Question: Can I put scanned journal articles/books in MMS or Moodle?

[The below information is taken from http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/information/furtherhelp/copyright/#Summary]

Our CLA licence allows for the digitisation of copyright materials for use as module reading (subject to the restrictions indicated above). These are made available to students via the Library's online reading list service. It is important under the terms of the licence that the upload of digitised extracts is solely undertaken by designated Library staff: teaching staff may not upload pdfs of scanned extracts from books to MMS or Moodle themselves.

Instead, teaching staff can request to have extracts from copyright materials digitised by the Library by either:

  • Submitting a digitisation request via your module's online reading list, please check our guide for help. 
  • Sending full bibliographic details of the extracts to be scanned, or a copy of the module reading list marked up with items to be digitised, to readinglists@st-andrews.ac.uk.
  • Or, providing a pdf or photocopy of the article/chapter. This should be an authentic representation of the original printed pages, i.e. these should be clear, free from markings of any kind. Pdfs can be attached to an email sent to the address above; photocopies may be left at the Library helpdesk marked FAO Short Loan team, with a note of the module details.

Journal articles which we have electronic access to, or chapters in ebooks listed on SAULCAT, can be linked to from an online reading list. Check our Reading List information for help.

The Library’s expectation is that teaching staff will only request digitisation of key readings, such as required readings for tutorials, seminars and essays – NOT all of the readings for a module.

Each requested item will be checked for copyright compliance. If all the required criteria are met a copyright cover sheet will be added and the digitised material will be uploaded to the online reading list.

In some cases, it will not be possible to use a scanned copy of a reading if it falls outside the terms of the CLA licence, however Library staff can investigate other possibilities such as requesting permission to scan an extract, placing photocopies of the reading on short loan, or purchasing an eBook or additional print copies of the original work.

CLA Higher Education Licence User Guidelines (section C) for full scanned readings details.