Following the release of two statements prepared by IFLA’s Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters, join us to discover these two tools available to support library field advocacy on 26 May 2025,  at 14:00 UTC.

The way that copyright laws are drafted can have a detemining influence on the ability of libraries to provide access and enable use of their collections. Too often, however, they are outdated, or simply do not include the provisions that libraries need.

Current discussions around Artificial Intelligence – and in particular how copyright could regulate AI training – are just the latest round of debates with potential implications for the work of our institutions.

In the meanwhile, individual libraries themselves do not always have the expertise necessary to engage, meaning that there is a particular role for associations in defining what libraries need and advocating for this with governments.

IFLA’s recent statements on core principles for libraries and copyright, and on AI and copyright, aim to support associations in this work.

This webinar will bring together the drafting teams behind this work in order to talk about where these statements come from, they key issues addressed in preparing them, and how they can now be used to support the work of libraries.

  • Ibrahim Farah, Lead Instruction and Outreach Manager, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
  • Melissa Levine, Director, Copyright Office, University of Michigan Library, United States
  • Rodney Malesi, Reference and Instruction Librarian, United States International University Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Amanda Wakaruk, Copyright and Scholarly Communications Librarian, University of Alberta, Canada

Join us on 26 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC (see what time this is for you). A recording will be made available afterwards.