http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/33b7de4409cb22f2 https://verfassungsblog.de/research-libraries-access-rights/ From Backwater to Battleground - Law, Libraries, and Research Wyber, Stephen eng 2025-11-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Copyright Digital Services Act European Research Area Freedom of research Text and Data Mining Copyright Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 The EU acquis, as it affects research libraries, is characterised by both overlaps and gaps, which exist alongside forces and habits endemic to these institutions. While libraries have always been the place where the rubber hits the road – where the commands and constraints of different laws and policies need to be translated into a single body of practice – this contact is far bumpier today than it was before. This blog explores these tensions, as well as the additional complexity introduced by the circumstances in which libraries operate.