[Pal-dc] WANTED: Library groups working with digital rights

[Chrystie Hill]

OCLC has recently proposed to IMLS to complete a similar map of
issues/players/approaches in the U.S. Our proposed focus is on U.S. public
libraries and public access to commercially published digital content. I
will let you know if this research will be funded, and when we will start.

-CRH

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 4:42 AM, Stuart Hamilton
<Stuart.Hamilton at ifla.org>wrote:

> **
>
> Dear colleagues
>
> On Tuesday night I was fortunate enough to have drinks and a chat with
> some Dutch library advocates from a group called OpenBibliotheken. Our talk
> covered a lot of the challenges facing libraries at the moment, and
> particularly focused on how libraries can become more involved with - and
> advocate for - digital freedom issues. We discussed not only how libraries
> can remain relevant in an age of withheld eBook sales, stricter copyright
> enforcement and changing user interests, but also how we can work with
> non-traditional partners to defend the public's right to access information
> in the face of an increasingly commodified environment.
>
> I asked them to describe themselves, and this is what I received:
>
> OpenBibliotheken is a independent Dutch grassroots initiative of two
> information professionals (Jeroen de Boer and Edwin Mijnsbergen) and hacker
> Jelle Akkerman, backed by Frank Huysmans (professor of Library Science) and
> Michel Wesseling (chairman Dutch Library Association NVB) and 200
> signatories of a manifesto regarding public libraries and internetfreedom.
>
> OpenBibliotheken believes it's essential for (public) libraries to take a
> stand against regulations that challenge netneutrality, copyright reform
> and freedom of information if we want to play in role in the digital age.
>
> OpenBibliotheken therefore wants to provide access to all digital public
> domain material worldwide and create a framework and/or technology to make
> sure this material will always be accessible for free (Public Domain
> Commons), even in times of copyright extension or other legal limitations.
>
>
> I want to know if there are more groups out there in the international
> library community with these values and objectives. Which library advocates
> are partnering with hackers, or the maker community? Who is working with
> digital rights groups? Who are the professionals - and non-professionals -
> who have the brightest and best ideas about creating new alliances?
>
> Please contact me off-list if you are in one of these groups, or know one
> of these groups, or are even interested to be informed about what I find
> out. Any information is appreciated (it doesn't have to be in English), and
> I will begin mapping what I discover. If someone else is already doing
> this, let me know as well!
>
> Please also spread this message through your networks - this would really
> help.
>
> I will present my findings back to the list at an appropriate time.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you,
>
> Stuart
>
>
> Director of Policy and Advocacy
> International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
> IFLA Headquarters
> The Hague
> Netherlands
>
> 00 31 70 314 0884
> @iflaspa
>
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-CRH
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