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Η πνευματική ιδιοκτησία αποτελεί είδος δικαιώματος επί αΰλων αγαθών, εδώ έργων της διανοίας, και ανήκει στην ευρύτερη κατηγορία των δικαιωμάτων που προστατεύουν τα έργα της ανθρωπίνης διάνοιας και είναι γενικότερα γνωστά με τον τίτλο Δικαιώματα Διανοητικής Ιδιοκτησίας. Η πνευματική ιδιοκτησία, που πλέον ουσιαστικά ταυτίζεται με αυτό που στο Αγγλοαμερικανικό δίκαιο ονομάζεται Copyright, δίδει ένα περιορισμένο στο χρόνο, αλλά απόλυτο και αποκλειστικό δικαίωμα στο δημιουργό έργων του πνεύματος, όπως αυτά ορίζονται στο νόμο, να ασκεί μία σειρά από εξουσίες, οικονομικής και ηθικής φύσεως. 

As more information is delivered using computer and network technologies, libraries play an increasingly important role in ensuring access for all people to Internet and other information resources. In making electronic resources accessible, principles of universal design should be employed.

Universal design means that, rather than design your services and facility for the average user, you design them for people with a broad range of abilities and disabilities. Keep in mind that patrons may have learning disabilities and visual, speech, hearing, and mobility impairments.

There shall be at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind a separate department of adult blind and deaf. Legislative appropriations for the department shall be made separate and apart from the legislative appropriations made for the support and operation of the institute. The department shall have authority to establish and to operate a library service for blind, visually handicapped, deaf or severely handicapped persons, and the department is hereby designated as the official agency to operate a regional library for the blind, visually handicapped, deaf and severely handicapped

The aim of these guidelines is to provide benchmarks for an acceptable minimal level of service which can be used by all libraries in analysing the current level of service, in facilitating forward-planning and in developing strategies for more-effective services. It is recommended that these standards be regarded as minimum requirements and that, given the rapid developments in technology in this area, they be reviewed every two to three years.