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IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally consigned to the small-print. But in 2016, it seems to be just as regularly in the headlines.
On World IP Day, we show how libraries support creators and creativity.
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In the latest Statement of the Blue Shield, the organisation welcomes the removal of Da’esh from the World Heritage Site of Palmyra and stresses that it stands ready to support and stand together with Syrian colleagues to work on stabilising the site and prepare it for the future.
This is a blog post by Katia Shklyar, NPSIG Information Co-Coordinator.
IFLA has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week's International Publishers' Congress. In it, we reject entirely the argument that libraries are proxies for the commercial sector, and invite publishers and others to work with us in passing limited but necessary reforms to copyright. These will strengthen the legal base on which librarians rely in order to fulfil their missions at a local, European and global level.
IFLA has co-signed an open letter calling on the EU Commission to ensure that upcoming copyright reforms promote access to information and freedom of expression across Europe.
High quality design on a low budget Edited by: Dorothea Sommer, Janine Schmidt & Stefan Clevström Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2016 ISBN 978-3-11-037527-5
De Gruyter Saur and IFLA Invite submissions of papers for the De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2016