Copyright reform: unlocking our collections

Legislative reform was top of the agenda when NSLA’s Copyright group met in Canberra this month. As well as the provisions introduced by the Copyright Amendment (Disability Access and Other Measures) Act 2017 late last year, the group discussed the impact of changes to the copyright term provisions that will come into effect on 1 January 2019, and other areas slated for consultation in 2018.

In brief...

• Congratulations to Margaret Allen, CEO of the State Library of Western Australia, and Kevin Bradley, A/ Asst Director-General of Collections Management at the National Library of Australia, on their outstanding contributions to libraries being acknowledged by the awarding of Public Service Medals in the Australia Day Honours List.
• Deakin University's Professor Klaus Neumann has been awarded an Australian Research Council Linkage Project grant for his project: Representing Multicultural Australia in National and State Libraries, in partnership with the National Library of Australia, State Library Victoria, the State Library of South Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
• In case you missed it:
  • VALA has published the papers and posters from this month's conference
  • the Australian Digital Alliance has made the presentations and videos from this year's Copyright Forum available
  • NSLA's annual summary of activities in 2017 and priorities for the coming year.

Fellowships and opportunities

• National Library of Australia fellowships - close 21 April
• QANZAC fellowships - close 21 March
• State Library of Queensland fellowships - close 21 March
• State Library Victoria fellowships - close 22 April

Recent publications

• Australian Libraries Support the Sustainable Development Goals (published by ALIA in partnership with NSLA and APLIC)
• NSLA submission to the Pacific Islands Forum regional policy consultation
• NSLA submission to the Inquiry into the Copyright Amendment (Service Providers) Bill