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 _______________________ SURFmarket Pim Slot Senior Contractmanager Content / Business Consultant Available on: Offices Hoog Overborch (Hoog Catharijne) Moreelsepark 48, 3511 EP Utrecht - PO Box 19035, 3501 DA Utrecht – The Netherlands E-mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: www.surfmarket.nl, www.surfspot.nl Twitter: twitter.com/surfmarketnl, twitter.com/surfspotnl -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- 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 ---------------------------------- Laura Markstein Quilter / [log in to unmask] Attorney, Geek, Militant Librarian, Teacher Copyright and Information Policy Librarian University of Massachusetts, Amherst [log in to unmask] Lecturer, Simmons College, GSLIS [log in to unmask]