Welcome to the 'Copyright for Education Staff' Guide
Two Statutory Instruments that impact on Libraries and Education came into force on June 1st 2014, namely 'Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations, 2014' and 'Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations, 2014' (links below). If you click on the link titled 'Changes to Copyright Law' at the end of this section, you can learn more about these changes and how they may impact on you.
It is important to note that these changes need to be considered against available licenses and the fair dealing test.
Fair Dealing is even more important as it involves decision making by those doing the copying.
The CLA Higher Education licence covers copying from books, magazines, journals and websites. The licence provides annual blanket permissions to copy and reuse content from print and digital publications.
With this licence you will have access to other services that CLA have developed specially for higher education.
If you require digitisation of an article or chapter of a book for inclusion in your course area on our VLE, you should in the first instance check that the resource is:
The digitisation process is subject to rigorous checking, logging and reporting to the CLA. The Library Service undertakes this work on your behalf, in order to ensure compliance with the Licence.
You should contact the library using the following e-mail address to request digitisation:
Library Staff will require the following details from you, in order to process your request:
SRUC has a licence agreement with the 'Educational Recording Agency' (link below), which enables us to record scheduled free-to-air radio and television broadcasts. The recordings are stored on a streaming server (ClickView), for staff and students to access and view online. The majority of titles can be accessed on and off campus within the UK; any limitations are due to licensing restrictions.
It is only legal to download and reuse video or audio found on the web if it falls under a copyright exception, is out of copyright, or the copyright owner gives their permission - this may be in the form of a 'Creative Commons Licence' (link below).
Be aware that content may have been uploaded to a website without the copyright owner's permission; this is 'infringing content' and should not be re-used. For example, it is a good idea to check that a video on YouTube has been uploaded by the copyright owner.
JISC Copyright Training:
JISC have a 'Copyright Training Guide' (link below) for educational staff which aims to provide guidance on how to legally use other people's materials in teaching and learning. This is an interactive guide that covers a range of areas with a quiz at the end to test your knowledge.
Creation of Course Packs - Good Practice:
The CLA have published the following guidelines: 'Good Practice in the creation of short course packs' (link below), to be used in conjunction with the CLA Higher Education Licence. These guidelines should be adhered to, when creating course packs.
THE GCU Copyright Advisor:
Glasgow Caledonian University have created a LOM (Learning Object Material) to assist their staff in dealing with copyright queries. They have made it available to the wider community under the Creative Commons Attribution License (link below).
© TheDigitalArtist (2016), CC0
(1) Copyright exists in all of the following:
Texts and newspapers are mostly covered by Licences SRUC obtains from The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and The Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA).
(2) Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Licence:
The CLA Higher Education Licence allows us to:
It is permissible under the terms and conditions of the Licence to make a single copy for each student on a course plus one for the lecturer.
Scanning of extracts (subject to restrictions above) may be posted on Moodle but not the Internet. Please note that this only applies to materials that SRUC has purchased, or from a copyright-fee-paid copy that SRUC has obtained from the British Library for example. These limits apply to one course of study per year.
We are required under the terms of the CLA Licence to keep a record of items digitised – please contact either your local Library staff or send an email to:
copyright@sruc.ac.uk for clarification.
(3) Web Pages:
Web pages are also protected by copyright and multiple copies are only possible if the website specifically permits it. You can, however, link to webpages or refer your students to them.
Best practice is to:
(4) E-Books:
SRUC subscribes to a great many e-books but the terms and conditions vary between hosting platforms (or publisher). These should be readily visible when you are accessing the e-books but if you have any doubts, please contact the Library staff or send an e-mail to:
(5) Maps:
Copying from maps is not permissible under the CLA Licence but SRUC subscribes to Digimap which allows some copying to be made. Please refer to Digimap website in the first instance or ask your local Library staff for help.
(6) Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) Licence:
The NLA Licence allows us to photocopy editorial content plus photographs or advertisements from any national title and a selection of regional titles.
Please note that The Scotsman and The Herald are regional, not national titles, as are many of the newspapers taken on campus. Copies may not be uploaded to Moodle. If you wish to copy from a newspaper, you may wish to speak to your Library staff or send an email to:
Note:
Please bear in mind that all our licences refer to our students and/or our premises. If you are producing work for an outside agency eg SQA, you must check for specific permission from the copyright owners, stating exactly who is going to use the material and for what purpose.
Source:
SRUC (2017) 'Copyright Guidelines', in SRUC Education Manual. Edinburgh: Scotland's Rural College, pp.1-2.
References for images included within this guide:
TheDigitalArtist (2016) Icon, symbol, copyright, label, button. Available at: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/icon-symbol-copyright-label-button-1721860/ (Accessed:9 October 2019).
The information contained within these pages provides an interpretation of current copyright issues. It is not intended and should not be construed as legal advice. It is the responsibility of individual academic staff and students to ensure that their use of any materials for learning and teaching complies with UK copyright law and the terms of our licences.