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(1999), "EBLIDA/ECUP/STM joint statement on incidental digitisation and storage of STN print journal articles", Interlending & Document Supply, Vol. 27 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ilds.1999.12227aab.016
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
EBLIDA/ECUP/STM joint statement on incidental digitisation and storage of STN print journal articles
EBLIDA/ECUP/STM joint statement on incidental digitisation and storage of STN print journal articles
Keywords Electronic information resources, Science, Serials
Representatives of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), the European Copyright User Platform (ECUP), and the International Association of Scientific, Technical, and Medical Publishers (STM), have held a series of meetings beginning in December 1997, aimed at discussing possible areas of consensus with respect to electronic usage by libraries of print journals. This joint statement can be viewed at: http://www.kaapeli.fi/ hypermail/ecup-list/0745.html
The principles of this statement are not intended to replace specifically negotiated licences between individual publishers and individual libraries and other organisations. These principles have been developed in the context of scientific, technical and medical journal publishing, and different principles may apply to different types of published material and journals. However, the participants involved in the discussions hope that these principles on digital archiving for STM journals will be accepted as being useful by as many organisations and interested parties as possible.
Publishers that accept the principles should send a letter to STM accepting the statement and indicating any exceptions to their digitisable material. This information will appear on the STM Web site. Only the works of those publishers who have sent such authorisation may be digitised under the terms of this statement.
It should be borne in mind that this joint statement has an interim quality because of the nature of the transition from print media to electronic media and that other business models including the traditional subscription model are still useful in the electronic environment.
For further information contact: Lex Lefebvre, e-mail: lefebvre@stm.nl
Source: press release