It is now an universally accepted dictum that all publicly funded research output has to be made publicly available in the free domain to be accessed and used for the purpose of communication of science and advancement of knowledge. In case of any given institution, an authorized mandate by the governing executive body/management will be enough to meet the concern of the infringement of intellectual property right. In India as well as other developed country in the West many libraries and library consortiums have adopted this approach to great success and much gratitude of the research community. Warm regards Dr. T. Shahab HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard University New Delhi: 110062 -----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in] On Behalf Of Binod Yadav Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 9:29 AM To: lis-forum Subject: [LIS-Forum] Barrier & seeking solution for digitization of thesesfor digital library. Dear friends, We are working on setting up digital library of our institutional repositories mainly theses of postgraduate (MD/MS) students. Friends, there is a question/ concern kept on the floor regarding the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) which we feel the barrier/ infringement to proceed the above job. Please share your views, copy of rules /acts if any for reference purpose to set up the digital library Look forward to your support. Thanks ___________________ Binod Kumar Yadav Senior Librarian B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences Dharan, Nepal Phone: +97725525555 Mobile:+977-9804060641 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ LIS-Forum mailing list LIS-Forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/lis-forum -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.