Copyright (c) 2013 Purdue University All rights reserved. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers Recent Events in 2004 IATUL Proceedings en-us Wed, 15 May 2013 20:01:36 PDT 3600 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/54 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/54 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Development in technology has brought to the libraries new kind of resources. Digital works such as books, periodicals and other materials are now in libraries collections. In spite of the fact that basic principles of copyright remain the same for ”traditional” and digital works. Copyright in digital environment is much more difficult to control because of the ease of creation, modification and distribution of digital copies over networks. Libraries help copyright holders to protect digital works against copyright infringements. On the other hand they represent also users of protected materials, and have a crucial role to play in ensuring the access to books and periodicals regardless of technological innovation. The question is who’s rights should be more protected by libraries? The paper addresses a number of rules and positions concerning copyright in digital world. Main part of the paper presents copyright law developments starting with TRIPS and Berne Convention through WIPO Treaties ending with Copyright Directive, particularly focusing on limitations and exceptions to copyright in the digital environment. This paper describes also positions concerning the copyright in the digital environment including IFLA and LACA position ”Digital is not different”, EBLIDA position on Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights and EBLIDA Position Paper on WIPO Copyright Treaties. The paper concludes with description of recent developments in the Polish Copyright and Neighbouring Rights.

]]> Barbara Szczepańska http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/53 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/53 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Amir Parsi Esfahani et al. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/52 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/52 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Milena Matasovska Tetrevova et al. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/51 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/51 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Earle Gow http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/50 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/50 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Roser Gomez Enrich et al. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/49 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/49 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT In the past few years, libraries, including academic libraries, became not only a place in which users could find information supporting teaching and research, but also hubs for patron access to the Internet and its vast resources. However, the Internet is not a “good boy”, and the information easily found with search engines or peer-to-peer programs may be used for bad goals. Should academic libraries promote unrestricted access to the Internet for the sake of people’s right to open access to information, or should they rather restrict and filter the incoming information to that actually related to the subjects of studies? If information is to be restricted, then to what and how should it be restricted? Another question is what is legal in the library and what is not? For example: is it legal to install and use peer-to-peer programs like eMule or Kazaa? Ninety-nine percent of the time they are used for downloading music, video and program files from other users. In most countries it is illegal to distribute music and movies in the form of electronic files, but the related legislation is in many aspects still not precise. So what should library policy be towards the Internet access and use in the library? Quite often the problems of misusing Internet tools extend from user to staff and pose the following question: what is allowed for library staff regarding the use of Internet and how deeply should the managers control the staff activities and content of their PC-s? The paper will aim at describing

]]> Błażej Feret et al. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/48 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/48 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Cary Bruce http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/47 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/47 Mon, 31 May 2004 00:00:00 PDT In previous papers delivered at IATUL Conferences, I described the TriUniversity Group (TUG) library collaboration. I spoke of the advantages and reported that three academic libraries, large (University of Waterloo) medium (University of Guelph) and small (Wilfrid Laurier University) were working together creatively to address a number of issues: • Remote storage of little used library materials, • Development of a web-based, unified and integrated online “catalogue”, • Joint purchases of online resources, and • Rationalization of information resources This pioneering collaborative undertaking, initiated in 1995, is now widely emulated, with some success. The TUG librarians found that collaboration is difficult. In collaborative efforts of this size, we need to ensure that we pay attention to the development of the organization. We realized that we needed to bring to the forefront the effect on the cultural environment. We had to examine the collaborative mission in the light of individual and institutional values. What is behind the differences in rules and regulations, for example? We recognized that before we collaborate successful we needed to encourage library staff to examine the organizational changes that collaboration was causing. As the Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph observed, “The most important factor in successful collaborations is human relationships. The biggest investment will not be in hardware or in software, but in people”. Librarians practically invented collaboration between universities. We have learned to work cooperatively in order to best serve the needs of our user communities. This keynote paper will remove library collaboration from specific institutions in an attempt to identify the factors that might predict the success of library collaboration and analyze the reasons some collaborative efforts are successful. What elements need to be present to make a collaborative library project work?

]]> Murray Shepherd http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/46 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/46 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT Grace Saw et al. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/45 http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iatul/2004/papers/45 Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:00:00 PDT The paper aims to reflect on the aims of contemporary regional library co-operation, its reasons, forms and types of co-operation. It introduces the concept of regional co-operation, follows the historical development of its types, forms, models, and complexity. The emphasis is on the essential difference of modern library co-operation from earlier periods, its drivers and inhibitors, main actors and ultimate possibilities that is open as an intermediary level between local and international library work.

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