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The paper attempts to:
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Provide an overview of the issues relating to eBooks in libraries;
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Summarise the current positions of publishers in both the scholarly publishing and
trade publishing sectors;
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Summarise the differences in the way that academic/research libraries and public
libraries address the issue of digital collections;
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Address the legal context for eLending and library principles that must be upheld in
any suitable models;
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Provide a detailed legal analysis of e-Lending
E-Lending might be defined as “making a digital object available for use for a limited period
of time and not for direct or indirect economic or commercial advantage”
In practice e-Lending is done :
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Either by giving the user access to the work for a period of time, after which the
access is denied,
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Or by letting the user download a self destructive version of the work to his own PC
or reading device, so that the file is destroyed after a pre-determined period of time.
For the purpose of enabling e-Lending:
we need licensing solutions, e.g. via agreements with publisher’s organizations on
standardized licensing terms which enable libraries to make available on reasonable and
fair condition to their users works published in electronic format chosen by the library.
For the purpose of preserving the cultural heritage:
we need legal support to collect, preserve and make available all works published in
electronic formats. This work has already started with TLIB being presented in WIPO.
Source. Ifla.org/news
LIBRARIES STAYING RELEVANT
There’s no question about it: libraries worldwide are undergoing drastic changes. In many
countries, libraries are in the process of evolving from “warehouses for old books” to vibrant
centers of community, providing high value services that go above and beyond the
“traditional” library that we know.In the midst of all this change, there is much talk about the
efficacy of the library, and whether or not we need them. Naysayers contend that libraries
are passé, and are remnants of a society that we’ve outgrown. However, studies show that
libraries are still very much in demand, are highly used, and are central to communities
everywhere.
A Pew Research study indicated that libraries are, in fact, more relevant than ever. The
study showed that Americans were increasingly using the library in 2012, for services other
than borrowing books. For instance, libraries reported that 15% of Americans aged 16 and
older borrowed magazines and journals, and 14% borrowed newspapers. The library also
saw increases in the circulation of e-books and audio books.
Library PressDisplay is the perfect ad dition to libraries everywhere, providing yet another
way for libraries to transition into Digital and reach out further to their patrons. With offline
and remote access available, library patrons can access a collection of more than 2,300 fullcontent, digitally enhanced newspapers and magazines.Source: Library PressDisplay Blog,
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