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Copyright Literacy in the UK: Results from a Survey of Library and Information Professionals

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Abstract

Reports on a survey of ‘copyright literacy’ amongst over 600 UK librarians and related professionals. The study followed reform of UK copyright legislation in 2014. It aimed to provide comparative data to other countries participating in the survey. Bulgaria, Croatia, France and Turkey have to date presented data. Ten countries participated in the second data collection phase. Findings suggest that levels of copyright literacy amongst UK librarians is relatively high, however respondents wanted more education and training. Approximately two thirds of institutions had a copyright policy and a named individual dealing with copyright queries. Almost all respondents believed copyright should be included in the professional training and education of librarians. The findings suggest copyright literacy levels in the UK compare favourably to other countries. However there is a need to increase confidence and knowledge of copyright issues in the sector. Further qualitative research is recommended.

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    The Survey results from the project “Copyright Policies of libraries and other cultural institutions”, financed by National Scientific Fund of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Contract № DFNI-К01/0002-21.11.2012 and led by Tania Todorova from State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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    http://www.cilip.org.uk/.

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    http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/advocacy-awards-and-projects/advocacy-and-campaigns/copyright/laca-libraries-and-archives.

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    http://www.cla.co.uk.

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    http://www.era.org.uk/.

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  1. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE, UK

    Jane Secker

  2. University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF, UK

    Chris Morrison

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  1. Dept. of Information Management, Hacettepe University, Beytepe, Ankara, Türkiye

    Serap Kurbanoglu

  2. DICEN IDF EA 7369, Université Paris Descartes DICEN IDF EA 7369, Paris, France

    Joumana Boustany

  3. University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Sonja Špiranec

  4. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Esther Grassian

  5. University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Diane Mizrachi

  6. School of Information, The University of Texas School of Information, Austin, TX, USA

    Loriene Roy

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Secker, J., Morrison, C. (2015). Copyright Literacy in the UK: Results from a Survey of Library and Information Professionals. In: Kurbanoglu, S., Boustany, J., Špiranec, S., Grassian, E., Mizrachi, D., Roy, L. (eds) Information Literacy: Moving Toward Sustainability. ECIL 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 552. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28197-1_20

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