New EIFL Guide: Developing a Library Copyright Policy

Recently released. Summary via IFLA.

EIFL, Electronic information for Libraries, released a new guide “Developing a Library Copyright Policy”. This guide is intended to highlight issues when a library is considering the creation of a copyright policy, whether on its own initiative or as part of a wider institutional policy on intellectual property. It considers how to go about drafting a policy and the elements that a library copyright policy might contain.

• What is a library copyright policy?
• Why do libraries have one?
• Do I need a copyright policy?
• Creating one
• What do other library copyright policies look like?
• Examples of FAQs
• How to go about drafting a library copyright policy
• Education and promotion

Direct to Guide: Developing a Library Copyright Policy

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