Industry committee  Absolutely. That is a framework agreement that helps create guidelines. It also enables universities, their employees and professors who work with materials protected by copyright to comply with Copibec's framework agreement. That agreement is pretty clear on what can be borrowe

Industry committee  Yes, of course.

Industry committee  It is said that nature abhors a vacuum, and we will definitely need a model that is likely to provide a solution to this problem. However, from the university point of view, we are between the two worlds and are founding it difficult to spearhead the search for a solution.

Industry committee  Significant costs are related to digital content. Certain figures speak for themselves. As the chief librarian mentioned earlier, the cost of digital content has increased significantly at Concordia University.

Industry committee  The best person to answer this question is Ms. Beaudry.

Industry committee  You are talking about technological solutions or possibilities, but the problem is that our current world is going through technological upheavals. In education, universities are important structures. People forget this, but the iPhone is 10 years old and the iPad is six or seven

Industry committee  I can speak from the university perspective. In terms of print versus digital books, the statistics show a 50% drop in print book lending in university libraries across Canada, so Concordia University is not the only institution where that's happening. Consider this: 500,000 prin

Industry committee  From the university standpoint, eliminating the fair dealing provision would be the worst case scenario. We would like to see the principle upheld.

Industry committee  No, those are the terms of the Copibec agreement in Quebec, which was signed by the three universities I am representing today. It is the same agreement signed by the vast majority of Quebec universities, and it very clearly sets the usage limit at 15%. The 10% you're talking ab

Industry committee  I have the figures for Concordia University.

Industry committee  Yes, I just need a moment to find them.

Industry committee  Here they are. I expected this was something the committee would ask. For Concordia University alone, we are talking about $573,000. On top of that is the cost of what are called pay-per-use licences, or specific authorizations, which are necessary when content use exceeds the 1

Industry committee  Concordia University's head librarian is here with me, so she could tell you exactly how much in terms of the library's budget.

Industry committee  Yes.

Industry committee  Yes, of course. Concordia University paid $573,000 to Copibec. In addition to that, the university spent $70,000 plus $50,000 on pay-per-use licensing, or specific authorizations. The total amount, then, spent by Concordia on Copibec licensing was nearly $700,000. If you'd like