International organisations 18. 54 "A" group

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Copyright Tools and Resources

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• Basic Notions about Copyright and Related Rights
• What is Copyright?
• Copyright Bulletin
• Collection of National Copyright Laws
• Anti-Piracy
• UNESCO Chairs
• Guide to the Collective Administration of Author’s Rights

Conventions and Committees

• Universal Copyright Convention
• Intergovernmental Copyright Committee

UNESCO and Libraries

This portal is on UNESCO’s Communications and Information Sector website and contains links to interesting library-related resources:

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UNESCO and Libraries: UNESCO-CI

UNESCO Library http://www.unesco.org/library/

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• Works closely with UNESCO Archives and Clearing House
• Small team – 10 full-time staff: each from a different country
• Newly renovated Reading Room next to UNESCO main entrance
• 70000+ books
• 1700 periodicals
• 30+ online databases
• Indexing of materials into UNESDOC (UNESCO online catalogue )
• Some materials received – eg. Mission Reports prepared by external experts – have to be embargoed for non UN readers for 20 years
• Open to UNESCO and Accredited Delegations staff and to external visitors
• Increasing emphasis on electronic information resources and website
• Financial situation makes development difficult to fund

Keeping track of information and events worldwide

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• Monitoring the press and the media
• Online resources
• Information supplied by UNESCO Field Offices and UNESCO Institutes worldwide
• Information sent through HERMES system for cataloguing into UNESDOC by the Library
• Personal and professional contacts
• Rather decentralised approach – several UNESCO units are involved in searching for and managing information