ABSTRACT

This study investigated awareness and compliance with copyright policy among photocopy service providers in private university libraries in Edo State. This study adopted descriptive survey design of the correlational type as its research design.  Three research objectives that were translated into two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The population of the study comprises 49 Photocopy service providers in the private university libraries. The questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentages, and mean, with criterion mean placed at 2.50 to interpret the quantitative data collected. Pearson correlational coefficient was used for test of hypothesis. Findings indicated that photocopy service providers and library staff are aware of copyright policy but do not comply due to some challenges such as: economic pressure and lack of enforcement mechanisms which they identify as an obstacle. The tested hypothesis revealed a weak negative correlation between awareness and compliance with copyright policy. It was recommended that stronger enforcement copyright regulations and the implementation of more effective monitoring system should be in place to ensure compliance.

Keywords: copyright, copyright policy, copyright awareness, copyright compliance, photocopy services