Im Fadenkreuz: Bibliotheken und Urheberrecht im 21. Jahrhundert - ein Paradigmenwechsel

So far university libraries have been doing their job for the benefit of their readers in a print world of user guidelines, interlibrary loans, copying fees etc. within the save and manageable environment of the copyright law. Today however, they are getting into the focus of diverging interests and social developments. The eagerness of an information society for any information anytime and anywhere and free of charge has radically changed scientific publishing and opened the doors for the new economy movement to take in the electronic market. This article analyses the present situation of scientific publishing and the impact of the applicable copyright law on scientific libraries and their customers. At the same time it should give an impetus for collaboration with numerous initiatives towards free access to scientific information