According to the Intellectual Property Department, Course Pack means a compilation of photocopied or scanned extracts from one or more sources intended to provide students in Lingnan University with a compilation of materials designed to support the teaching and learning of a course. Under the prevailing Copyright Ordinance of Hong Kong, the course pack production is excluded from the “fair dealing” exemption.

Lingnan University has a Licence Agreement with the Hong Kong Reprographic Rights Licensing Society Ltd. on making and using copies of the licensed materials for the preparation of course packs commencing from 1 January 2005 subject to the below terms and conditions.

• Course Packs Service
• License Fee
• Application Procedures
• Terms and Conditions

Course Packs Service

The Library offers Scanning Course Packs, referring to a compilation of scanning of extracts of licensed materials in digital format.

The scanning course packs is only available for Lingnan University Student(s) enrolled to a particular course. It should only be accessible for the course students during the specified academic term and should be deleted afterwards.

License Fee

Copyright Clearing Fee is charged based on the nature, number of pages and copies reproduced. i.e.:
Number of Pages x Copies reproduced x Charges for Scanning Course Packs (see below)

Application Procedures

Instructors are advised to check the holdings in the Library and the availability of the materials as open access before submitting a request for a Course Pack. The Library provides a one-stop platform Course Readings @ Library to list out course related materials and provide quick access to resources under the Library subscription.

1. Send an email to library@ln.edu.hk providing full course information including:
   • Requestor information,
   • Affiliated School / Department / Unit,
   • Course Code and Title,
   • Duration of Course,
   • Total number of Students,
   • Bibliographic info including Book Title/Author/ISBN/Edition/Publication Year/Pages/Format to be produced as Course Pack
2. The turnover time would be 2-4 weeks, depending on the number of licensed materials included.
3. Once the application is accepted, the Library will confirm the details with the applicants and issue an invoice to the related department/units. Please settle the payment within 2 weeks.
4. When the course packs are ready, the Library will contact the instructor for the logistics arrangements.

Instructors should submit the request in advance to allow sufficient processing time before the term starts.

Terms and Conditions

• All copies of the licensed materials and course packs are only made by the instructors or staff of the Licensee, i.e. Lingnan University.
• With respect to a course pack, it shall not include copies of extracts from more than 30 works.
• With respect to each issue of newspaper, journal or periodical, the Licensee shall not, in any one academic year, copy more than one complete article of any length for inclusion in any single course pack.
• With respect to any other licensed materials, the Licensee shall not, in any one academic year, copy more than 10% or a chapter of that licensed material, whichever covers the smaller portion, for inclusion in any single course pack.
• Licensed materials do not include all works listed in Schedule IV "List of Excluded Licensed Materials" of the Agreement, and all textbooks.
• The Licence Agreement does not authorize copying from some general categories of published works as well as some specific publishers and works themselves.

Should you require service on production of course packs or detail information on copyright and licensing arrangement, please contact your Library Liaison for further assistance.