The digitisation service allows the Library to digitise course reading and materials that would not otherwise be available electronically.
The types of material that can be digitised include: book chapters; journal articles and images. The service is run in conjunction with the Copyright Licence Agency's Scanning Licence, which allows us to photocopy and scan (digitise) material for teaching, subject to certain limitations.
Digitisation requests should be submitted via Cardiff Met's reading list system, Leganto. As a single point of access for course materials and resources, it is the ideal place to store your scans, and integrates seamlessly with our digitisation processes and technologies.
Once requested the digitisation team will provide a high-quality scan for you and will automatically attach to the item on your Reading List for instant access. The average turnaround time for a digitisation request to be processed and made available is six days.
For full details on how to request a digitisation on Leganto, see our guide to Requesting a digitisation.
You can also request a digitisation by filling in a Digitisation Request Form.
The blanket licence does not cover certain excluded categories such as some specifically identified publications; material produced by non-participating publishers; printed music; maps and charts; newspapers. A list of these exclusions is available on the CLA's website: Excluded Categories and Works.
For more information on copyright, please see the Library Service's Copyright pages
Nicola Herbert
Email: centralservices@cardiffmet.ac.uk