Once something is posted online, they fear that anyone can access the information. Currently, 'fair use' guidelines of copyright law protect copyright holders of print publications, while permitting appropriate use for purposes such as scholarship and research. However, what constitutes fair use of an electronic publication is still murky. Watson and her peers at libraries all across the country are now engaged in advocacy campaigns in Congress to ensure that their views are represented as new laws for electronic resources are created. Small hospitals rely on the Health Sciences Library for their research needs, and within fair use guidelines, we need to be able to send them articles from electronic journals in the same way we do print articles.
Librarians have other concerns as well.