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Chapter 1 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 7), “One Country One Library,” introduces the One Country One Library (OCOL) concept, its vision being to create an open digital library accessible to all people inside the geographic borders of participating countries without restrictions or proof of identity. It also introduces the business model for those wishing to support this idea. The chapter explains why Croatia was chosen as the ideal location to test the OCOL idea and how the project took off in a country where an open multilingual digital library of books and other reading materials would be both welcome and needed.

Chapter 5 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 7), “One Country One Library,” focuses on the sponsorship model of the OCOL platform, explaining how various organizations can become partners (i.e., sponsors) to help contribute to the platform’s development, including government organizations, private corporations, hotel chains, institutions of learning, and small businesses. The chapter also describes the concept of edutising, designed to give participating partners maximum exposure within the platform without taking away from the quality of the user experience. In addition, the chapter discusses why the participation of libraries (of all types) is key to ensuring that the OCOL idea succeeds in the long term.

Chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 7), “One Country One Library,” discusses the benefits of participating in the OCOL project for publishers and authors, established and emerging. It explains how the business model for publishers was developed, how copyright owners are compensated, and how each publication’s Impact Score determines its market value each year. It also sheds light on the criteria set in place to keep track of user activities as well as on the unexpected technical challenges along the way, particularly when dealing with local publishers. The chapter also introduces the self-publishing features of the platform.

Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 7), “One Country One Library,” explains the OCOL platform in terms of its technological background and its unique features and functionalities. It highlights what distinguishes the platform from the others on the market, including, for example, the absence of reviews and ratings, the role of public marginalia, the role of Profiles within the platform, the role of analytics, and ways in which user privacy is guarded at all times. The chapter also explains why all content within the platform is classified as one of the following: licensed content, open access, public domain, or self-published.

Chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 7), “One Country One Library,” focuses on what the OCOL platform offers to users and readers and explains how the team set out to develop a user experience meant to surpass the user experience offered by existing open digital libraries. The platform’s versatility is explained in the context of several different user types: general (or lay) readers, elementary and high school students, college and university students, various educators (including teachers as well as professors), notable figures, researchers and scientists, and tourists and visitors.

Digital rights management. Anyone who has in any way dealt with digital content in the past two decades has come across this term. It is talked about and written about in the context of all content disseminated digitally--books, films, music, and video games. It is the topic at every library and digital publishing conference and the subject of countless scholarly articles dedicated to trying to understand its impact. This issue of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 1), \"Digital Rights Management and Books,\" discusses digital rights management (DRM) in the context of books--popular and academic--and all who are part of the publishing ecosystem, including authors, readers, publishers, educators, researchers, librarians, and information scientists. Its aim is to provide a thorough analysis of what DRM is, what its main purpose is, what its legal implications are, who it affects, how it works, why it matters, why some believe it has done more harm than good for books and authors as well as libraries, what its challenges remain to this day, what may be possible solutions to those challenges, and what the future holds for DRM, including both those who support it (usually publishers) and those who vehemently oppose it (usually readers and librarians). Lastly, this report points to new ways in which DRM can be approached in the future and ways in which piracy and illegal online activities can be overcome more successfully.

In chapter 1 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 1), “Digital Rights Management and Books,” Roncevic defines digital rights management (DRM), explains how DRM works, and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of DRM.

In chapter 3 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 1), “Digital Rights Management and Books,” Roncevic provides an overview of DRM from the consumers’ perspective, sharing common frustrations with DRM systems. Roncevic examines how the publishing industry can meet the growing consumer demand for digital content while combatting issues of e-book piracy.

In chapter 4 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 1), “Digital Rights Management and Books,” Roncevic examines the role of DRM in libraries.

In chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 56, no. 1), “Digital Rights Management and Books,” Roncevic looks at DRM from a multidisciplinary perspective, paying attention to intersection between DRM systems and copyright laws.