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CHICAGO — The UK’s copyright legislation has been referred to as the longest, most confusing and hardest to navigate in the world. “,” published by and available through the , brings clarity to what would otherwise be a complex topic. Paul Pedley provides sensible and realistic guidance for all library and information practitioners. Topics covered include:

• the copyright exceptions or permitted acts most relevant to library and information professionals;
• lending of print and electronic copyright materials;
• the range of licensing solutions available to ensure that the use of copyright works is done in compliance with the law;
• the options available for making copies of orphan works, such as where this is done as part of digitization projects;
• and an exploration of how information professionals working in corporate environments can copy material legitimately, with instances where this differs from practitioners working in not for profit publicly accessible libraries.

Pedley has been following developments in UK copyright law for nearly 20 years. He has been a member of the Libraries and Copyright Alliance since 1998,and regularly trains, lectures and speaks on copyright and other areas of information law. He is the author of a number of books published by Facet Publishing, including “” and “.”

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