Shaping the Vision of the Global Library

Overriding Principles

• Cooperation
• Act now
• Set up clearly defined projects with stated objectives
• Think about how it works for "people"

Principles: Summary

• Share content (including lending and borrowing), information and infrastructure with developed bilateral and multilateral partnerships, ensuring that duplication of effort is avoided in order to reduce provision costs globally. Work together to develop global library repositories of multi-language DAISY standard content with standardized cataloguing systems
• Bridge the digital divide with partnerships, communication and cooperation
• Investigate and utilize Contract Law as well as copyright law, looking at license rights with or without royalties, and licensing with digital rights clearance
• Promote literacy with the DAISY current and future standard
• Make the DAISY standard mainstream
• Look to mainstream technology for players and reading systems
• Ensure sustainable financial and human resources
• Ensure that DRM does not result in digital books that cannot be accessed by those who are print disabled. DRM must not become a barrier to access
• Deal with copyright issues in a fair and objective way; protect intellectual property and the rights of copyright holders, and protect relationships with publishers
• Develop an effective and sustainable business model that defines participation in the global library
• Value and make use of the content commercial producers can provide
• Partner with publishers, authors, agents and others; understand what their motivations are and work with them

Addendum

WSIS-03/GENEVA/DOC/4-E

"3) Access to information and knowledge

25. The sharing and strengthening of global knowledge for development is essential in an inclusive Information Society.

26. A rich public domain is an essential element for the growth of the Information Society, creating multiple benefits such as an educated public, new jobs, innovation, business opportunities, and the advancement of sciences. Information in the public domain should be easily accessible to support the Information Society, and protected from misappropriation. Public institutions such as libraries and archives, museums, cultural collections and other community-based access points should be strengthened as to promote the preservation of documentary records and free and equitable access to information."