At the Access to information resources Zoom session yesterday, I promised to provide some standard wording subject librarians could use to send out to their academic contacts. The key points are as follows.
In situations where we don’t have electronic access to required textbooks, we have the option to scan up to 50% of the content. Copyright Licencing New Zealand (CLNZ) have said that universities can extend the licence to copy 50% of a print textbook to all students. The conditions are:
- It must delivered through the secure LMS (in our case Learn)
- Reported to CLNZ (Library staff are keeping a record)
- This is only for the duration of the Covid-19 emergency (when this is over the scans must be taken down off Learn)
Please do not store a copy of the scan on your computer or share the scan with anyone else.
Thanks Tim.
Can you clarify what CLNZ regards as the “COVID-19 emergency”? That is, does it relate to all alert levels, or only to Alert Level 4? Or…?
Ngā mihi
John
My interpretation: Levels 3 and 4. So any situation where we don’t have student access to campus. In level 3 staff might be back on campus but not the students.
A belated question: Does the 50% extension “where we don’t have electronic access to required textbooks” apply to the situation in which we decide not to purchase an ebook version because it is hugely expensive and/or has a 3-user limit unsuitable for large classes?
There’s nothing in the email from Melanie at the Copyright Expert Group that says this provision is contingent on us not being able to buy any kind of eBook access. So my take on your question is “Yes”.