Awareness and understanding of copyright laws are critical in the proper administration of copyright in academic libraries. Data from 38 library staff and 4 head librarians was used in a sequential explanatory mixed methods approach to assess the level of awareness and understanding of copyright laws among library staff with regards to balancing user rights with rightsholder rights in academic libraries in Ghana. The data was collected using questionnaires and qualitative interviews. Though awareness of all the copyright laws, which was not influenced by the educational status of staff was high, the level of understanding was lower. Work experience, schedule of work and current position of staff significantly influenced the level of understanding. The generally moderate level of understanding of copyright laws for library staff; particularly for fair use and creative commons licensing, is a worrying development for copyright administration in academic libraries in Ghana.

对版权法的了解和理解对于正确管理高校图书馆的版权至关重要。来自38位图书馆工作人员和4位总馆长的数据用于顺序说明性混合方法方法，以评估加纳高校图书馆在平衡用户权利与权利持有人权利方面的图书馆工作人员对版权法的认识和理解水平。使用问卷调查和定性访谈收集数据。尽管不受所有员工的受教育程度影响的所有版权法的意识很高，但了解程度却较低。工作经验，工作时间表和工作人员目前的职位显着影响了理解水平。图书馆工作人员对版权法的一般了解；