With the purpose of developing joint programs in key areas for research and dissemination of publishing projects, the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), through the Institute of Bibliographic Research, the National Library and Newspaper Archive of Mexico (IIB-BNM- HNM), and the National Chamber of the Mexican Publishing Industry (Caniem), signed a collaboration agreement yesterday. This agreement also seeks to encourage compliance with legal deposit and promote respect and knowledge of copyright in Mexico.
The formal event, held in the Mexican Room of the National Library of Mexico, included the participation of Miguel Armando López Leyva, coordinator of Humanities at UNAM; Dr. María Andrea Giovine Yáñez, director of the IIB; teacher Dalmacio Rodríguez, and Hugo Setzer Letsche, president of Caniem, who reinforced the importance of inter-institutional collaboration to strengthen the publishing industry and the preservation of the country’s cultural heritage.
Legal deposit and copyright
The agreement implements mechanisms to coordinate efforts in research and promotion of the edition, publication, distribution of works and the organization of extension and dissemination events. These programs will focus on the scientific, cultural and humanistic fields, in order to expand the impact of the works and projects in Mexico.
In his speech, Setzer Letsche highlighted that The collaboration of the publishing industry with libraries, in particular with the BNM, is crucial to preserve and disseminate the country’s bibliographic heritage
. The synergy between UNAM and Caniem will allow the development of joint projects that will contribute to the dissemination of knowledge and culture.
One of the pillars of the agreement is Caniem’s commitment to complying with legal deposit, a regulation that obliges publishers to deliver copies of each published work to the National Library and other depositories.
Likewise, it is a commitment to copyright and reinforces the relationship between two key institutions for culture and national knowledge.