Just been on the CLA website which says the following:

CLA issue new statement regarding NHS

26 February 2007

Following on from statements issued previously regarding the NHS licence to copy from books journals and magazines, CLA has issued a new statement today:

“CLA and NHS Connecting for Health are actively negotiating a central licence for the photocopying and scanning of extracts from books, journals and magazines in the NHS in England. Both CLA and NHS CFH are optimistic that these negotiations will reach their conclusion soon. CLA has agreed to continue to suspend compliance activities while negotiations are making progress.”

Doesn’t exactly say a lot …

Now for my question, are libraries scanning journal articles for transmission to their readers and if so what are you saying to readers about printing and storing such files?

Many thanks.

Rowena Perry

Library Manager

Health Informatics Shared Services

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