“The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a “Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries” — a 32-page document, based on interviews with dozens of librarians, outlining the principles and limitations it believes are relevant to eight common scenarios. The guidelines also recommend additional actions libraries can take to insulate themselves against legal challenges.
“The code isn’t really a response or an antidote to any particular lawsuit or group of plaintiffs…. We focused on the eight situations in the code because they are important to libraries; the fact that litigation was happening was in the background, but we focused on the general issues, not the cases,” wrote Brandon Butler, the director of public policy initiatives for ARL, in an e-mail.”
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/06/library-association-releases-best-practices-avoiding-copyright-suits#ixzz1liT1EoyP Inside Higher Ed
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/index.shtml
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