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Library association copyright activity survey

Welcome!

This survey is designed to build up an idea of what activities library fields around the world - and in particular associations - are undertaking around copyright and information law, policy and practice. The goal is both to give a snapshot of what work is already taking place, and provide the basis for a toolkit to help library associations be more active in this space.

We understand copyright and information law, policy and practice as including engagement with different aspects of the open movement (access, science, scholarship, data, culture, knowledge). 

We also see activities as falling into five major categories:

Policy Monitoring: maintaining a regular watch of key stories and developments in your country around government policy and programmes, as well as the activities of private actors, linked to copryight and information law

Problem-Solving: responding to questions and concerns that individual libraries or library and information workers face around copyright and information questions

Training and Guidance: proactively creating codes, guidelines and other materials, as well as offering training, to help libraries and library and information professionals better work with copyright and information laws

Advocacy: engagement in wider political debates towards politicians and other stakeholders

Partnering and Projects: forming connections with other actors in order to develop projects and programmes that make the best of the copyright and information laws and policies that we have

Your answers are anonymous (and no IP data is collected), but we do ask you to share an e-mail address if you would like to receive the results directly, or give us the possibility to contact you to ask for more details. 

We will publish quantitative data, but will also be keen to draw on resources shared in order to build a toolkit. In each case, please do indicate if you are happy for us to refer to your resources in subsequent publications. 

Deadline for responses: 28 May 2025
1. In which region are you based? *This question is required.
3. In what capacity are you answering? *This question is required.
What type of association are you?
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Which of the following applies to your association (tick all that apply)?
My association has...
Does your agency or ministry have an individual or individuals with a specific mandate to work on copyright and information law, policy and practice?
4. Are there any other key players in the library field engaged in work around copyright?
Monitoring

This section looks at engagement in policy monitoring around copyright and information law, policy and practice and the actions of private actors in your country
5. Which of the following issues are seen as a concern by the library field in your country? Click as many boxes as you see as relevant
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6. How active is the library field in your country in monitoring the state of copyright and information law, policy and practice?
Problem Solving

The next section looks at experience in problem-solving - responding to questions and concerns that individual libraries or library and information workers face around copyright and information law, policy and practice.
7. How active is the library field in your country in problem solving activities around copyright and information law, policy and practice?
Who carries out this activity?
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Training and Guidance

The next section looks at training and guidance: proactively creating codes, guidelines and other materials, as well as offering training, to help libraries and library and information professionals better work with copyright and information law, policy and practice.
8. How active is the library field in your country in developing codes, guidelines and other materials to help library and information workers work with copyright and information law and policy?
Who produces codes, guidelines and other materials?
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Which of the following themes related to copyright and information law, policy and practice are covered by codes, guidance and other mateirals?
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Which of the following groups are targeted by this training?
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How regularly are these codes, guidelines and other materials created or updated?
9. How active is the library field in your country in providing training programmes around copyright and information law, policy and practice?
Who offers this training? Tick all that apply
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Which of the following groups are targeted by this training?
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Which of the following themes related to copyright and information law, policy and practice are covered by training?
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How regularly are these training materials created or updated?
Advocacy

Finally, we look at advocacy - engagement in wider political debates towards politicians and other stakeholders around copyright and information law, policy and practice.
10. How active is the library field in your country in advocating around copyright and information law, policy and practice?
Which actors are active on advocacy around copyright and information law, policy and practice?
 
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On which of the following themes related to copyright and information law, policy and practice does the library field carry out advocacy?
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Do librarians in your country have access to any of the following documents:
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Partnering and Projects

This final section looks at how partnering and projects activities - forming connections with other actors in order to develop projects and programmes that make the best of the copyright and information laws and policies that we have.
11. How active is the library field in your country in partnering with other organisations and stakeholders around copyright and information law, policy and practice?
With which of the following partners do you work on copyright and information law, policy and practice? Tick all that apply *This question is required.
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With which of the following organisations typically on the other side of the debate do you work on copyright and information law, policy and practice? Tick all that apply *This question is required.
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A Few Last Asks

Finally, we ask you some general questions
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