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Sitdikova, Roza Iosifovna; Starostina, Ekaterina Sergeevna; Kashapova, Elvina Rustemovna; Baryshev, Sergey Alexandrovich – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Copyright is a legal term that defines the rights that are given to the owners of the works in return for their intellectual and artistic works (according to the World Intellectual Property Organization). It establishes an appropriate balance between the benefits of the owner of the work and the common good. Apart from the exclusive rights of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Federal Legislation
Adu, Theresa L.; van der Walt, Thomas B. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2022
A theoretical framework can offer an important means for understanding and delineating the complex issues of copyright law and its ramifications facing researchers and academic libraries. This study draws lessons from the literature on how copyright theories can inform practice in libraries. It describes strengths and weaknesses in each of the…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Laws, Legislation, Academic Libraries
Khair, Muhamad Helmi Muhamad; Hashim, Haswira Nor Mohamad – Asian Journal of University Education, 2020
Orphan works are works that are still protected by copyright and whose owners cannot be identified or located by prospective users for copyright clearance. Many countries have addressed this issue since the emergence of the problem, and it remains a legitimate subject of inquiry in this present day. However, Malaysia is yet to initiate public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Copyrights, Authors, Laws
Pistorius, Tana; Mwim, Odirachukwu S. – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 2019
Background: The evolution in digital technologies has had an enormous impact on traditional copyright notions. Works in digital form have uniform characteristics and these works can be copied, distributed and stored with ease. Objectives: The focus of this article was how to attain a balance between the need to promote access to works and…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Copyrights, Laws, Intellectual Property
Butler, Rebecca P. – Knowledge Quest, 2016
School librarians work with a variety of individuals; the largest groups are usually made up of students (most often K-12, but perhaps also preschoolers), teachers, and administrators. However, it is also possible that school staff, students' parents and guardians, and even the community at large might participate in school library functions and…
Descriptors: Copyrights, School Libraries, Librarians, Definitions
Saarti, Jarmo; Tuominen, Kimmo – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2017
Introduction: Even though the current publishing model is based on digital dissemination, it still utilizes some of the basic principles of printed culture. Recently a policy emphasis towards open access has been set for publicly funded research. This paper reports on a study of the practices, business models and values linked with scholarly…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Writing for Publication, Electronic Publishing, Open Source Technology
Seroff, Jole – Knowledge Quest, 2015
In this article, the author states that school librarians can contribute to an atmosphere that supports intellectual freedom by drawing attention to the subtle messages about community values--messages that are communicated by virtue of what is included or excluded from curricular and co-curricular offerings. The author address issues with…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, School Libraries
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2015
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) Special Issue on Copyright (Prudence S. Adler); (2) Fair…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Research Libraries, Access to Information, Court Litigation
Bottando, Evelyn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation analyzes the legal, social, technological, and cultural environment that gave rise to Google's library partnership program in order to propose an institutional corrective to Google's project to digitize cultural heritage. Interview research done with those actively involved with Google's project revealed the need for a history of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Access to Information, Institutional Cooperation, Search Engines
Gwyer, Roisin – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
This article compares three sources of information about academic libraries to consider what the future could hold and the skills needed to deliver effective services within that future. The starting point is the contents of "New Review of Academic Librarianship" (formerly "British Journal of Academic Librarianship") from 1986,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Mixed Methods Research, Trend Analysis, Content Analysis
Frantsvog, Dean A. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
In the United States and much of the world, the current framework of intellectual property laws revolves around protecting others from tampering with an author's work. The copyright holder decides who can use it, who can change it, and who can share. There is a growing school of thought, though, that holds that intellectual creations should be…
Descriptors: Certification, Open Source Technology, Copyrights, Intellectual Property
Lamlert, Wariya – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
In this society of digital environment, to keep pace with the technological change that causes the difficulties of information access together with royalty fees remunerated for making use of copyrighted materials, Creative Commons (CC) license is introduced. However, debates on the issues of copyright and CC license have widely arisen. This…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Certification, Access to Information, Information Utilization
Norbury, Keith – Campus Technology, 2012
Lecture capture technology has advanced to a point where implementing a solution can be disarmingly simple. But it is important for faculty and administrators not to be lulled into a false sense of security--recording faculty and guest lectures still comes with its share of legal issues covering copyright, intellectual property rights,…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Legal Problems, Lecture Method, Intellectual Property
Jaeger, Paul T.; Bertot, John Carlo; Gorham, Ursula – Library Quarterly, 2013
Public libraries are heavily affected by political and policy-making processes that shape the funding, activities, and roles of libraries in society, with the explosion of information policy decisions in the past two decades significantly increasing the responsibilities of libraries while also increasing limitations on their activities. Research…
Descriptors: Information Policy, Public Libraries, Information Science, Information Science Education
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2012
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") is a quarterly report from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). This issue includes the following articles: (1) Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues (Peter B.…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Risk Management, Library Associations, Librarians