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What is Talis?

Talis is the system used by Victoria University to create course reading lists and ensure copyright compliance.

Link to Talis

It provides a simple way for students to access all their readings in one place. Not all material must be included in Talis to be copyright compliant, but it is a good idea to use Talis for all your course readings.

Other benefits include:

Easy integration with Blackboard
Students get direct online access to material from the Library collection, including digital scans of physical items
Staff can structure and annotate reading lists
Students can track their own progress through the reading list
Reading list items can be reused across multiple courses or different trimesters
Easy real-time editing to quickly update readings lists
Collaborate on reading lists with other staff
Request material not in Library collection, library staff will arrange access

What must go in Talis for copyright compliance?

Book pages
- Includes the digitisation of part of a page (sentences, paragraphs or sections)
Book chapters
- Includes the digitisation of whole book chapters, as well partial book chapters (chapter sections, poems, etc.).
Journal articles from print journals
- Includes an article or a partial article digitised from a print journal or from printed case law.

Materials accessible through the Library website with online access, such as e-books, online journal articles, or free web content, are not required to be in Talis. It is recommended that any resource a student is expected to read for a course be entered into Talis. Students benefit because they can access all readings in one place via Talis on Blackboard.