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From: Claire Bettag <>
Subject: Upcoming copyright roundtables sponsored by the Library of Congress
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:13:15 -0500


Ii'm passing along information from the NCH WASHINGTON UPDATE (Vol.
12, #3; 20 JANUARY 2006), edited and distributed by R. Bruce Craig.
Information about the organization and its newsletter follows the
item "BITS AND BYTES" below. A great deal of detailed information
about the copyright issue is on the Web site mentioned below:
<www.loc.gov/section108>.
Claire

from the newsletter:

BITS AND BYTES
Copyright Roundtables Scheduled: A committee appointed by the
Library of Congress will
hold two public roundtables in March 2006 in Los Angeles and in
Washington, D.C. to gather insights
and opinions on how to revise copyright exceptions for libraries and
archives (Section 108 of the
Copyright Act). The committee consists of independent experts from
the commercial and not-for-profit
sectors. The roundtables, which are free and open to the public, will
be held Wednesday, 8 March in
Los Angeles and on Thursday, 16 March in Washington, D.C. The
committee is charged to re-
examine the exceptions and limitations applicable to libraries and
archives under the Copyright Act,
specifically in light of the changes produced by the widespread use
of digital technologies since the last
significant study in 1988. Specifically, the group is studying how
Section 108 of the Copyright Act
(titled Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Reproduction by Libraries
and Archives) may need to be
amended to address the relevant issues and concerns of libraries and
archives, as well as creators and
other copyright holders. Information on how to participate in the
roundtables will be published in the
Federal Register later this month and made available on the Section
108 Study Group Web site:
<www.loc.gov/section108> where additional information is available
about the roundtable and the
scheduled meetings.

Who We Are...
The National Coalition for History (NCH) is a nonprofit educational
organization that provides
leadership in history related advocacy; it serves as the profession's
national voice in the promotion of
history and archives, and acts as a clearinghouse of news and
information of interest to history related
professionals. Membership in the history coalition is open to
organizations that share our concern for
history and archives. For information on how your history/archive
organization can become a member,
visit our website at http://www.h-net.org/~nch/ and click on the
"Join the Coalition" web link.
<snip>
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