Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues for Libraries in the Era of Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Information

Authors

  • Central Library, 2nd floor Indian Bureau of Mines, Ministry of Mines, Civil Lines, Nagpur-440001, Maharashtra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2015/v52i1/57567

Keywords:

Digital Information, Digital Library, Intellectual Property Rights, Protection of Digital Content.

Abstract

Digital Libraries have been proved as a boon for the library users and the present era has created a platform for the libraries from where information can be disseminated through a wider service network. But some how these are quite threatened by Intellectual Property Right infringement issues. Information which is selectively acquired by libraries but can be easily transferred to some other platform must be protected. In this paper Intellectual Property Rights related to libraries have been discussed.

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Published

2015-02-01

How to Cite

Pandey, S. N. (2015). Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Issues for Libraries in the Era of Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Information. Journal of Information and Knowledge, 52(1), 45–49. https://doi.org/10.17821/srels/2015/v52i1/57567
Received 2015-01-30
Accepted 2015-01-30
Published 2015-02-01