are non exclusive and usually limited to a specific academic year, module and number of students.
     
    Please refer to the CLA Excluded Works lists

     

    Electronic Reading Material for OASISplus

    The CLA HE Photocopy and Scanning Licence, permits digitising/scanning of material from all CLA Licenced materials owned by the university, or a British Library Copyright Fee Paid (CFP) copy, for electronic delivery to students of designated courses/modules over a secure network, providing the licence limitations and requirements are adhered to.

    The Limitations are:

    No more than

    • one chapter from a book
    • one article from a journal or periodical
    • one single case report from a Law Report

or

No More than 5% of a given work, whichever is the greater.

A poem, short story or short literary work is regarded as a work in itself, and may not be copied in its entirety under Section 29 of the Act, but may be copied under the CLA Licence as long as a maximum of 10 pages is not exceeded.

 

The main requirements of the CLA Scanning Licence are;

    • Scanning must be performed by a designated person (no limit on how many persons as posts, not names are designated).
    • Electronic copies must retain the integrity and appearance of the original document.
    • If an electronic version of the required item is commercially available, a valid reason for our wish to scan must be given to the CLA. (Budgetary constraints is an acceptable reason)
    • Each copy of a document must have a CLA Copyright Notice attached .
    • Scanned material must be accessible only to students registered on the specified module/s and affiliated staff via a secure network (OASISplus).
    • All scanning must be reported the Copyright Officer in order to collate the information from all areas, into one main report to be submitted to the CLA. NB. This includes material inserted into Powerpoint slides subsequently uploaded onto OASISplus.
    • Scanned items no longer required must be removed from OASISplus and the CLA scanning report.
    • The CLA Compliance Unit will require access to OASISplus modules for auditing purposes.

    CLA and BLHESS

    Under the CLA Scanning licence, digitised articles can be ordered from the British Library HE Scanning Service for OASISplus course readings only, via the Learning Resources Inter Library Loans Service. The articles will be received as unencrypted PDF files to which CLA Copyright Notices will need to be attached before inclusion in the OASISplus modules.

    For all materials not licenced by the CLA or exceeding the licence limitations, Copyright clearance must be obtained from the Publisher/Copyright Owner unless specific permission has already granted.

    Permission details must always be stated)

    For items exceeding the CLA Licence Limitations go to:
    Copyright Clearance Procedure
    Copyright Clearance Request Form

    For additional advice:

    Copyright Procedure Flow Chart

    Copyright & OASISplus Leaflet

    For assistance with Copyright clearances please contact the Copyright Officer,
    Kate Vasili on ext: 3508 or by email: K.Vasili@mdx.ac.uk

     

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