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 1 article 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 (ideally via ReadingLists@Hull), for the duration of the module. *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.

Lecturers and tutors who intend to provide students with digital copies (scans) of printed texts for course reading must use the Library's Digitization Service, to ensure compliance with licence terms.  Requests for digitization should be submitted via ReadingLists@Hull.

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 is on teachers' side:

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 a classroom task or assignment, or when the reading is key to a stated learning outcome.

If a student has a disability or impairment which impacts on their use of course reading in its original format, then they are entitled to copy the entire work into an accessible format, or ask someone else to make an accessible copy for them.

Contact the Library's Digitization Service for help sourcing and creating accessible versions of course reading.

UK HE copyright specialists at CopyrightUser.org have published a guide to the Exceptions for Disability in UK copyright law.

Almost all of the Library's e-books and e-journals can be accessed off-campus, and an increasing number of authors take advantage of opportunities to publish their work on an open access platform.  Instead of making copies,  you can create an online reading list for students with direct links to the Library catalogue and subscribed or free resources:

• Reading Lists@Hull Policy 2020-2025
• Getting started with ReadingLists@Hull

If students report difficulties connecting to Library resources off-campus, please encourage them to ask for help:  https://www.hull.ac.uk/library/help

The temporary extension to the Copyright Licensing Agency HE Licence which was granted to support remote learning during lockdowns in 2020-21 is expected to be withdrawn at the end of this academic year.    https://www.cla.co.uk/HE-licence-terms-amended-covid19

This extension covered 7 of the largest HE publishers:  CUP, Elsevier, Pearson, Sage, Springer, Taylor & Francis and Wiley, enabling the Library to digitize up to  two chapters or 20% of a printed book for course reading, when there's no e-book version available. 

Any digital copies made under this extension should be removed from reading lists by 31st July 2021.  Contact bjlcollections@hull.ac.uk if you have any questions.