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Dear colleagues,

The Software Preservation Network’s Law & Policy Working Group has created two new resources for the digital/software preservation community in the US and Canada.

The Copyright Acts in Canada and the United States contain exceptions for libraries, archives, and (in Canada) museums for the use of software collections. Section 108 and Software Collections: A User’s Guide<https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/section-108-and-software-collections-a-users-guide/> and Section 30.1 and Software Collections: A User’s Guide<https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/section_30/> explain how to provide access to software by using these exceptions alongside fair use and fair dealing.

ARL, CARL and SPN are co-hosting a webinar on October 4th at 2PM EDT / 11 AM PDT to explore these guides to Sections 108 and 30.1 and how these and other exceptions can be applied within your institutions for managing software collections. Register for this event here.<https://www.arl.org/?p=33559&post_type=news&preview=1&_ppp=ab693732f7>

All the best,
Ana

Ana Enriquez
Pronouns: she/her
Interim Head, Scholarly Communications and Copyright
Penn State University Libraries
Book a Zoom appointment with me<https://psu.libcal.com/appointments/ana_enriquez>.

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