21 Oct 2024
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on the launch of a new policy document by COMMUNIA setting out four actions to empower European knowledge institutions in the digital age.
On 2 October 2024, COMMUNIA, an international association based in Europe, launched A (...)
22 Mar 2024
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, reports on a recent conference hosted by COMMUNIA on two important issues that create obstacles to the creation of a flourishing information ecosystem: exposure to legal liability by cultural heritage institutions for use of (...)
20 Nov 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, summarizes the key outcomes and achievements from WIPO’s copyright committee (SCCR/44) that met in Geneva from 6 - 8 November 2023. EIFL was joined at SCCR by civil society allies from the global coalition on Access to Knowledge (A2K (...)
26 Oct 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
In March 2023, the President of Nigeria signed the Copyright Act, 2022 into law. EIFL’s analysis of the new law shows it to be one of the most progressive in the world with respect to libraries and library activities. Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, highlights the (...)
31 Jul 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, shares video highlights from a one-day workshop on Promoting Access to Knowledge (A2K) and the Right to Research (R2R) in Kenya, with representatives from the education, research, library and disability communities, as well as (...)
27 Jun 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
On 27 June 2013, member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) adopted the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities. Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at this great achievement, examines the treaty’s take-up over the last (...)
25 Apr 2023
Posted by Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
Teresa Hackett, EIFL Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, looks back at a major conference on the Right to Research that took place in South Africa in January 2023, and the practical and policy insights that were gained during the event.
A major conference co-organized by EIFL, with national (...)