Academic staff at ATU Sligo recommend resources for their students to read or consult. They may mention items in class, provide lists, or create series of links in Moodle. The resources may be available through the Yeats Library, or the students may be expected to purchase them, or they may be freely accessible online. Use of resources on campus is expected to be within the terms of the copyright legislation and the Institute's licence from the Irish Copyright Licencing Agency.
Many of the print books regularly used by students on Institute programmes do not have an electronic licence available for purchase. Where licences are available, they may be of different types with different prices: single simultaneous user, 3 simultaneous user, non linear lending (325 loan days total per year), unlimited site access.
Sometimes, the latest edition will be available in print but and earlier edition will be available as an ebook.
The Library will need the advice of academic staff in choosing the most appropriate licence for a particular title.
Where an electronic licence is not available, it may be possible to choose an alternative title.
Freely available online collections such as Openstax may include suitable books for use.