Abstract
Despite the scientific and technological development, libraries of Jordanian universities suffer from an obvious lack of digital information resources, because for many reasons, the most important of these is the non-application of intellectual property legislation (IPL) related to these resources. This study investigated the reality of the application of intellectual property legislation related to digital information resources at the libraries of public universities in Jordan. The population study consisted of all employees of departments of digital information resources. The study sample was (74) employees. Texts of regulations for the intended libraries and the Jordanian copyright law No. (22) for the year (1992) were reviewed and analyzed. In addition, a questionnaire was developed regarding the actual application of intellectual property legislation relating to digital resources at the university libraries in Jordan. Results revealed that the application of IP legislation relating to digital resources at the libraries of public universities in Jordan was moderate and that the supervising to the libraries of universities from the National Library regarding the protection of intellectual property rights of digital resources was moderate. The study recommended the application of intellectual property legislation related to digital resources in the intended libraries, this could be achieved through including intellectual property legislation in the regulations of public services in the intended libraries, to provide for the terms of protecting IP rights for digital resources, improving the legislation, developing of the Jordanian copyright law to be compatible with digital information resources, providing the necessary support for these libraries, and emphasizing the role of the National Library.
Highlights
Despite the scientific and technological development, libraries of Jordanian universities suffer from an obvious lack of digital information resources, because for many reasons, the most important of these is the non-application of intellectual property legislation (IPL) related to these resources.Authors, who own the rights of these resources, refuse to make their works available in these libraries because of the fear of infringement on their rights, because in their view there is no legislation related to the protection of intellectual property rights for digital resources in Jordan, or because libraries do not apply any legislations.Failure in protecting intellectual property does not encourage creators because of the lack of physical and moral benefits of their scientific and artistic production
Second: Results related to the second question: To what extent do the regulations and instructions in Libraries of Public Universities contain items for the protection of intellectual property rights relating to the digital information resources from the view of their employees?
Results related to the third question: What is the extent of applying the intellectual property legislation for the digital information resources in the in the intended libraries
Summary
Despite the scientific and technological development, libraries of Jordanian universities suffer from an obvious lack of digital information resources, because for many reasons, the most important of these is the non-application of intellectual property legislation (IPL) related to these resources.Authors, who own the rights of these resources, refuse to make their works available in these libraries because of the fear of infringement on their (physical and moral) rights, because in their view there is no legislation related to the protection of intellectual property rights for digital resources in Jordan, or because libraries do not apply any legislations.Failure in protecting intellectual property does not encourage creators because of the lack of physical and moral benefits of their scientific and artistic production. Despite the scientific and technological development, libraries of Jordanian universities suffer from an obvious lack of digital information resources, because for many reasons, the most important of these is the non-application of intellectual property legislation (IPL) related to these resources. Authors, who own the rights of these resources, refuse to make their works available in these libraries because of the fear of infringement on their (physical and moral) rights, because in their view there is no legislation related to the protection of intellectual property rights for digital resources in Jordan, or because libraries do not apply any legislations. Failure in protecting intellectual property does not encourage creators because of the lack of physical and moral benefits of their scientific and artistic production. The problem of the study is to identify the reality of the application of (IPL) on digital resources in the libraries of public universities in Jordan from of view of their employees
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