To the Academic Community,
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic arrangements, the Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO), have agreed to make additional provisions for Universities through the following concessions:
1) Frequently used materials (often short-loan materials) only available in print format and of which the university has lawfully acquired print copies can be digitised, provided no online alternative is available. Under these circumstances, universities may apply to DALRO on a case-by-case basis to make digitised copies of such print materials and host them on the normal university infrastructure within the normally permitted limits, where such infrastructure now also allows remote access to affiliated students (being RUConnected).
2) Digital materials available under a restricted university-wide licence that need to be accessed remotely, universities may apply to DALRO to allow a case-by-case emergency licence, lifting these restrictions, and universities to host the digital materials on the normal university learning materials system. If necessary, DALRO will liaise with the publisher.
3) Ancillary materials normally made available to lecturers: Ancillary materials like PowerPoint slides normally made available to lecturers. These materials can be made available to students on the university learning materials system for use by lecturers in audio-visual tutorials and teaching sessions or distance education sessions. To see publishers’ materials available for this use, go to the PASA website at
http://www.publishsa.co.za/COVID-19Assistance.
The Rhodes Library Services is also assisting with determining the availability of online materials if needed and making these accessible (including possible digitisation of print copies where online copies cannot be accessed). Please contact the Head User Services and Research Support, Mr L. Naicker and respective Faculty Librarians regarding this.
More details and specific permissions are available from DALRO by e-mailing transactional.requests@dalro.co.za