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Administrative MattersDespite our good intentions to produce two issues a year, this is our first Newsletter since May 1994. However, we have been very busy during the past 16 months promoting the concept of UAP through conferences, meetings and publications as well as working on various projects which we hope will provide some solutions to a few of the many barriers to UAP.Interlending newsPICA, Centre for Library Automation, Leiden, Netherlands asks libraries to stop sending international interlending requests there. Addresses of libraries in the Netherlands, which accept requests, can be found in the new edition of A Guide to Centres of International Lending.ProjectsA lot of time over the last year has been spent on the various projects listed below. Some of the projects were conducted by IFLA, others in partnership with other organisations.ISBN SurveyThe results of the survey into the use of ISBNs by libraries were published in ISBN Review 1994 (15). Interlibrary loans and fictionThe results of the surveys carried out by the Office were incorporated in an article on fiction in Interlending and Document Supply, 1994, 22(3). This pointed out the need for further research and also argued that fiction should be treated no differently from other materials. IFLA Fax GuidelinesGuidelines on the use of fax in interlending requests are now available from the Office. They include samples of recommended layout. The Guidelines will be translated into all the IFLA languages; a German version is already available. Library TwinningDuring the coming year the Office will be involved in setting up a library twinning system. The idea behind the twinning project is to facilitate the establishment of a twinning relationship between libraries seeking such a relationship. Although twinning is seen primarily as something between developed and developing countries, there is no reason why libraries in countries with a Socialist background could not be included as could libraries in developed countries which have barriers to easy communication. Whatever the combination participants must be willing to contribute positively to any twinning arrangement to bring benefit to both partners. The project is being sponsored by UNESCO. The IFLA Voucher SchemeWe have been delighted with the progress of the pilot project of the IFLA Voucher Payment Scheme for international interlending. The Scheme is an alternative payment method for international interlending transactions, and is based on reusable plastic vouchers, which can be circulated among libraries any number of times. The vouchers remove the need to pay cash invoices, which can be costly for both requesting and supplying library. The research and implementation of the Scheme has been supported by generous funding from the British Library and by contributions from national libraries following discussion of the Scheme by the CDNL (Conference of Directors of National Libraries). Initial research into the Scheme has now been completed, and in January 1995, a two-year pilot project was begun, to test the use of the Scheme. In the pilot project, the vouchers are on sale to any library which wishes to participate. Already about 40 libraries have purchased a supply of vouchers, and they are now beginning to be used as currency between libraries throughout the world. Several national libraries are participating, as well as other libraries from 15 different countries. A small, separate trial of the Scheme is also being held in West Africa. We are also hopeful that a number of other projects can be established in other less developed regions, if the necessary funding can be found. A leaflet describing the Scheme is available from the Office, in English or French. MURIELThe Office is involved in MURIEL (Multimedia Education System For Librarians Introducing Remote Interactive Processing of Electronic Documents), a two year project which began in January 1995. MURIEL aims to create, demonstrate and evaluate a multimedia interactive training system for librarians. MURIEL will be a remote self-learning system accessed over existing Local Area Networks and Integrated Services Digital Network. Copyright implications will be investigated. EXLIBThe EXLIB (Expansion of European Library Systems for the Visually Disabled) project has now ended. It culminated in a dissemination seminar in Madrid in November 1994. A series of reports, which include models and guidelines, are available in print, disc or braille. COPEARMS & IMPRIMATURAnother project in which the Office is a partner is COPEARMS (Co-ordinating Project for Electronic Authors' Rights Management System). This major project will co-ordinate several smaller projects working in the intellectual property rights (IPR) area, work on standardisation within those projects, create an IPR forum on the Internet and arrange workshops and an international conference. Another major activity will be to collaborate with project IMPRIMATUR to ensure consensus and the development of systems able to work together. Copyright in Transmitted Electronic Documents (CITED)Two CITED Special Interest Group meetings have been held this year. The meetings, held in Vienna and Athens, continued the theme of protecting and accessing electronic data. Both were effective in establishing awareness of current work in this area and although no further meetings are currently planned, other projects in which the Office is involved will be arranging meetings and workshops on similar topics. The work on CITED is being continued in Project COPICAT and COPYSMART, examining the implementation of the CITED concept in distance learning and smart card environments respectively. This work is primarily being done through the British Library but has major implications for UAP. Conferences and meetingsGL'95The Second International Conference on Grey Literature will be held at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC on 2-3 November 1995. Entitled "Grey Exploitations in the 21st Century" the conference is sponsored by Catholic University of America, the European Association for Grey Literature Exploitation, FID and the International Translation Centre along with representation from other international organisations including IFLA. For further information contact: GreyNetKoninginneweg 201-1, 1075 CR Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel/Fax: 31 (0) 20 671 1818. Email: GreyNet@inter.nl.net Bibliothèques sans frontièresThe Office presented a paper at this meeting held in December 1994. It covered a wide range of topics including improving access to information, copyright, restitution of cultural heritage, legal deposit and the introduction of new technology in libraries. Participants came primarily from France and Eastern Europe and the meeting was efficiently organised by the Library for Foreign Literature in Moscow and the Bibliothèque Publique d'Information in Paris. Resourcing Academic LibrariesThis conference was held in Münster (northern Germany) in February. Graham Cornish outlined the problems facing academic libraries in trying to cope with the increased flow of information, emphasising the challenges of the digital word in terms of copyright, user interfaces and cooperation. UAP WorkshopsA UAP workshop for Francophone West Africa took place in July 1994 organised by the Bibliothèque nationale in Abidjan, the IFLA Regional Office in Dakar and the IFLA UAP Programme with funding from Unesco. Over 60 librarians attended from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Discussions covered interlibrary loan and access to new technology, models for document supply centres and the IFLA voucher to facilitate international interlibrary transactions, the publishing situation in Côte d'Ivoire and the potential impact of new technology on information access. Recommendations were made for increasing regional and national networks to facilitate availability of publications, intensifying interlibrary co-operation and providing documentation centres with information technology where possible. A similar workshop was held in Bangkok in January 1995 for South East Asian countries. Representatives from Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam described the problems of UAP in their countries and region and sought solutions. The papers from the Workshop have been published under the title From Palm Leaves to PCs (see under Publications). 4th. Interlending & Document Supply International ConferenceThis was held in Calgary in June 1995 in co-operation with the National Library of Canada and the journal Interlending & Document Supply with the support of several commercial sponsors. The Programme, through OIL, played an active role in preparing the programme and was responsible for the keynote speech on the role of national libraries in document supply. The papers will be published through the UAP Office (see Publications). IFLA ConferencesThe Programme has played a very active role in the conferences in both Havana and Istanbul, participating in workshops and sessions relevant to the aims and objectives of the Programme. The links with the Section in Document Delivery and Interlending have been maintained and the Programme Office continues to sit on that committee as an observer in the role of Manager of the Office for International Lending. RepresentationThe Office continues to be represented on the Share the Vision Project, a UK initiative to improve library provision for the visually impaired.The Office has been very active in the 'Opportunities in Europe Group', a group of library and information professionals seeking to participate in the development of library and information services throughout Europe. Graham Cornish was re-elected as Secretary of the Group and Judy Watkins remains Treasurer. The Office is still a member of the Information for Development Co-ordinating Committee (IDCC). Representation still continues on various copyright committees, particularly in the UK, and a careful watch is kept on legal trends which may limit availability and access. The Programme Officer is also a member of the ECUP (European Copyright Users Platform) which is being sponsored by the European Commission through EBLIDA (European Bureau for Library, Information and Documentation Associations) of which the UAP Office is an Associate Member. PublicationsDue to popular demand it was decided that The Guide to Centres of International Lending and Copying should be updated. The new edition will be available in two parts. The first, Guide to Centres of International Lending is now available and costs £15. The second, Guide to Centres of International Document Delivery, will include commercial document suppliers and is due to be published in late 1996.From Palm Leaves to PCs: Library Development in South East Asia contains the papers from the UAP workshop held in Bangkok in January 1995. The papers include overviews of library development and the publishing industry in South East Asia, as well as country reports from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The publication costs £5. There are plans to publish the proceedings from the 4th Interlending and Document Supply International Conference. This should be available early 1996. National Libraries of the World: an address list is updated regularly and is available free of charge. A complete list of publications is available from the Office on request. As part of its British Library activities The Office has published the CITED (Copyright in Transmitted Electronic Documents) Final Report, which is available from the Office and costs £25. The Office has also continued to publish semi-annual reviews and bibliographies in Interlending and Document Supply. It has also continued to compile the Miscellany section of the journal. Staff have also contributed a number of articles to professional journals in many countries on UAP, copyright law, electronic management systems, payment mechanisms and document delivery generally. CommunicationsThe staff of the Office remain the same, they are:Director of the UAP ProgrammeHead of IFLA Office for International Lending, and Programme Officer for UAPResearch OfficersMargaret Barwick Office AdministratorYou can contact all staff on a general Email address IFLA@bl.uk or individually by using the formula: firstname.lastname@bl.uk. The Office is fully linked to the Internet system. All staff can be reached on a general Email address IFLA@bl.uk and individual members of the team can be reached by using the formula: firstname.lastname@bl.uk. The General Office telephone number is +44 1937 546255 (which is also the number for Judy Watkins). Other numbers are:
Newsletter AvailabilityThe UAP newsletter can be received electronically. Contact the general address above or Pauline Connolly direct.
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