*with apologies for cross-posting - and many thanks to the UK university
libraries which took part in the pilot projects*

Press Release: Talis Launches New Digitisation Software Service for
Universities

Birmingham, United Kingdom, January 14th, 2013.

*‘The explosion of digital content sharing creates a necessity for learning
technology companies to support copyright compliance concerns.’*

*Talis *announces the launch of its new software service – *Talis Aspire
Digitised Content.* Developed with the collaboration of university library
partners, The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA), and using trusted data
supplied via the OCLC xISBN service, the new software service will help
universities and colleges in the United Kingdom manage complex digitisation
workflows, and help ensure they are compliant with copyright legislation.

With the launch of *Talis Aspire Digitised Content* lecturers will raise
digitisation requests quickly and easily from their desktops, libraries
will benefit from easy reporting and management tools that integrate with
existing technology, and learners will get easy online access to digitised
content to support their studies.

The application is delivered as SaaS and uses The Copyright Licensing
Agency (CLA) new API, enabling universities in the United Kingdom to
get *real-time
copyright permissions* for the first time. The software offers universities
a ‘full-service’ copyright and digitised content management solution,
bringing trust and transparency to the digitisation process, and a high
level of assurance for students, universities and publishers.

Talis CEO, Dave Errington, commented that:

*‘The explosion of digital content sharing creates a necessity for learning
technology companies like Talis to support copyright compliance concerns.
We share with The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) a commitment to
improving trust and transparency and to working with universities as they
turn increasingly to digital resources for learning. Lecturers, libraries,
learners and publishers alike will benefit from knowing that their
activities are supported not only by the latest technology but also by the
highest standards.’*

He also said that:

*‘By collaborating with CLA as well as with our university partners we were
able to leverage our collective expertise to develop a unique, reliable
service which ensures students can access the best resources to support
their learning.’*

Mat Pfleger, UK Sales and Marketing Director at CLA remarked:

‘*We are always looking for new ways to support universities and make it
easier for them to comply with the terms of their CLA licence. This new
software service from Talis is one of the first to utilise our new API and
helps university staff ensure they have the copyright permissions they
need. Working in collaboration with technology companies like Talis, is an
important part of CLA’s role in developing our services to universities on
behalf of rightsholders. The collaboration provides an excellent
opportunity for us to test our new approach with a trusted technology
provider.’*

He added that:

*‘The current licence enables universities to provide their students with
access to a wide range of copyright material. We look forward to working
with Talis to help libraries streamline their compliance process, while
maximising the value of their CLA licence.’*

*Learn more about the new software:** *http://content.talisaspire.com**

*Editor’s Notes:***

*About Talis Education Ltd*

*Talis* is a privately owned software company whose mission is to apply
technology and data to help transform education. *Talis Aspire* is a
cloud-based service that enables academics and librarians to create,
bookmark, manage and track usage of recommended learning resources for
students. The data in the Talis system consists of over 1.5 million
resources (textbooks, journals, documents, videos and web pages),
recommended by academics from 46 universities across all subject areas, and
used by over 1 million students around the world. The aggregate data and
the connections between users, subjects, courses, and resources represent
an Education Graph which drives collective intelligence features that put
the knowledge of the whole system to work for the user, thus helping to
improve both teaching and learning.

*Talis Media Contact:*

Karen Halliday

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Tel:     +44 (0) 121 374 2740 <%2B44%20%280%29%20121%20374%202740>

*About The Copyright Licensing Agency*

The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) license organisations to copy and
re-use extracts from print and digital publications on behalf of the
copyright owners – authors, publishers and visual artists.  By supporting
them in this way CLA plays a part in maintaining the value of their work
and helps to sustain creativity.

*CLA Media Contact:*

Lois Bray

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Tel:    +44 (0) 20 7400 3143 <%2B44%20%280%29%2020%207400%203143>

ENDS
Karen Halliday
Senior Product Marketing Manager
http://www.talisaspire.com
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Talis Education Limited
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Birmingham
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Twitter: @talisaspire
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