From: Pim Slot <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:23:50 +0000

SURFmarket (responsible for licensing copyrighted content on behalf of
the university libraries in the Netherlands) has launched a website
offering a lot of practical information on copyright issues in higher
education in the Netherlands.

For the English version surf to https://auteursrechten.nl/en


Best regards
Pim Slot

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From: Laura Quilter <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 20:03:25 -0500

> Libraries are concerned about fair use only in their capacity
> representing user interests.

That's wrong. Like presses, libraries hold and authorize uses of
copyright as well as use copyright and enable others to use copyright.
I would say more particularly, that in negotiations between an
academic author and a publisher, librarians and libraries are very
concerned for the rights of the author. Imagine if a musician asked
for help from a nearby record company.  They would get the record
company's perspective, which could be helpful, but it's not an
artist-centric perspective, nor is it an unbiased view of the law.

In terms of referrals -- I certainly consult with the press, and they
consult with me, but they're also not necessarily positioned with
staff to service the campus's information needs -- faculty, grad
students, and even staff and undergrads. It's in the job description
of law librarians and librarians more generally.

People on campuses will seek informal legal advice from any lawyer or
published person they know.  That's the way that information-seeking
works. So the press is a great resource, if they're open to it, but if
there is an institutional need for it, you want a source to be
institutionalized for that need. I'd be very surprised if many presses
were willing to hang out a shingle as copyright services for the
campus, on top of their other needs.

Laura

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Laura Markstein Quilter / [log in to unmask] Attorney, Geek,
Militant Librarian, Teacher

Copyright and Information Policy Librarian University of
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Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS
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