International Open Access Week is upon us! The theme of 2023 is Community over Commercialization. Libraries are places of community, and – as has been meme’d online, possibly tracing back to Neil Gaiman – are one of the few public spaces people can visit without being expected to buy something. ‘The default setting of libraries […]
Read moreby Sara Benson, Copyright Librarian and Associate Professor, University Library, University of Illinois Chair, IFLA Copyright & Other Legal Matters (CLM) Committee One of the many exciting events to happen at this year’s World Library Congress in Dublin was the launch of a new volume in the IFLA Publication Series – Navigating Copyright for Libraries: Purpose […]
Read moreLibraries have a mission to put global information into the hands of people, wherever they are. Through their own collections policies, inter-library loan and document supply, and advocacy for internet provision and open access, they help overcome barriers to information.
Read moreIt’s great when things work out. But that’s not always the case – inevitably, some of the things we try will fail. Yet this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. When things don’t work, we have an opportunity to reflect on why this is the case – what could the causes be? Can we do anything […]
Read moreWe are happy to publish a guest blog, by Omo Oaiya, Chief Strategy Officer, WACREN and Pamela Abbott, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Head of the Information Systems Research Group, Global Challenges Research Fund Lead, Deputy Programme Coordinator at the Information School | The University of Sheffield. This shares experience about an exciting collaboration which has brought together three key elements of […]
Read moreIn four weeks’ time, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is inviting representatives of governments and civil society to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, under the theme “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: take your ideas to market”. IFLA will be taking the opportunity to celebrate the importance of the work done by library professionals to support […]
Read moreThis week is Fair use and Fair dealing week, organised by the Association of Research Libraries! It is a week to celebrate these doctrines implemented in many countries all around the world and the copyright provisions that allow libraries to benefit from flexibility to continue their missions. Although libraries have similar missions around the world, […]
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