With respect to whether reproduction of out-of-print materials by libraries for archive purposes violates the Copyright Act, the Intellectual Property Office explained recently that if the materials to be archived by a library were out of print or difficult to purchase, the library could ask for reproduction of such materials from another library, and the latter could claim fair use pursuant to the Copyright Act. After the library acquires the reproduction of the out-of-print materials from another library, the reproduced copy becomes part of the former's archives. Such reproduced copy can be not only displayed on the shelves of the library for review at the library or for borrowing, but also provided to readers pursuant to the Copyright Act. However, such reproduced materials should be provided in a written form only and no provision of the reproduction in electronic form is allowed; otherwise, there is still a likelihood of infringement.