IFLA HeadquartersTrent, Ronald R.Crews, Kenneth D.Jones, Charles W.Line, Maurice B.Perry, Ruth E.Cloonan, Michele ValerieCrump, NormanMcCabe, Gerard B.Kennedy, Marie R.Lemieux, Victoria L.2025-06-172025-06-171998-090340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4091This issue of the IFLA Journal presents a range of scholarly contributions examining intellectual property, copyright law, and preservation practices in libraries and archives. Authors analyze the implications of digital technologies on fair use, licensing, and access to information. Additional articles address professional education, cataloguing standards, and library management innovations. The issue offers global perspectives on adapting traditional library functions to contemporary challenges, emphasizing policy reform, international cooperation, and ethical responsibility. Through case studies and theoretical reflections, it underscores the ongoing evolution of libraries as dynamic institutions navigating the intersection of law, culture, and information.enUK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.LibrarianshipInformation servicesLibrary servicesIFLA Journal. July 1998Flagship PublicationInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)