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CHRIS DUNNE continues her tour of libraries across Cork to speak with their staff. Next up, the Blackpool facility

Internet Archive has filed its opening brief in its appeal of a court ruling which found its digital lending program copyright-infringing.

3 December 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie This week, the Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Frank O’Flynn and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD, officially opened Kinsale’s new library (South County Cork) and Ballydesmond’s Pocket Park (North County Cork). Kinsale Opening its doors to the public a couple of months…

Contracts for the new €7m Boyle Library have been signed by Roscommon County Council.

By Suzanne Pender BOOK lovers and the community of Borris now have access to the wonderful services of their local library 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Cllr Mary Kavanagh is looking to re-establish the Wicklow Film Club, starting with monthly movie screenings at Wicklow Library.

Almost €9,000 in funding will go to Limerick Library Services, as part of a new campaign announced by Minister Heather Humphreys.

Threats to copyright protections, publishing leaders at London Book Fair will say today, are as broadly international as the Internet.

The Internet Archive's online book lending library is not protected by the fair use exception to copyright, a New York federal court ruled.

A copyright lawsuit filed by major book publishers against the Internet Archive is set to define the boundaries of digital book lending.