Course packs FAQs

Course packs - either in print or in digital format - are recommended as the best way to ensure that the maximum number of students have access to articles or chapters in books on reading lists. This page provides information on print coursepacks. More information on digital coursepacks is also available. If you require any further advice or clarification, please email Lee Snook (L.M.Snook@exeter.ac.uk).

Before creating a course pack you should look at the Copyright Licensing Agency’s guidelines at http://www.cla.co.uk/higher_education_licences.php

1. Which materials are included?
Printed works including images which are OWNED (or subscribed to) by the University.

If the Library does not own a copy of the original publication, a photocopy may be ordered through Inter-Library Loans from the British Library (BLDSC) or another licensed document supplier. In addition to the normal fee copyright clearance will be charged. This extra cost, which could vary between £5 and £65, will be passed on to the requesting School.

2. How many copies can I make?
One copy is allowed for each student registered on a course + one for the lecturer.

3. Can I charge to recover the cost of photocopying?
You may charge students for the coursepack, but you may charge no more than is needed to cover production costs.

4. Do I have to include any other information in the coursepack?
Full publication details must be provided for each item included in the course pack.

5. What are the main restrictions?
The terms of the University’s copyright licence allow the multiple copying of articles still in copyright under the same conditions as apply for individuals, which are, briefly:

up to 5% or one whole chapter (whichever is the greater) may be copied from a book
one article from a single issue of a journal
up to 5% or one paper (whichever is the greater) from a set of conference proceedings
up to 5% of an anthology of short stories or poems or one short story or one poem of not more than 10 pages (whichever is the greater)
no maps
no music

Copies of articles from UK national newspapers may be included under the terms of the University's Newspaper Licensing Agency licence - up to a maximum of 250 copies per article.

6. Are there any other exclusions?
A small number of publishers and some countries are also excluded from the licence. For a full list of exclusions see http://www.cla.co.uk/UUKguildhe_members.php