To submit your list, you will need to:

• Ideally publish your lists for each term by the announced deadline so that we have time to acquire all needed resources. The deadlines will be communicated directly via email to all list owners, as well as to department heads and Reading List Liaison Officers, in addition to being advertised on Warwick Talis website and our Reading List website information. We will continue to accept lists after these deadlines, but please be aware that we then cannot guarantee all resources will be available before the beginning of the relevant Term.
  • Ideally publish your list by 31 July, so that we have time to acquire all needed resources. We will continue to accept lists after 31 July, but please be aware that we then cannot guarantee all resources will be available before the beginning of Term 1
  • Indicate the number (estimated if not known exactly) of students taking the module
  • Indicate reading importances for each item on the list: at Warwick we use 4 categories of reading importance: student purchase, essential, recommended, or further. For each item on your list you should select a reading importance and this will then determine what format and / or number of copies is purchased. Most lists include a combination of essential and further (or background) readings
  • Ensure the Term(s) when the module will take place is indicated in the title
• We will scan specified chapters/extracts from a text where possible. If you are setting more than one chapter or extract from the same text, please clearly indicate which should be prioritised for scanning
• In order to focus Library resources on the acquisition of required readings, and to enable immediate access to information on reading lists by students, lists should be created or updated by module leaders. This approach gives you, as the module leader, full ownership and control of your reading list. You can easily check the status of any required new purchases/chapter scans, and any changes you make can be seen by your students as soon as you publish them, without having to wait on the reading list team to action your request, which can take up to a few weeks during peak periods. This will also mean that the Library team can direct resources to prevent backlogs in acquiring required resources and in supporting academics with their enquiries in a more timely manner

• 3 May 2022: All 2021/22 published lists on Talis Aspire also became available as 2022/23 drafts for editing / publishing (‘rollover’). Please note: Draft lists are not visible to students – they only become visible once published
• May – July 2022: All teaching staff to:
  • Login to Talis Aspire – creating a profile if prompted – to check whether a reading list for their module is already on the system (search Warwick Reading Lists for modules)
  • If a Reading List is already on Aspire and if the module is running in 2022/23: check the draft, make any changes required – in particular ensure that all essential and recommended readings are available electronically - and publish
  • If a Reading List is not on Aspire and/or help and support is needed: contact: readinglists dot library at warwick dot ac dot uk for help and advice in setting up a new list and linking it to the correct module in the hierarchy
• May – October 2022: Library staff will focus on processing Term 1 and year-long lists as they arrive, in date order. We may contact you if there are any elements of your list which require clarification and / or if your list is particularly long
• October 2022: Library staff will begin to archive the bulk of 2021/22 lists (with the exception of several departments), unless notified otherwise.
• November 2022-March 2023: Library staff will focus on processing Term 2 lists and updates to previously submitted lists as they arrive, in date order. We may contact you if there are any elements of your list which require clarification and/or if your list is particularly long
• April-May 2023: Library staff will focus on processing Term 3 and Summer School Term lists, as well as updates to previously submitted lists as they arrive, in date order. We may contact you if there are any elements of your list which require clarification and/or if your list is particularly long
• W/C 24 April 2023: Library staff will archive any remaining draft lists in preparation for the rollover, as well as chase up any lists which Talis considers “published with unpublished changes” to ensure these changes are reflected in the rollover copy.
• 3 May 2023: All 2022/23 published lists on Talis Aspire become available as 2023/24 drafts for editing / publishing (‘rollover’). Please note: Draft lists are not visible to students – they only become visible once published
• May – July 2023: All teaching staff to:

• • Login to Talis Aspire – creating a profile if prompted – to check whether a reading list for their module is already on the system (search Warwick Reading Lists for modules)
  • If a Reading List is already on Aspire and if the module is running in 2023/24: check the draft, make any changes required – in particular ensure that all essential and recommended readings are available electronically - and publish
  • If a Reading List is not on Aspire and/or help and support is needed: contact us for help and advice in setting up a new list and linking it to the correct module in the hierarchy
  • Year-round: Library staff will offer training for individuals on Talis Aspire. Bespoke sessions for your Department can also be arranged on demand, ideally between May and October. All such training can be conducted either on-line (via Microsoft Teams) or face to face
• July 31st 2023: Deadline for Term 1 23/24 reading lists
• Year-round: Library staff will offer training for individuals on Talis Aspire. Bespoke sessions for your Department can also be arranged on demand, ideally between May and October. All such training can be conducted either on-line (via Microsoft Teams) or face to face

• In order to ensure access to key reading materials, we aim to provide essential readings electronically as e-books, e-journal articles or as copyright cleared article or chapter scans
• Please note that not all books are available in e-book form
• Please also note that limited elements of a work can legally be scanned - you can copy up to the following amount for each module, whichever is the greater:
  • one whole chapter from a book
  • one whole article from a magazine/journal issue
  • one whole scene from a play
  • one whole paper from a set of conference proceedings
  • one whole report of a single case from a volume of judicial proceedings
  • one short story, poem or play (not exceeding 10 pages in length) from an anthology
• or    
  • 10% of the total publication
• We will indicate on your list if a book is not available in e-book format, and we can help you to identify alternative sources you may wish to recommend

Our aim is to ensure that students can complete the reading they need to and to support them in their reading strategies. This means that the Library will:

• Purchase e-books for essential and recommended readings (and will secure the best possible e-book access model), and will not purchase more than a single print copy
• Work with you to identify alternative readings to those not available as e-books, where necessary
• Only purchase additional print materials where there is no e-book alternative