Presentation of “Copyright for Librarians: the essential Handbook”

April 19, 2013 —Within the framework of National Library Week on April 16-20, National Center of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NCIE) of Armenia organized Round- table discussion on “Copyright and libraries in the modern digital environment” with the participation of Library Copyright Committee members, librarians, information specialists, publishers, museum and archive specialists and Chair of Library Science and Bibliography at Armenian State Pedagogical University (ASPU).

The invited speaker Mrs. Sonya Vardanyan, Head of Copyright and Related Department of AIPA (Armenian Intellectual Property Agency), spoke about Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries. Hasmik Galstyan, Head of Circulation/Reference department of AUA AGBU Papazian Library who is also EIFL-IP coordinator presented “Copyright for Librarians: the essential Handbook” that was generously donated by EIFL (Electronic Information form Libraries) to all EIFL partner countries. The detailed description of the handbook was introduced through power point slides with Armenian translation of main modules and levels. The Participants were happy to learn about this new resource, about its multi format availability and supported the idea of translating the handbook into Armenian and including it into Curriculum.