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Copyright
Source: Council on Library and Information Resources and Digital Library Federation
New, Full Text, Acquiring Copyright Permission to Digitize and Provide Open Access to Books
From the abstract: “What are the stumbling blocks to digitization? Is copyright law a major barrier? Is it easier to negotiate with some types of publishers than with others? To what extent does the age of the material influence permission decisions? This report, by Denise Troll Covey, principal librarian for special projects at Carnegie Mellon University, responds to many of these questions. It begins with a brief, cogent overview of U.S. copyright laws, licensing practices, and technological developments in publishing that serve as the backdrop for the current environment. It then recounts in detail three efforts undertaken at Carnegie-Mellon University to secure copyright permission to digitize and provide open access to books with scholarly content.”
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Digital Books–Germany
Source: Reuters
Publishers to build own online book network
“German publishers, keen to defend their copyrights as Internet search engines seek to put the world’s literature online, aim to set up their own Web-based database allowing readers to browse, borrow or buy books.”
See Also: Germany: Publishers Plan Online Book Service
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RFID–Libraries
Source: UPI
Wireless World: Libraries embrace wireless
“Currently, approximately 120 million media and books in about 500 libraries worldwide are already attached with RFID labels,” Birgit Lindl, a spokeswoman for Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems AG, based in Munich, Germany, told Wireless World. “This is a remarkable number which is continually increasing.”

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