Copyright Law, Engineering and Impact of Technology in an Academic Library

Abstract

^{Copyright Law,} Engineering and Impact of Technology in an Academic LibraryThe major purpose of establishing copyright law is to protect owners of creative work, in which it provides them with monopoly of exploiting their work for any purposes within a stipulated amount of time. Digital technology enables the transmission and use of all these protected materials in digital form over interactive networks. This process allows the conversion of such materials into binary form, which can be transmitted across the internet, and then re-distributed, copied and stored, in perfect digital form. The transmission of text, sound, images, computer programs and audio-visual works such as feature films over the internet is already becoming a cliché, as the technical constraints of narrow bandwidth such as energy, time and capacity to access these works begin to disappear. Today’s copyright concern often concentrates on the new digital technologies, especially the internet and its friendly interface, the world wide web and the impact of technology on copyright has been rapid and tremendous and cannot be overemphasized. These new technologies are both promising and potentially harmful to various parties interested in the use and exploitation of works of authority, from books and music to films and web pages. This research focuses on the copyright, engineering and impact of technology in an academic library. This paper looks at how the law of copyright has fared in the face of technological developments or advancements and the impacts which these digital works have on copyright in an academic library and also looked on the role played by an engineer in a library.

Keywords: Copyright Law, Engineering, Academic Library, Impact of Technology

Cite this Article

Williams-Ilemobola, Olajumoke, Williams-Ilemobola Tokunbo, Lawal Folashade Munirat. Copyright Law, Engineering and Impact of Technology in an Academic Library. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2017; 4(2): 29–38p.