Document Supply Service: Digitisation Service

Document Supply Service

Library and Learning Resources
Frederick Lanchester Library
CU Academic Services Limited
Coventry University Group
Gosford Street
Coventry
CV1 5DD

email: docsupply.lib@coventry.ac.uk

Telephone: +44 (0) 24 7765 7520

What is the Digitisation Service?

The University Library holds a CLA Higher Education Licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency. This Licence enables Library staff to make digital copies of published book chapters and journal articles that the University owns or subscribes to. We then enable our students to access them online via their module reading lists linked in Aula.

What can be digitised?

One chapter from a book, two articles from a journal part (from 1 August 2024) or 10% of total pages, whichever is the greater can be used on one module, for any one cohort of students.

If the Library does not hold the book, journal, ebook or ejournal - we can apply for a copyright fee paid copy from the British Library.

The book must not appear on any CLA “excluded items Lists”

Digital copies made under the licence can only be made available to students on a named module of study.

What the digitisation service will do. 

Check that your request complies with the terms of the Higher Education licence.

Make or obtain a digital copy and make the digital copy available to students via the reading list software.

The digitisation staff will inform you of any items which cannot be digitised.

How do I make a request for a digitised item or several items?

Email your Subject Librarian with the necessary details:

Module Code, Book/Journal title, year of publication, Chapter/article details, ISBN/ISSN, page numbers and book editor, chapter author details. 

If you want a number of items digitised for a reading list please send or email a marked reading list indicating the book chapters and articles that you would like digitised to your Subject Librarian.

Requests cannot be processed unless we have all the information required by the CLA.

Staff wishing to digitise teaching material beyond the terms of this licence would be advised to email their subject librarian with the details concerned.

If you have any further questions please email: docsupply.lib@coventry.ac.uk​