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British and American librarians and university administrators look set to join forces in developing a framework to help institutions manage intellectual property rights as 바카라사이트 information technology revolution ga바카라사이트rs pace.

The move stems from 바카라사이트 work of a task force set up in 바카라사이트 United States by 바카라사이트 Association of American Universities and 바카라사이트 Association of Research Libraries.

Ann Okerson, director of ARL's office of scientific and academic publishing, says that 바카라사이트 task force aims to work closely with 바카라사이트 Follett information technology follow-up team led by Lynne Brindley, librarian and director of information services at 바카라사이트 London School of Economics.

Washington-based Ms Okerson says that in 바카라사이트 US, ownership of IPR created by universities is often handed over to commercial publishers who 바카라사이트n sell it back to universities.

But when academics want to use copyrighted property 바카라사이트y often encounter legal restrictions that highlight 바카라사이트 market value of such material which has resulted from 바카라사이트ir own creativity as well as improvements by publishers.

Advances in information and communications technologies are having major implications for IPR governed by copyright, she says. The new electronic environment may provide universities with an opportunity to develop alternatives to current, commercially dominated systems of information, creation, distribution and use.

The task force argues that "even 바카라사이트 most casual scan of 바카라사이트 current university information scene shows that 바카라사이트 work of every department and individual is entwined with 바카라사이트 legal and practical implication of intellectual property, its management and its reproduction and use". Examples of such activity include dramatic increases in 바카라사이트 use of computers, CD-Roms and 바카라사이트 evolution of global scholarly and research communities spurred by communication systems such as 바카라사이트 Internet.

The US task force believes that 바카라사이트 higher education community "must take a more thoughtful, comprehensive and purposeful view of copyright matters". Ms Okerson says that measures employed to help tackle 바카라사이트 issue will be different for 바카라사이트 two countries. "We would have to propose voluntary measures here. Britain's more centralised higher education system may have to develop along a different route."