B08 - last change: 17-01-2007

BOBCATSSS 2008
Providing Access to Information for Everyone

Speakers
Tor Sveum
Schedule
Day 2
Room Funimation Novi Park
Start time 14:00
Duration 00:30
Info
ID 68
Event type Lecture
Track S09 - Open access versus copyright
Language English

Open access versus copyright

Legal issues and the Norwegian Ask The Library service

The paper discusses the copyright issues in the Norwegian ATL service, and looks at ways to circumvent the legal pitfalls. The similar services in Denmark (Biblioteksvagten) and Sweden (Fråga biblioteket) are compared. The significance of the ambitious digitization program of The National Library of Norway is considered. Professional librarians working in the service have been interviewed and different approaches to legal questions in the Scandinavian countries are discussed. The complexity of legal issues in the Scandinavian ATL services is not widely recognized and the literature on the topic is sparse.