... copyright law in 2008 posed a challenge to TIB’s full-text supply services. While TIB can deliver on the basis of a statutory limitation any document to customers within Germany via mail and fax, there are restrictions for electronic delivery. Design/methodology/approach – The article describes...

... of title, time frame) aid this analysis. This analysis provides valuable information for purchase decisions. The “Digitale Bibliothek” [3] is a popular discovery interface operated by the hbz and used by over 200 public and academic libraries in Germany and Austria. Since the last release...

... by international copyright treaties and regulations, and conducts a comparative analysis of how these concepts have been applied in the legal systems of Germany, the USA, and Canada. Findings The idea of “lending” books is a carryover from the analogue world and applies only to the distribution of tangible...

...Ragna Seidler‐de Alwis; Simone Fühles‐Ubach Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify success factors in commercial and public libraries. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on research carried out in various commercial and public libraries and information centres in Germany...

.... Academic libraries Data handling Indexing National libraries Germany Scientific knowledge is becoming more complex and data‐intensive. In most cases, knowledge published through scientific literature often is the last step in a process originating with research data. In its 2007 report...

...Uwe Rosemann; Markus Brammer Purpose This paper aims to describe the development and current situation of electronic document delivery by public libraries in Germany, taking into account the impact of the changing regulatory framework of German copyright law and the consequences of law suits...

...Christine Burblies; Tamara Pianos Purpose This paper seeks to describe Goportis, the new German service for document supply. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the environment for obtaining high quality information in Germany and the approach of Goportis. Findings...

... and in particular the current saga of Subito and publishers in Germany. It addresses licences and copyright law generally and the impact of open access. Two specific court cases in Canada and Germany are described and their implications considered. Findings International copyright is complex and publishers...

...Uwe Rosemann The article describes the development and the functionality of the document delivery service subito as a decentralised, co‐operative model involving 27 libraries. Special attention is given to questions of copyright. Document delivery Copyright law Libraries Germany...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Document supply Germany News from SUBITO – the cooperative resource for document delivery in Germany Keywords: Document supply, Germany The subito library service is created for German libraries as well as for libraries from abroad...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Germany Document supply Information resource management Keywords Germany, Document supply, Information resource management The German Resources Project, formally known as German Demonstration Project,is among the three pilot projects...

..., where on‐line union catalogues, catalogues on microfilm or CD‐ROM may be searched locally,these intermediaries are no longer needed for distributing requests. Nowadays in Germany most of the ILL requests are fulfilled by point‐to‐point interaction between two libraries. The Constance project models...

...Margaret M Barwick Surveys efforts towards co‐operation in interlending within countries including Hungary, Italy, Nigeria, Ghana, Germany and Latvia. Discusses barriers to European interlending and a formula for the size of the European interlending market is given. Interlending protocol...

...Ekkehart Seusing Describes the task of the National Library of Economics and the Serial Database, a union list of serials in Germany providing an online document ordering module. Types of user, subject requests and date and country of publications are presented and discussed. Concludes...