Copyright: Course Reading

CLA HE Licence

The University of Hull holds the Copyright Licensing Agency's HE Licence,  which enables University staff to make digital or print copies for students from most published books and journals, subject to the following limits per module:

Taken from a book or journal which is part of the University's collections (print or online)* Maximum 1 chapter or 10% of a book (whichever is greater)  Maximum 2 articles from any issue of a journal 1 short story or poem from an anthology (max. 10 pages) Only available to students taking the module concerned, for the duration of the module. This should be via Reading Lists at Hull. *If the Library does not stock the publication, a copy can be made from a book or journal article legally sourced by the lecturer, until the Library is able to acquire the material for stock.

The full User Guidelines for the CLA HE Licence explore the restrictions and exceptions in more detail.

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A small number of publishers have excluded some or all of their titles from the CLA Licence (they can be identified using the CLA's Check Permissions tool).  In these cases, UK copyright law enables teachers to justify making their own copies in some circumstances:

Copying and use of extracts of works by educational establishments (CDPA s 36):

• No more than 5% of a work in a period of 12 months
• Distributed on a secure network (such as an institutional VLE)
• Takes precedence over any restrictive terms of use imposed by the publisher.

Illustration for Instruction (CDPA s 32):

• No limit to the  amount copied, providing the use is 'fair dealing', i.e. no impact on the rights-holder's market
• The copy can be made by a teacher or a student
• Arguably,  "instruction" implies something more dynamic than self-study, such as using the material copied for the specific purpose of a classroom activity or assessment.

It is rarely necessary to download or print content from the Library's eBooks and eJournals for students, as almost all subscribed resources can be accessed from any networked device, via a protected link from the relevant reading list. 

Module tutors can request digitization of printed reading material through the reading list system.

If students report difficulty connecting to Library resources via their reading list, please encourage them to ask for help.