Talis Aspire: course reading lists - draft for New List View update

What is Talis?

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

 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.
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