Course reserves (print and electronic)
The Course Reserves system helps course instructors provide readings for their courses to all enrolled students while complying with the Copyright Act, COPIBEC Agreement, and the Library's electronic resources licenses.
Use of copyrighted material for courses
In accordance with Concordia University’s Agreement with COPIBEC, if you will be using copyrighted materials in your courses, please be reminded that:
- Paper coursepacks, and any digital versions thereof (eCoursepacks), must be processed through Concordia Print Services;
- All other copyrighted digital documents (PDFs, scanned from print, or any other digital format) posted on Moodle or any other digital platform must be processed through the Library’s Course Reserves service; and
- For all links to copyrighted documents on Moodle or any other digital platform (including, for example, links to content in Library databases), you are encouraged to use the Library’s Course Reserves service in order to ensure stable links, course materials in one place for students and copyright compliance. If links posted directly in Moodle are not also in the Library Course Reserves, instructors are responsible for ensuring copyright compliance.
See the Copyright at Concordia Guide - For Instructors, including Concordia's guiding documents (the COPIBEC memo and its appendix).
For assistance, please contact library.reserves@concordia.ca.
