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The article presents the discussion on role of the indexer in the evolving information ecosystem. Topics include biggest higher education publishers rapidly transitioning for delivering the content digitally in platforms developing and in the Learning Management Systems (LMSs); and combination of extensive standardization, open access, preprint publishing, and the publication of data and software.

The article offers information on pandemic hit and libraries around the world shut down physical operations and the rush toward ebooks has accelerated. Topics include the contretemps has focused attention on the concept of controlled digital lending (CDL), and applicability to the Internet Archive's emergency library initiative running the gamut from totally fine to highly illegal.

The article reports on the popularity of electronic books and enhanced reading experiences and discusses the impact that the popularity will have on the future of the publication and popularity of printed books. Legal issues which need to be solved before the full potential of electronic books can be seen are discussed. A discussion of research which found that there is has been an increase in consumers who purchase items online is presented.

The article focuses on the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) opinion regarding the application of the European Union's jurisdictional regulations to online publications and online content providers. It refers to the defamation cases Olivier Martinez v. MGN Ltd., and eDate Advertising GmbH v. X.

This article addresses the problem of plagiarism and autoplagiarism in Poland. Plagiarism is using another person's ideas or a part of their work and pretending that this is your own. Autoplagiarism, in turn, is re-using your own work without acknowledgement. These two phenomena have become much more frequent in recent years. One of the reasons is technical progress and the ease of copying digital information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author discusses legal and ethical aspects of electronic book reader (e-reader) lending. She reports results of the 2011 "Ebook Penetration and Use" survey conducted by "Library Journal," which shows e-reader lending practices of academic, public, and school libraries. Aside from the cost of the e-reader, she stresses that the lending process can be time-consuming. She also talks about possible implications of this service for libraries and librarians.

The article presents 2013 information on the information and library sectors. The African Press Organization has agreed to make its press releases available on the financial information service Bloomberg Terminal. In a 2013 announcement publisher Penguin Random House indicated that it created a new leadership team as a result of a merger between the companies Bertelsmann and Pearson. Innovative Interfaces announced that it had expanded its partnership with EBSCO information Services.

The article presents information technology industry news briefs as of December 2012. It states that business social networking company LinkedIn Corp. opened its first office in Dubai's Internet City in the United Arab Emirates. It mentions a partnership between publishers Elsevier B.V. and Ex Libris Group to provide their joint customer bases access to the Scopus database. It comments on a collaboration between the American Dental Association and publisher John Wiley & Sons.

The article offers information on a legislation proposed in California to protect victims from online publication of images. It makes specific reference of several court cases including Roe v. Wade, Southern Methodist University Ass'n of Women Law Students v. Wynne & Jaffe and Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corporation. It also mentions that the American Civil Liberties Union does not support the measure approved by the state Senate.

The article reports the library association European Bureau of Library Information and Documentation Associations (Eblida) is calling on people to back its Right to E-read campaign to make access to electronic books easier by contributing to a photo wall and mentions images could be submitted through the website http://www.eblida.org.

The article reports on support which publisher Sara O'Connor, the digital and editorial director at Hot Key Books, voiced in 2014 for the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and Eblida campaign to update European Union copyright law and force publishers to give libraries the right to lend electronic books.

The article reports that in 2014 more than 3,000 people have signed an Eblida petition calling for policy makers to deliver legal reform that would allow libraries to lend electronic-books which has received support from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.

The article states the legal framework that underpins the right of legal deposit libraries in Great Britain to collect digital only output in the same way they have for printed materials was scheduled for April 6, 2013 and mentions that Britain's entire internet would come under the new legislation.

The article reports on the settlement agreement involving scanned copyrighted books, reached by the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google.

The article reports on the support of the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) for copyright reform. It mentions how EBLIDA prioritizes copyright over the licensing of digitized information being pursued by the European Commission's (EC) Licenses for Europe (LFE) project, its calls for transparency in copyright reform and concern over a possible content divide as the worries of libraries in the selection of electronic books (ebooks) are ignored.

The article focuses on litigation of interest to the information industry in the U.S. as of January 2014. It notes the importance of litigation in providing specific answers to specific questions. It discusses various court cases related to the industry and their respective decisions such as the copyright infringement case between Authors Guild and book search service Google Books, Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing of publisher Cengage Learning and antitrust case involving Apple and Georgia state.

The article presents international library news briefs as of May 2012. Europe's online cultural archive Europeana is amassing digitized versions of relevant artifacts concerning World War I which will go live in 2014. Publisher Peter McGee plans to publish a three-part series of excerpts and commentaries from German politician Adolf Hitler's ideological book "Mein Kampf." Germany is considering legislation to compel search engines to pay newspapers for posting extracts from news articles.

The article reports that publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc. is pursuing legal action against users who have illegally uploaded and downloaded Wiley's "For Dummies" book series through BitTorrent, Inc. websites. Wiley filed a mass complaint in October 2011 against individuals totaling an estimated 120 as of February 2012. Wiley is working with internet service providers (ISP) to name the infringers. It is stated that the actions of Wiley is to let users know that their actions are illegal.

The article presents questions and answers related to copyright and licensing, including the applicability of individual use for an electronic article, the acceptability of linking to a website's internal page, and the legality of using third party charts and tables in a document written by another.

The article reports on a class action lawsuit filed in 2005 against Google Inc. over its Google Books service by several publishers, the Authors Guild and many individual authors. A discussion of a July 1, 2013 decision which a U.S. federal appeals court made to reject the lawsuit of the individual authors and to order lower courts to consider Google's claim that its scanning was permitted by copyright's Fair Use doctrine, is presented. In the article the author offers opinions on the case.

The article presents an overview of the search engine Google and discusses advances which it has made into other business endeavors, including the computer hardware business, enterprise computing and cloud computing. Legal complaints which have been lodged against Google in response to its advertising practices, copyright practices and search practices are discussed. In the article the author offers his opinions on Google's global impact and on its ability to survive legal attacks.

The article focuses on allegations that computer manufacturer Apple conspired with several publishers to establish an agency model of pricing for electronic books (ebook). It states that the U.S. Department of Justice, attorneys general of at least two states, and the European Commission are alleging or investigating that Apple conspired with major publishers to force bookseller Amazon to raise the prices of its ebooks. It comments on the possibility Apple and publishers violated antitrust laws.