Digitisation Service

Academics can use the digitisation service to request book chapters and journal articles.

Digitised material can be made available to students for use on specific modules via the module Resource List and is the easiest way to ensure your students have unlimited access to that material without them making individual requests or waiting for whole books to be returned.

All library materials used for teaching should be added to your module Resource List, which can be embedded directly into your Moodle course. You can check digitisation options or make a digitisation request directly from the citation in the Resource List, for materials covered by the CLA licence.

How do I request digitisation of materials via my Resource List?

1. Add the book or journal article to your resource list. Find out how.
2. Open the “full details” option on the citation, followed by the “item actions” tab.
3. In the “library services” section of the item actions page, click on “View digitisation options” to see whether any digitisation options are available.
• Photocopying
• Scanning
• Digital
4. You’ll see a green tick if any of the options are available. If so, click the “request digitisation” link and complete the form. This form is designed primarily for book chapters but you can request articles as well.
5. If there are no digitisation options (indicated by a red cross), we recommend getting in touch with us.

Can digitised material be made available on Moodle?

Your Resource List (or a section/single citation) can be embedded directly into Moodle. It is important that you do not upload copies of digitised content to Moodle directly as this would be breaching copyright restrictions.

What does the CLA licence scheme cover?

Most publications will fall under the terms of our CLA licence, which allows us to digitise content to the following limits:

• Up to 10% or one whole chapter, whichever is greater, from a book.
• Up to 10% or one whole article, whichever is greater, from a single issue of a journal.
• Up to 10% or one whole article, whichever is greater, from a set of conference proceedings.
• Up to 10% of an anthology of short stories or poems or one short story or one poem of not more than 10 pages, whichever is greater.
• Up to 10% or one single case, whichever is greater, from a published report of judicial proceedings.

The digitisation team will check your request to see if it is covered by the CLA and where it isn’t we will approach the publishers directly to negotiate permission to digitise this content. Direct agreements with publishers may need additional time to negotiate.

Additional extracts

Many publications covered under the CLA licence now also allow for an additional extract to be digitised. If you need a second extract from a publication then the digitisation team can try to obtain this under the Second Extract service. This has additional costs attached and is at the discretion of publishers. If this applies to you, please fill out a request form (below) for the extract you need and our team will discuss the details with you.

Contact Us

For general enquiries or any issues concerning the Accessibility of digitised documents, please email the team.

Email the Digital Library

Request Forms

Students

To submit undergraduate projects to the digital library, please complete a waiver form.

Undergraduate Project Waiver Form