TOWARDS FEDERATION 2001: Linking Australians with Their Heritage Review Meeting 1993

Progress Reports 1994-1996

Section A - Services to Special Communities
L: Copyright Issues


RL1 That ACLIS establish and fund a Copyright Committee, with representatives from ACLIS, the Australian Council of Archives, CASL, the Council of Australian University Librarians, CSIRO and the National Library of Australia to meet throughout 1994 to formulate an appropriate response to the Minister for Justice on changes to copyright legislation, and to develop appropriate positions on copyright for the library and archives communities.

AUGUST 1994

This Resolution was implemented with the establishment of the ACLIS Copyright Committee in March 1994. The ACLIS Research Officer is Secretary. An email discussion group has been established as a forum.

JUNE 1995

ACLIS report that considerable progress has been made in connection with this resolution. ACLIS continues to support the libraries Copyright Committee and full time research officer position. Reports are made regularly through the copyright bulletin, published at least four times a year and posted to all ACLIS members with ACLIS News.

JUNE 1996

ACLIS continues to support the cross-sectoral Libraries Copyright Committee and to employ a full-time research officer.


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