The Awareness of Copyright towards Digital Content Among Library Users

The advent of digital libraries today has been mired with several concerns including the development of appropriate technologies, issues related to storage, rights management and so on. With the application of technologies in digital libraries, process of digitization can easily be done, the storage capacity can be increased and the quality of accessing the materials or information can be improved. However, just as digital technology creates new opportunities for library users to have convenient access to massive library digital content, this technology at the same time helps open the possibility of users' problematic behaviour, such as massive downloading or even copyright law violation. From the perspective of the users, the major function of a digital library is to provide them easy and timely access to the digital resources wherever and whenever a need for them arises. This paper discusses the concept of copyright and its related issues as well as policy guidance on copyright awareness. It also observes the promotional programs on copyright awareness as well as training programs related to copyright issues and awareness, especially among library users.