[A2k] NEW! eIFL Handbook on Copyright and RelatedIssues forLibraries

Tue Jan 9 10:46:01 2007

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From:    "Denise Nicholson" <Nicholson.D@Library.wits.ac.za>
Date:    Tue, January 9, 2007 1:55 am
To:      "Denise Nicholson" <Nicholson.D@library.wits.ac.za>
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FYI,
Regards
Denise

The eIFL Handbook on Copyright and Related Issues for Libraries has
recently been launched. Sponsored by the UNESCO Information for All
Programme, this is a practical guide to topical legal questions
affecting the information work of libraries in the fast moving digital

environment. Each topic is described briefly, the main policy aspects
for libraries are outlined, and there are links to library policy
statements for further reading. The topics are

- the Relationship between Copyright and Contract Law: Electronic
Resources and Library Consortia;
- Technological Protection Measures - the "triple lock";
- Copyright, the Duration of Protection and the Public Domain;
- Orphaned works;
- Collective Rights Management;
- Public lending right;
- the Database Right - Europe's Experiment;
- Creative Commons: an "open content" licence;
- Open Access to Scholarly Communications;
- Copyright and Trade Agreements;
- International Policy Making: a Development Agenda for WIPO;
- National Policy Making: Advocating for Fair Copyright Laws.

Please circulate this message to your lists. The complete Handbook, as

well as the individual topics, are available for download on the eIFL
website: http://www.eifl.net/services/handbook.htm

Please re-use and translate any topics in the Handbook, for example,
you
could use the information for presentations at events or as a base for
a
position statement. Then send me the translation and I will put it
online.

Please let me know if there are other topics you would like to see
covered. I am missing position statements and policy documents from
eIFL
member countries, please send me links if you know of any.

If you would like hard copies, please contact me.

I hope the Handbook is useful and I will be glad of any feedback.

Teresa

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Copyright Services Librarian
University of the Witwatersrand, The Library
1 Jan Smuts Ave., Johannesburg, 2001, South Africa
Private Bag X1, WITS, 2050, South Africa
Tel. No. +27 11 717 1929; Fax No. +27 11 403-1421
Email : Nicholson.D@library.wits.ac.za
website : www.wits.ac.za/library/services/copyright

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