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Book

Navigating copyright for libraries

This book, produced on behalf of the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters Advisory Committee, provides basic and advanced information about copyright, outlines limitations and exceptions, discusses communicating with users and highlights emerging copyright issues.
Guide

Making content accessible: a guide to navigating Australian copyright law for disability access

This guide provides a simple summary of the copyright law governing access to material for people with a disability in Australia. It also includes a checklist of their major requirements and some practical advice for applying them.
Guide

Getting started: implementing the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities

Libraries play a key role in facilitating access to reading material for people who are blind or visually impaired. This guide was conceived to enable staff in libraries of all types to take practical steps to start using the Marrakesh Treaty, and to make full...
Conference paper

Dealing with copyright long after it has exhausted you ... proposing a copyright risk management framework for Australian libraries

Copyright is involved in just about every service provided by Australian libraries. The copyright implications of some services, such as document delivery and inter-library loan, are relatively well defined under the Copyright Act and libraries have established national practices. Other services expected by the public...
Report

Legal aspects of Web 2.0 activities: management of legal risk associated with use of YouTube, MySpace and Second Life

As Web 2.0 technologies proliferate, an increasing number of Australians, especially young Australians, are relying primarily on information and communication technologies to engage and interact with each other and the world. If governments are to have meaningful interaction with young people, it is therefore important...