LACA: the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance, is convened and supported by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.
It brings together the UK's major professional organisations and experts representing librarians and archivists to advocate a fair and balanced copyright regime and to lobby about the copyright issues affecting the ability of library, archive and information services to deliver access to knowledge in the digital age. A list of LACA members appears below.
LACA lobbies in the UK and Europe about copyright and related rights on behalf of its member organisations and UK users of copyright works through library, archive and information services. On European issues CILIP is also active within EBLIDA: the European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations.
Additionally CILIP/LACA collaborate closely with IFLA: the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, and provide substantial support for IFLA's lobby at WIPO: the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva, to encourage the development of international instruments which will promote access to knowledge.
Address:
LACA: the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance
CILIP
7 Ridgmount Street
London WC1E 7AE
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7255 0500
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7255 0501
Email: info@cilip.org.uk
Chair: Tim Padfield, Information Policy Consultant, The National Archives.
Secretary: Barbara Stratton, Senior Policy Adviser, CILIP.
Members:
Observers:
