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Support for Teaching

The Library can support your teaching in a number of ways - for example, we will liaise with you on issues relating to resources for your courses; teaching groups of students to use the Library's online resources; provide online information skills help to students to help them retrieve and use information effectively; create subject web pages to help the students identify the most relevant information for their studies.


Making materials available for your students

Essay lists contain material likely to be in high demand which should be placed in the Short Loan Collection. Reading lists contain any material you recommend your students read during their course.

Essay lists – essential items

A list of essential items should be sent to Library Services at least two weeks before the start of the course using the appropriate form Material to be made available in the Short Loan Collection. Items in stock will be placed in the Short Loan Collection. Depending on the number of copies in stock and the number of students taking the course, extra copies may be purchased. Items not in stock will be purchased if in print.

Reading lists

Please send reading lists to Book Acquisitions. Given the number of lists that the library receives, these will be given a lower priority than essay lists. Single copies of books on reading lists are acquired if available. If you are sending a list for the first time, please mark it as "new". Don’t send repeat lists unless there are any additions. These additions should be clearly marked.

Depositing photocopies / tutorial solutions for teaching purposes (Print)

You may also want to deposit photocopies or tutorial solutions for your students with the Library. See the document on depositing photocopies and tutorial solutions.

Digitised extracts from books, journals etc. for teaching purposes (Electronic)

You may wish to consider making available electronic extracts from books or journals which you know will be heavily used. The Library provides a service for the digitisation of extracts for course materials under the terms of the CLA Blanket Photocopying & Scanning License. For details of this service, please see the Online Course Materials Service web pages for details.

Reading Lists @ Glasgow Quickstart Guide (pdf format)

Reading Lists @ Glasgow is an innovative new way to ensure teaching resources require are accessible and available for your students. The service is not only dynamic but also provides easy access to electronic resources as well as the availability and location of physical stock in the Library.

Reading Lists @ Glasgow also assists in allocating material to the short loan collection and provides a convenient way to make requests for the digitisation of material. Currently an invite is required to access the service. If you are interested in using it yourself please email library-readinglists@glasgow.ac.uk

Support is available from the Library to add existing lists to the system. Please contact the address above or call ext. 6120 to discuss how we can assist you in doing this.

Essential Items

Items on your list can be identified as being essential for students taking the course.

  • Any item marked as essential on the list will be added to the short loan collection on 24 hour loan.
  • If you require items be added to the short loan collection with a 4 hour loan period please indicate this in the Notes to Library field.
  • Student Numbers - because the number of copies added to short loan is directly related to the number of students taking the course please ensure you include this information.

If you have not completed the anticipated student numbers for a list created on your behalf it can be added by logging in, clicking on the list and clicking edit. In the edit view to the right of the list title you will see a button named Set Licence and a button named Edit. Click the edit button and add your student numbers to the form. Save this information. When the form disappears click the publish button on the right of the screen. This will ensure the number of students is updated and visible to the Library.

Alternatively email student numbers to library-readinglists@glasgow.ac.uk. Please include the list title in your email.

It can take up to two weeks to recall and allocate essential items so please bear this in mind when submitting requests.

Online Course Materials Service

Reading Lists @ Glasgow can be used to direct your students to digitised extracts supplied by the Online Course Materials Service team, a Library service for the scanning of in-copyright material for course use.

To request digitisation of a book chapter or article use the Note to Library field when bookmarking a resource to indicate the chapter or page numbers you would like to have digitised.

Please bear in mind that certain restrictions apply to this service as there are copyright implications in making electronic extracts available for your students. The library is permitted to supply in-copyright extracts under the terms of the Copyright Licensing Agency's Blanket Photocopying and Scanning Licence. Library staff, who are responsible for coordinating requests, make checks to ensure the requests fall within the terms of the licence.

Once the checks on your requests have been completed, the Online Course Materials Service team will contact you with a link to your digitised readings and a course password for your students.

Please note: The password should not be distributed publicly through the reading list as readings are only available to students registered on the specific course.

To bookmark your digitised readings, open the provided link and add it to your list of bookmarks by using the Add Bookmark button. Once created the bookmark can be added to the specific course list multiple times, edited each time to reflect the specific digitised item you wish students to read.

For further guidance on how to bookmark digitised readings please contact library-readinglists@glasgow.ac.uk

Online Course Materials Service

You may wish to consider making electronic extracts from books or journals for course materials you believe will be in heavy demand. The library provides a service for the scanning of in-copyright material for course use.

There are copyright implications in making electronic extracts available for your students. The library is permitted to supply in-copyright extracts under the terms of the Copyright Licensing Agency's Blanket Photocopying and Scanning Licence.

This licence covers all scanning of extracts for course material in copyright done by the University. Under the terms of this licence, all requests for digitised extracts should be directed to the Online Course Materials Service team. Mandatory single returns to the Copyright Licensing Agency means the decision has been taken to centralise scanning within the Library.

Library staff are responsible for coordinating your requests. Checks are made to ensure the requests fall within the terms of the licence and staff will arrange for the extracts to be made available via the Course Materials section on the library's web pages. It is also possible to embed the links to the digitised extracts into your MOODLE pages. Either a link can be provided to the course page or alternatively to the individual extracts within the course. Please see your MOODLE administrator for help on how to embed links. It is also possible to bookmark the links to the digitised extracts for inclusion in ReadingLists@Glasgow. Please contact Library Reading Lists (library-readinglists@glasgow.ac.uk) for help on how to bookmark the links.

Any queries regarding the operation of the license should be directed to the Online Course Materials Service team.

Summary of CLA Blanket Photocopying & Scanning Licence

The University of Glasgow has signed a blanket photocopying & scanning licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) to enable staff to provide printed and online course materials. The Copyright Licensing Agency has provided CLA User Guidelines [PDF] and Good Practice Guides [PDF].

The University also has a web site (Copyright matters) for more general information on copyright and intellectual property. The Learning & Teaching Centre also provide information on copyright with regards to Moodle.

Step-by-step Guide for Lecturers Using the Online Course Materials

  • Complete and submit the online application course registration form which asks for details of the course, student numbers, etc. Ideally you should submit your request as early as possible, preferably 10 days before the start of the course. For material not covered by our licence, requests should be submitted at least 2 months before the start of the course.
  • We will then send you another form requesting bibliographical details of the extracts to be scanned. Once completed this form should be sent to the Online Course Materials Service team.
  • Before submitting requests for an extract to be digitised lecturers should ensure that they have not requested a print version of an additional extract from the same publication for the same course.
  • You will be contacted if there are problems with any of the items on your list. Staff will also contact you immediately prior to the start of the course to confirm that the material is available. You will be provided with a unique course password which students will have to enter when they wish to view the online digitised extracts via Course Materials. Please note, the password must only be given to students on the registered course of study.
  • It is also possible to embed the links to the course extracts into your MOODLE pages. Either a link can be provided to the course page or alternatively to the individual extracts within the course. Please contact your MOODLE administrator for help on how to embed links.
  • Usage statistics will be provided at the end of each course. If you require usage statistics before this they can be provided on request.
  • Any problems or queries regarding the material on the course or to request usage statistics, please contact Online Course Materials Service team.
  • Please note the making of Digital Copies is not intended to substitute for the purchase of an original published edition (either printed or electronic) or the commissioning of an original artistic work. More information on scanning materials for teaching purposes can be found in the Good Practice Guide [PDF] and in the CLA User Guidelines [PDF] published by the Copyright and Licensing Agency.
  • Further information and links:

To become a member of the Library, new members of staff should first visit the University Human Resources Department where you will be issued with a staff card - further details are available from the Staff Identity Cards section of the Human Resource web site.

Your staff card is your Library card. Bring this with you when you want to use the Library - you won't get in without it! Swipe your card on a turnstile at the entrance to the Library to gain access.

Honorary post?

If you have an honorary post you can use the library's print and electronic resources. You should obtain your staff ID card from Human Resources.

Retired?

You can register as a retired staff member which will let you have access to the Library's print collections. We regret that access to our electronic resources will not be available to you. Come into the Membership Desk on Level 2 of the Library, with proof of your status, and we will issue you with a Retired Staff Library card.