The library has a Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Comprehensive Higher Education Licence that allows digitised material to be created by scanning from printed books and journals in the library's collection.
Materials that are already available electronically, such as many journal articles, do not need to be digitised.
Making and distributing electronic copies of print material is restricted by copyright law. All digitisation requests must be checked to ensure that they are copyright-compliant. The reading list software makes these checks and records the information required by the CLA licence.
Click on the three dots next to the reading list item and select 'request digitisation’.
Fill out the form with details of your request. All required information is starred*. If a section is not starred, you can leave it blank.
If you are requesting a single chapter, simply fill in the title of the chapter. Supplying page numbers is optional for chapter digitisations.
If you are requesting an excerpt that is longer or shorter than a single chapter, make sure to UNTICK the box that says ‘this is a full chapter’ and supply the page numbers of the section you wish scanned. (You can request multiple page ranges by clicking on the + add another button).
By copyright law, the library can scan a single chapter or up to 10% of a book; please be mindful of this when putting in requests for excerpts.
Finally, if the book contains endnotes or other references pages that should be included in the scan, please fill out the ‘reference range’ section. If not, please leave this section blank.
On the final screen, please indicate when you would like your digitisation to be available by choosing a date in the ‘needed by’ section. Please allow two weeks for the library to scan and upload your request.
How do I know when my request is ready?
The library will contact you by email if further information is needed or if there are any issues with your request.
Why should I request a digitisation?
When should I request a digitisation?
This may seem like a lot of lead time but the library processes around 4000 digitisation requests per year; giving a fortnight's notice helps to have your digitisation ready by the date you request.
