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Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)

Call for nominations:
Term of office
2007-2011

To:
All Association Members of IFLA
Institutional Members of IFLA

Please note:
This call for nominations with the nominations forms has already been sent by mail to all members concerned.


On behalf of the Governing Board of IFLA, I invite your Association & Institution to nominate an individual to a place on the IFLA/CLM Committee.

The deadline for the receipt of nominations at IFLA Headquarters is Wednesday, 7 February 2007.
No late submissions will be accepted.

The Committee advises the Federation and its constituent groups on:
  • Copyright and intellectual property
  • Economic and trade barriers to the acquisition of library and information materials
  • Disputed claims of ownership of library and information materials
  • Authenticity of electronic texts
  • Subscription and licence agreements
  • Other legal matters of international significance to library and information services

The Governing Board of IFLA decided at its meeting on 26 August 2006 in Seoul that the term of office will be 4 years (instead of 3 years) as from 2007. This will bring them in line with the terms of office of other IFLA bodies. It means that the current nominations are for the period 2007-2011, renewable once. The maximum term will therefore be 8 years.

Only those who are completing their first term are eligible for nomination for a second term.

Only one nomination will be accepted from each IFLA member. In selecting the members of the Committee from amongst those nominated, the Governing Board has adopted a policy of appointing only one member from any one country. The Board also takes into account the need to ensure wide geographical representation on the Committee. IFLA Members are urged to nominate only those who have significant interest and expertise in the issues within the Committee's terms of reference.

Nominees should have:
  • a reasonable expectation of being able to attend (without cost to IFLA) the business and professional meetings of the Committee. The meetings are usually held before and during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress beginning in Durban (South Africa) in 2007 and up to and including 2011. Congress venues have been decided for 2008 (Quebec City, Canada) and 2009 ( Milan, Italy). Venues for 2010 and 2011 have not yet been determined;
  • the ability to report authoritatively on the state of affairs in their own countries and regions in respect of copyright and other legal matters listed above;
  • demonstrated knowledge about and activity focused on copyright and libraries within their country;
  • a working knowledge of at least one of the working languages of IFLA (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish and Russian). Since the business meetings of IFLA tend to be conducted in English, reasonable fluency in this language is highly desirable; and
  • the ability and willingness to contribute regularly to the work of the committee in between congresses by email.

The completed nomination forms will be sent to the chair of the Committee, Winston Tabb. He will be asked to make recommendations to the Governing Board on the selection of names from amongst those nominated.

The maximum size of the committee is 27 members .

The Governing Board will appoint the members of the Committee at its meeting during the week beginning 23 April 2007. Successful nominees will be informed as soon as possible after the meeting so that they can make arrangements to attend the World Library and Information Congress in Durban, 19-23 August 2007.

Please use only the nomination forms sent by mail.

It must be signed by the authorised signatory. This is the individual who is listed in IFLA's records as the organization's highest official and whose name appears on the nomination form.

Peter Johan Lor
Secretary General