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</ul> Understanding copyright and keeping your copying legal <p>All printing, scanning and copying must follow copyright law.
This library page describes limits on copying for different types of printed materials and images.</p>
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</ul> Enquiries <p> Library Team library@bath.ac.uk 01225 385000 </p> About Copyright <p>All types of copying, scanning and printing are subject to copyright law. <strong>It is your responsibility</strong> to make sure you do not copy more than you are legally allowed to.  .
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<p>The Copyright Act does <strong>not</strong> allow making multiple copies of a single item.
You are allowed to make a single copy for your personal study purposes.</p>
<p>The following limits also generally apply to anyone making a copy:</p>
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<li>Books: the Copyright Act permits an individual to copy one chapter or up to 5% of a work.
The Library Scanning Service for Academic Staff offers copying of up to 10% under the terms of the Copyright Licencing Agency licence.
This provides compliant scans of course items for student groups via secure online learning environments (for example, Moodle).
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<li>Journal articles: you may only copy one article from any one issue of the journal.</li>
<li>Ordnance Survey Maps: you may make up to 4 copies in A4 size at the original map scale.</li>
<li>Further advice about copying images is available online.</li>
<li>Print disability: .
if you are a University of Bath student or member of staff with a visual or cognitive disability, these copyright restrictions do not apply. .
Copy and Print staff can make an accessible copy of up to an entire book, magazine or journal owned by the Library on your behalf.
<strong>For more information</strong> on how the library can assist you please visit the services for users with disabilities webpage.</li>
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<p>Further details about copyright: what is it, who owns it, and legal compliance (how to use other people's work).</p>
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<p>The Library Scanning Service for Academic Staff: the Library is responsible for scanning and providing links to articles &.
chapters for you to make available for teaching.</p>
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<p>Short Loan items: if you would like offprints (journal articles or sections of a book) that are in high demand to be placed in the Short Loan collection, please contact your subject librarian for guidelines on permissible copying & rapid copyright clearance.</p>
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<p>Copyright Licencing Agency (CLA): non-profit-making company that licenses organisations for photocopying &.
scanning.
The CLA also provides details of license permissions &.
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