If you are attending SLA 2014 in Vancouver, please come to our Spotlight Presentation on State Government Information and the Copyright Conundrum! Monday June 9, 4-5pm.
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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Missed our NCSL Webinar or want to listen again? It’s available online!
Global Copyright Policies Impact Us All!
On May 6, IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) posted this article:
“EU rejects international solution to library and archive copyright problems; causes collapse of WIPO meeting”
While FSGI’s focus in primarily on state government information, we are keeping an eye out for copyright discussion and policies across the globe that can support or detract from the work we are doing.
This particular WIPO discussion had to with copyright exceptions for libraries and archives; which according to the news coverage, the EU balked at.
See more coverage from IP Watch : “Hopes Dampened For Copyright Exceptions For Libraries/Archives At WIPO”
Take our Survey!
We created this survey for the participants of the NCSL Webinar on May 7. It was designed to help us gain a better understanding of the participants views and actual policy environments in which they work, in terms of copyright of state agency publications.
The questions are a reflection of issues and real concerns that we have encountered in the literature, including case law, and when speaking with state agency staff.
We are interested in your responses, even after the Webinar! So if you were a participant and didn’t have a chance to fill it out please do so! We also want to encourage any one else to take this survey. We value gaining a better insight into the issue of copyright and state government information.
The Goals of the Survey:
- Gauge participants’ perceptions, knowledge and understanding of the the issue.
- Gauge participants’ level concern about placing items in the public domain.
- Determine if there is consensus for copyrighting specific types of state publications.
- Raise awareness in order to move into action.
May 7 Webinar: State Government Information and the Copyright Conundrum!
We’d like to thank the National Conference of State Legislatures, Legislative Research Librarians Section for inviting us to give a talk about the issue and FSGI!!!
See: http://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislative-staff/research-librarians/webinar-state-government-information-and-the-copyright-conundrum.aspx