Copyright in Network Environment and Digital Libraries

Author: Xiao Yan
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Copyright in Network Environment and Digital Libraries have been hot topics in international library science, law, and information resource management in recent years. The main contents of this book include: the impact and influence of the network environment on copyright law, as well as new copyright laws from China and abroad that have emerged since the mid-1990s. The changes in copyright law and their effects on information resource management and services; the efforts made by the international library community and academic education sector to maintain copyright balance, as well as the legal environment for the construction of digital libraries in China. The approaches and specific measures adopted by Chinese and foreign library communities in dealing with copyright issues in digital library construction. Copyright issues related to the digitization of works, database creation, procurement and licensing of network resources, use of digital resources, and electronic document delivery.