The Roles of Librarians in Copyright Protection in Nigeria
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2009
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International Journal of African & African-American Studies
Abstract
This paper gives an overview of copyright issues in Nigeria with an emphasis on the
librarians who are the custodians of most intellectual property. The paper dwells much
on the librarians’ roles in the protection of their users’ rights as well as safeguarding
the interest of creators. Such protection provides the necessary incentives for scientific,
technological and intellectual creativity. Librarians need to pay close attention to the
balance between promoting the users’ right as well as creators’ right. It is concluded
that it is the responsibility of librarians to protect the copyright of authors. They have
to discourage library users from infringing on copyright laws. The paper offers some
suggestions that will reduce the infringement on copyright to the barest minimum.