与图书馆和档案馆相关的著作权例外和限制原则的声明The Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries by eIFL, IFLA and LCA are now available in Chinese. Many thanks to Ms Lingling Zhou, National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the translation.This is the sixth translation available, representing almost one new language per ...

Déclaration De Principes sur les Exceptions et Limitations Du Droit D'auteur pour les Bibliothèques et Archives par eIFL, IFLA, Library Copyright Alliance.The Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries by eIFL, IFLA and LCA is available in French. Big thanks to our colleagues in Senegal, Mr Assane Faye and Ms Awa Cissé for undertaking the translation. Merci ...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net), and other international copyright experts have joined together to launch Copyright Watch - a public website created to centralise resources on national copyright laws at www.copyright-watch.org. Copyright Watch is the first comprehensive and up-to-date online repository of national copyright laws. To ...

The Statement of Principles on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries by eIFL, IFLA and LCA are available online in English and Polish. The international library community believes that there is an immediate need for a new understanding of the role of copyright exceptions and limitations in the 21st century and for corresponding action on the part of governments to include provisions ...

The eIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright Including Model Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Consumers is available online.The eIFL-IP Draft Law on Copyright is a practical guide to assist librarians, as well as their legal advisors and policy makers, when national laws are being updated. It contains provisions that support access to knowledge and the public interest of ...

eIFL.net and IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) held a high level meeting on 30 June 2009 in Geneva with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Mr. Francis Gurry. The main objective of the meeting was to discuss areas where the international library community would like to work more closely with WIPO, such as the ...

At the Second Global eIFL-IP conference in Istanbul in March 2009, librarians from thirty-nine developing and transition countries decided to highlight the importance of users’ rights for libraries and education to mark the occasion of World Book and Copyright Day on April 23rd, 2009.Read the press release and the statement.

eIFL-IP returns to Istanbul in March for the second global conference for eIFL-IP coordinators

Copyright Watch: an online resource Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are pleased to be the founding partners for "Copyright Watch: an online resource", a collaborative effort to build a central, publicly accessible, online collection of national copyright laws and related documents. There is no single resource that is current ...

The WIPO Study on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives prepared by Professor Kenneth Crews, Columbia University, USA is available in French and Spanish.Étude sur les limitations et exceptions au droit d’auteur en faveur des bibliothèques et des services d’archives Estudio sobre las limitaciones y excepciones al derecho de autor en beneficio de ...

The eIFL response to the European Commission Green Paper "Copyright in the Knowledge Economy" is available online. eIFL made general remarks, including how the EU copyright acquis impacts on eIFL members worldwide, and responded to specific questions on exceptions and limitations for libraries, people with disabilities, and teaching and research. Read the response here.

Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net) welcomes the publication of a new study on copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives. The study was commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and prepared by Professor Kenneth Crews, Columbia University, USA. For the first time, library exceptions have been gathered from 149 countries, providing an ...

The 2009 global eIFL-IP conference will take place in Istanbul on 26-28 March 2009. This is the second global conference and an opportunity for eIFL copyright librarians to share knowledge and experience and to learn about latest developments in copyright from international speakers. A small organising committee will help to develop the programme. More soon!

This ia a joint conference co-organised by eIFL, IFLA and EBLIDA. The local organisation is by our colleagues in eIFL Direct Moldova. For more details, click here.

Teresa Hackett, Programme Manager eIFL-IP, will speak on "Croatian Copyright Law: the Impact of International Treaties and European Law". More information at: http://nippur.irb.hr/szi_2008/eng/szi_program.htm

Associates at the Mortensen Center for International Library Programs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are road-testing the first modules of a new copyright course for librarians during September and October 2008. The course is under development by eIFL and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. The Mortenson Associates come from Colombia, Ghana, ...

Teresa Hackett, eIFL-IP Programme Manager, will deliver the 18th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture at the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs on 17th September 2008. The Mortenson Center seeks to strengthen international ties among libraries and librarians, regardless of geographic location or access to technology. Over 700 librarians from 89 countries have already taken ...

In April, eIFL.net was interviewed by Ahrash Bissell, Executive Director of ccLearn, a division of Creative Commons dedicated to realizing thefull potential of the Internet to support open learning and open educational resources (OER). Rima Kupryte, eIFL.net Director and Iryna Kuchma, Program Manager of eIFL-OA (Open Access) discussed open access, open education and thecommon goals of eIFL and ...

Advocacy for Access to Knowledge: copyright and libraries. eIFL-IP global conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 April 2008 Participants from forty eIFL member countries spent two days updating their knowledge and sharing experiences on the policy and practice of copyright law. The first day focused on practical issues faced by librarians in their daily work, such as copyright and library ...

In October 2007, we began the search for a name for the eIFL-Berkman library copyright course that would accurately describe the different elements: it’s about copyright, from the perspective of libraries, it’s a training course and it’s delivered remotely. We received lots of creative and thoughtful acronyms and descriptive titles from eIFL members and colleagues. After much ...