Westmead Hospital Library
Copyright
General
The Library acts as the advisory centre for Copyright for the hospital. Staff of the hospital may copy material according to several different sections under the Copyright Act.
a) Staff and student copying
- Under the agreement between the N.S.W. Department of Health and Copyright Agency Limited (CAL), staff may make multiple copies of sections of most publications for work done on behalf of the Crown (work-related material) and one whole copy of an act or statute. Approval needs to be sought in advance for material being published.
- Generally, copying is limited to one copy for personal research purposes of a reasonable proportion of a work (usually considered 10% or one chapter of a book) or one article per periodical unless there is more than one article directly on the same subject.
b) Audiovisual
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Audiovisual material is also subject to copyright and permission must be sought
in advance from copyright holders to republish and reprint slides, copy extracts
from videos, etc.
c) Copying on behalf of others
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The Library will only undertake copying on behalf of users of Westmead and
other libraries if requests are submitted on correctly completed copyright
declaration forms, available from the Library.
d) Who owns Copyright?
- Copyright is the legal protection automatically granted to writers, authors, producers of original works or their agents. Any material produced in the course of work is automatically owned by the employer, e.g. manuals produced by Speech Therapy - copyright belongs to Westmead Hospital.
- To ensure copyright it is a good idea to add a copyright statement on the reverse of the title page of your work, e.g. C. 1996 Westmead Hospital - Library but this is not essential as copyright is automatic.
- When submitting papers for publication in journals, note whether copyright is transferred to the publisher of the journal or retained by the author(s), usually it is the former.
e) Exceptions
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Some publications, books, audiovisual media and journals waive copyright for "special
purposes". Check details within that publication for such provision.
Further information can be obtained from the Manager, Library Information and Resources.
