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Knowledge Rights 21 Webinar: The empty library – the urgency of solutions to unsustainable eBook markets

The freedom for libraries to acquire books and develop a collection. A relic of a pre-digital age? Or an ongoing issue in dire need of action? Who and what determines what libraries, both public and academic, can offer: user needs vs publishers’ policies? And how can we protect the rights of access to education, knowledge, and cultural participation? Join KR21 for our first webinar and hear what experts have to say on these topics. Read More

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  • 20 April 2022

IFLA releases statement on Online Storytimes

Storytimes are a central pillar of many libraries’ work to promote literacy, reading development, and engagement with young children and families in the communities they serve. During and since COVID-19 related closures, storytimes – along with other library services – have been increasingly offered online. However, libraries have not always… Read More

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  • 05 April 2022

Seoul Copyright Forum 2021

Theme: Looking to the Future of Copyright through Coexistence and Balance This year’s Seoul Copyright Forum will provide an opportunity to look again at the question of balance in copyright law and policy, in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised by the Korean Copyright Commission, it… Read More

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  • 14 October 2021

IFLA releases a statement on Controlled Digital Lending

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) has emerged in the last few years as a specific means of enabling libraries to fulfil their missions. It involves libraries lending digital copies of physical works in their collections, using technological safeguards to ensure that no more copies are loaned than the library itself owns. IFLA's statement underlines the potential of CDL, and what conditions could allow it to take place. Read More

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  • 16 June 2021
  • By: anonymous