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Administrative mattersSarah Keates is now working on the organisation of a major international conference on the topic of exceptions to copyright protection ("fair use/dealing" and other issues). Judy Watkins and Pauline Connolly have resumed their previous tasks and the team has been joined by Louise Huddlestone as Office Administrator. Interlending newsThe Guide to Centres of International Document Delivery has been published and is selling well. Costing £320.00, it is available from the Office.ProjectsProjects continue to be funded by outside organisations and we are constantly looking for other organisations with which to work. Suggestions would be welcome!! Library TwinningThere has been a great deal of interest in the new IFLA Twinning Database, which has been created to act as a focal point to which all libraries can turn when seeking partners for a twinning arrangement. Libraries seeking a twinning partner are invited to contact the Office to express their interest. Based on the replies to a questionnaire which we ask you to complete, we will aim to match you with a library which suits your requirements. The role of the Office is limited to identifying a suitable library, and goes no further than providing initial contact details to each twin. The establishment and continuing survival of the relationship depends on the commitment of the partners, so libraries should be sure that they have the time, resources and energy to commit to the partnership before deciding to seek a twinning partner. The IFLA Twinning Project has received a large number of requests for twinning partners from libraries in less developed regions of the world. In general these libraries which are constantly seeking extra resources and support from outside their own region, are looking for twinning partners in richer countries which could offer donations of material and equipment, as well as the exchange of information to enhance professional development in both partners. If anyone is interested in forming links with a library in a less developed region, or would like more information about the Twinning project in general, we would be pleased to hear from you. The IFLA Voucher SchemeThe IFLA Voucher Scheme continues to attract more and more participants, and we now have over 150 listed libraries. We are sure that very many more libraries have begun to use the IFLA Vouchers without actually notifying us, so the actual number of users is likely to be much greater. We are especially pleased that several libraries in eastern Europe recently received funding from the Open Society Institute Soros Foundation to support a purchase of IFLA Vouchers. Since one of the original aims of the Voucher Scheme was to help all libraries and not just the richest this is great news. In particular, Bulgarian libraries have benefited from an enormous grant from the Soros Foundation, which should help them to improve their interlibrary loan services with the help of the IFLA Voucher Scheme. World Directory of Union CataloguesThe Union Catalogue project organised by the IFLA Section on Serial Publications, Section on Bibliography, Section on Document Delivery & Interlending and the ISBN and ISSN International Centres, has been slow to get going. Although questionnaires have been received from a huge number of libraries and union catalogue managers, and a test site now exists on IFLANET, there is still much work to be done in converting the data from the questionnaires into meaningful information. However, we should be able to report on a good deal of progress in the next Newsletter. Document Supply for AfricaThe Office is deeply involved in a project on electronic document requesting and delivery for Africa, which is sponsored by the Norwegian and Danish Aid Agencies. The Norwegian project is focusing on Kenya and is largely telecommunications-driven; the Danish project focuses on Ghana. The Office will organise training for Ghanaian librarians in document supply. Librarians from Ghana will visit the UK and Denmark and the Office will organise a training course for them in the UK, co-operating with the Forum on Interlending (FIL). Later this year the Director and Sara Gould will visit Ghana to run a training workshop there. MURIELThe MURIEL (Multimedia Education System for Librarians Introducing Remote Interactive Processing of Electronic Documents) Project was re-launched in November 1996. 2 new partners have joined the project and new software will be used to produce the electronic textbook for librarians, which will be available over Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). The chapters will be about Library Ethics and Libraries and the Internet. Leaflets and brochures about the project will soon be available and there will be a home page on the Internet International field trials of the system are scheduled to commence in April, the results will be evaluated and the system modified accordingly. Information about the project will be disseminated by articles and by demonstrations at conferences. The project is due to end in October 1997. After that it is envisaged that the software and courseware developed will be available for purchase by the library community. COPEARMSDuring March the COPEARMS Project held, in conjunction with the IMPRIMATUR Project, two events at the EVA Florence conference. The first was a concertation meeting dealing with security and access for multimedia, the second a Special Interest Group meeting about ECMS interoperability issues. Both events attracted a good number of delegates from a wide range of business and geographical backgrounds and resulted in some lively debate. The Concertation meeting, sponsored by the Information Engineering Programme of the European Commission, considered different methods of security being developed in Europe and the US and well as dealing with legal issues and current EC sponsored intellectual property rights initiatives. Planning is well underway for the Electronic Copyright Management Systems Conference to be held in London on 13 & 14 November. The two day conference will include introductions to the issues and workshops tackling specific concerns, such as user requirements, privacy issues, and document identifiers. The COPEARMS Project will be holding a series of SIGs and workshops dealing with ECMS issues through Europe. For further information contact Judy Watkins at the IFLA UAP Office. IMPRIMATUR (Intellectual Multimedia Property Rights Model and Terminology for Universal Reference)One of the aims of this project, in which The British Library Copyright Office is involved, is attempting to establish consensus within the information industry as to the balance of rights in the electronic environment globally. To this end a second Consensus Forum will be held in Stockholm in May. (COPICAT) Copyright Ownership Protection in Computer Assisted TrainingThis EC-funded project finished towards the end of 1996. A new open framework supporting models of electronic commerce, rights, integrity etc. has taken its place and is called OSPREY (Open Structure for Protecting Rights Electronically). The aim is to provide a clearing house of solutions to these issues enabling organisations to benefit from a pool of resources and from collaboration. COPYSMARTThe COPYSMART project aims to produce a prototype electronic copyright management system, which will work in a stand alone environment. The system will be able to track usage of electronic material, and to manage payments. Office staff, in their role as the British Library Copyright Office, will run a trial of the COPYSMART software. Other ProjectsThe Office is exploring one or two possibilities to take part in projects dealing with linguistic barriers to availability. This is an area which has not been addressed seriously by the Programme in the past. Conferences and meetingsThe UAP Director presented a paper at the conference on library technology, held in the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. He also attended the Unesco consultation on Information Ethics, held in Monte Carlo in March UAP WorkshopsHopes for a Latin American workshop are being revived! IFLA ConferencesAs this issue goes to press the conference on the Role of Libraries in Economic Growth will be taking place in Ljubljana. This is sponsored jointly by IFLA and the Central Technical Library in Ljubljana with support from the SOROS Foundation, the Slovenia Government and encouragement from Unesco and EBLIDA. The papers will be available from the UAP office later this year. Plans for the 5th. Interlending & Document Supply International Conference are now virtually complete. It will be held in Crhus (Denmark) immediately before the main IFLA General Conference in Copenhagen. For further information contact Niels Mark, Library Director, Statsbiblioteket, Universitetsparken, DK-8000, Crhus C, Denmark. Tel: +45 8946 2022, fax: +45 8946 2220. As stated in the last Newsletter, an invitation to hold the 6th. Conference in South Africa in 1999 has already been issued and warmly welcomed. The Programme will also have a poster session at the Copenhagen conference and will also co-sponsor a number of sessions and provide speakers in several others. Publishers Liaison CommitteeOne of the tasks which the PLC undertook was a joint conference on exceptions to copyright to be organised jointly with Project IMPRIMATUR and EBLIDA. Work on this is now well advanced and is being led by Sarah Keates. The conference will be in the autumn, probably in Budapest. Watch this space for more details! RepresentationThe Office produces monthly newsletters for the `Opportunities in Europe Group'(OiEG), a group of library and information professionals seeking to participate in the development of library and information services throughout Europe. The 1997 Annual General Meeting is due to take place shortly when it is hoped to discuss the future role of the Group. The Office is still also 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 Director continues as a Trustee of the Share the Vision project, which deals with public library services to visually-impaired people. The Office is organising a consultation on Large Print Books in the Autumn as part of this involvement. As the project finds it difficult to afford representation on IFLA, the UAP Programme has agreed to hold a watching brief on relevant matters within IFLA on its behalf. PublicationsCopyright Issues in Libraries: Global Concerns, Local Solutions.Edited by Judy Watkins ISBN 0 7123 2150 0 Cost: £35.00 The growing tide of information across national boundaries has meant that copyright issues are of increasing global concern. International conventions provide a framework in which legislators operate. National legislation provides different answers to the questions. During August 1996 The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) brought together copyright experts at the pre-conference Seminar held in Tianjin and at the Conference Session of the Section on Document Delivery and Interlending to discuss the problems and how to deal with them. The papers cover general copyright issues in both electronic and paper based environments, approaching the topic from the points of view of libraries, users, collecting agencies and publishers. There are also papers covering national systems in developed and developing countries as well as discussion of international initiates such as ECUP (European Copyright Users Platform). The IFLA Position Paper on Copyright in the Electronic Environment is reproduced and discussed in this volume. Charging for document delivery and interlending This publication contains the papers from the Workshop on Charging which was held as part of the IFLA General Conference in Beijing last year, and organised by the IFLA Section on Document Delivery and Interlending. The question of "free or fee" has been discussed for years and these papers show that experts are still divided on whether charges should be made for interlibrary transactions, and if so, at what level. Both publications are available from the usual UAP address. National Libraries of the World: an address list is updated regularly and is available free of charge. IFLA Fax GuidelinesThese may be obtained from the Office free of charge. A complete list of publications is available from the Office on request. 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. A chapter on National Libraries, comprising a review of the year's literature, has been written for Librarianship & Information Work Worldwide. CommunicationsDirector of the UAP Programme and Head of IFLA Office for International LendingGraham CornishResearch OfficersMargaret BarwickSara Gould Sarah Keates Judy Watkins and Pauline Connolly Officer AdministratorLouise HuddlestoneThe Office is fully linked to the Internet system. All staff can be reached on a general e-mail 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:
The UAP newsletter can be received electronically. The UAP Office has a home page on the WWW at: <URL: http://www.ifla.org/VI/2/uap.htm> The UAP newsletter can be received electronically. Contact Pauline Connolly at the address above.
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