The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-12-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205061397
Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Ilyas
{"title":"Copyright and Book Piracy in Pakistan","authors":"Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Ilyas","doi":"10.1177/0340035205061397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205061397","url":null,"abstract":"Pakistan has to face a tremendous pressure from Western countries due to widespread book piracy. This study presents the results of a survey of the book trade regarding copyright and book piracy in the country. International conventions to which Pakistan is a signatory and national copyright law and its implementation are described. American views on the situation of copyright in Pakistan are summarized. The survey reveals that the high price of foreign books is the main cause of book piracy. Local publishers and booksellers are the major beneficiaries of book piracy. Suggestions are given to protect intellectual copyright in Pakistan. Concludes that measures to minimize book piracy will not be successful until books at low price are available for local readers.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126226526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-12-01DOI: 10.1177/034003520503100420
{"title":"Correction and Apology: Samira Sambaino and Laura Susan Ward","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/034003520503100420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/034003520503100420","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"15 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132566562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-12-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205061389
E. Forsyth
{"title":"Public Libraries and the Millennium Development Goals","authors":"E. Forsyth","doi":"10.1177/0340035205061389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205061389","url":null,"abstract":"Public libraries can make a major contribution to the achievement of the eight United Nations Millennium Development Goals. This paper examines actual and potential uses highlighting the importance of libraries to community development, and provides some examples, such as mobile libraries in slums and reading tents, where libraries are already assisting with Millennium Development Goals being achieved.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128352408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-06-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205054877
Leikny Haga Indergaard
{"title":"A Voyage Through the Norwegian Library Landscape and Some Challenges on the Horizon","authors":"Leikny Haga Indergaard","doi":"10.1177/0340035205054877","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205054877","url":null,"abstract":"Norway has a well-developed library system and can point to increased activity in recent years. Norwegian libraries have adapted themselves to meet the needs of their users in our modern, network society. The libraries are digital and offer their services across administrative boundaries. Virtual library services have been developed as a supplement to the physical library, thereby contributing to an increased use of resources and higher quality across the whole range of services. The aim is to offer members of the public good library services throughout the country, regardless of their place of residence and the resources of their local library. Libraries are part of a joint network forming a local, regional and national structure. A strategic survey is now under way in order to develop this network further and to guard against any deterioration. There is a clear need for coordination at national, regional and local levels in order to ensure a seamless library service.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130805989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-06-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205054881
Ivan Boserup
{"title":"The Manuscript and the Internet: digital repatriation of cultural heritage","authors":"Ivan Boserup","doi":"10.1177/0340035205054881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205054881","url":null,"abstract":"Three recent cross-national projects of digitizing displaced cultural heritage material are presented. It is argued that libraries and archives that have among their holdings unique cultural heritage material from other cultures should dedicate appropriate resources to the presentation of these materials on the Internet, not only involving local librarians and archivists but also the most pertinent international university scholars, who are invited to contribute with their expertise, so that such websites serve the most relevant scholarly and educative purposes.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"90 15","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120825250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-06-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205054879
S. Hannesdóttir
{"title":"Library Development in the Electronic Environment: Iceland 2005","authors":"S. Hannesdóttir","doi":"10.1177/0340035205054879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205054879","url":null,"abstract":"Icelandic culture is fi rmly based in the native language and literary traditions, which are very much alive, although the population is less than 300,000. Icelanders publish more books per capita than any other country, literacy rate is high, and access to the Internet is almost universal. Modern libraries are increasingly offering electronic services along with services from printed sources. Every Internet user has access to one union catalogue, Gegnir, which covers the holdings of all types of libraries. Nation-wide licences have been signed with vendors of electronic information, providing unlimited access to 34 databases and 8000 full text scientific journals. Icelandic websites are collected according to new deposit legislation and old Icelandic print and manuscripts are being digitized and placed on the Internet. New governmental information policy supports the role of libraries in the information society.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122374389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The IFLA JournalPub Date : 2005-06-01DOI: 10.1177/0340035205054883
Anne Kauhanen-Simanainen
{"title":"Collaborative Information Literacy by Government","authors":"Anne Kauhanen-Simanainen","doi":"10.1177/0340035205054883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0340035205054883","url":null,"abstract":"Information literate governments are able to utilize information widely and effectively. Governments based on democratic principles share ‘empowering information’ with the citizens via upto-date services and publications. Comprehensive literacy by government covers information retrieval, assessment, interpreting, organizing, producing, distributing and sharing processes and skills. Information literacy by government can be assessed by asking: How do governments read their environment? How accessible, usable and readable are government information assets? In Finland governmental information is widely available. Various information professionals offer information services also for decision-making. However, there is a lot to be done. The new tasks emphasize the usability and architecture of information and the sharing of knowledge concerning information. The aim of Collaborative Information Literacy is to change the role of the information professionals.","PeriodicalId":115039,"journal":{"name":"The IFLA Journal","volume":"161 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116550112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}