Norwegian National Library digitisation project

The Norwegian National Library has started to digitise its entire collection. Through a preliminary project called Bokhylla.no (’Bookshelf’), the library will make all Norwegian books from the 1790s, 1890s and 1990s available via the Internet to Norwegian IP-addresses. Representatives from the Ministry of Culture, the National Library and Kopinor have made recommendations on the principles for licensing of the copyright protected material and for the payment of remunerations. The licensing agreements will be supported by the Extended Collective License. Copyright protected books will not be prepared for print or download. Kopinor and the National Library started negotiations in March. If an agreement is reached, the project will be launched before summer.

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