A growing number of colleges, universities, libraries, and other organizations may be facing accusations of copyright infringements. Librarians have analyzed and applied fair use in library services, but rarely have they interpreted fair use for educational or library activities. Many librarians ask and concern about the possible ambiguity of fair use even before Thai parliament enacted the Thai Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license. Thanakorn Uiphanit et al. / Procedia -Social and Behavioral

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... iences 65 ( 2012 ) 579 -586 Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the understanding of library and information science students studying in library and information science profession subject at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University on fair use literacy. Specifically, the study aims at examining the following questions : How do LIS student define or understand fair use literacy? -Whether they are familiar with existing standards in Copyright Act 2537 B.E. How important do lecturers believe fair use literacy is for their students? How do they address fair use literacy, or expect it to be addressed within the curriculum? . Design/methodology/approach It was drawn on an activity survey of sixty library and information science students studying in library and information science profession subject at Suan sunandha Rajabhat University. The said survey was conducted through a combination of peer interviews with an e-survey. A set of questions was asked about the preferred terms used in the school for fair use literacy, i.e., (1) certain special cases, (2) does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the copyright work by the owner of copyright, and (3) does not unreasonably prejudice with the legitimate right of the owner of copyright. Thus, the researchers invited LIS student to participate in a brief of survey for their perspectives on fair use literacy. The researchers took notes on all inquiries, then analyzed the content of the interviews to find the accepted patterns. Findings This paper reported on fair use literacy aspects of the first major surveys of library and information science students studying library and information science profession subject at Suan sunandha Rajabhat University library and information science profession subject at Department of Library and Information Science. Suan sunandha Rajabhat University. Research limitations/Implications The survey sample was a population of library and information sciences students studying in library and information science profession subject. Practical implications It is recommended that library and information science professional subject must promote fair use issues for student understanding.