scholarly journals Unless Otherwise Indicated: A Survey of Copyright Statements on Digital Library Collections

2009 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 371-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Schlosser
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
The Public ◽  
Library Collections

This study examines the copyright statements attached to digital collections created by members of the Digital Library Federation. A total of 786 collections at twenty-nine institutions were examined for the presence of statements and their content evaluated for common themes. Particular attention was paid to whether the institutions in question are meeting their obligation to educate users about their rights by including information about fair use and the public domain. Approximately half the collections surveyed had copyright statements, and those statements were often difficult to distinguish from terms of use and were frequently vague or misleading.

Knowledge Organization Systems in Canadian Digital Library Collections

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shiri
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge Organization Systems ◽  
Knowledge Organization System ◽  
Use Of Knowledge ◽  
Library Collections

The paper reports on a study of the ways in which Canadian digital library collections make use of knowledge organization systems to support users’ information search behaviour. The study identified 33 digital collections which have employed some type of knowledge organization system in their search interfaces.Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude sur la manière dont les systèmes d’organisation des connaissances sont utilisés par les collections des bibliothèques numériques canadiennes, afin d’assister le comportement de recherche informationnelle des utilisateurs. Cette étude a identifiée 33 collections numériques qui ont employé certains types de systèmes d’organisation des connaissances dans leurs interfaces de recherche. 

Copyright and the Commons

2017 ◽  
pp. 106-126
Author(s):  
Erika Balsom
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Moving Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Commons ◽  
Digital Reproduction ◽  
Cultural Commons ◽  
Made In ◽  
Do So

This chapter interrogates how artists’ moving image has grappled with the increased ridigification of copyright that has occurred over the last two decades. Many artists champion the freedom to reuse copyrighted materials, but fail to interrogate the particular circumstances that it make possible for them to do so without retribution, while simultaneously avoiding an engagement with the significant encroachments on fair use and the public domain that have been implemented as part of new copyright legislation that seeks to control the unruliness of digital reproduction. As a counterpoint to such positions, this chapter examines Ben White and Eileen Simpson’s Struggle in Jerash (2009), a work made by repurposing a public domain film of the same title made in 1957 in Jordan. Simpson and White contest the increasing privatization of visual culture, insisting on the wealth of the cultural commons precisely as it is under threat.

scholarly journals Liberating digital collections: Rights review of digital collections at the Ohio State University Libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 490
Author(s):  
Sandra Aya Enimil
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
The Ohio State University ◽  
The Many

Digital collections serve as one of the many vehicles for cultural heritage institutions to highlight and display digitized material from special and curated collections. Many institutions have long relied on fair use to make digitized content from their collections openly available online. In recent years, after researching collections, some institutions have specifically distinguished public domain content. These institutions took time and resources to enhance their digital collections with rights information. Reassessing and identifying rights status is worth the time and resources because providing this metadata allows visitors to make informed decisions about reuse.

scholarly journals COPYRIGHT ISSUES IN CREATING DIGITAL ARCHIVES

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Laura N. Gasaway
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Digital Archives ◽  
License Agreements ◽  
The Creation

As digital archives continue to increase, libraries must face concerns relating to copyright, and find workable, legal solutions to these issues. This article describes three types of digital library projects. Public domain material and its accompanying copyright implications are first described. These include works on which copyright has expired; materials of unclaimed copyright and the current restraints; and works produced by the federal government. Second is a discussion on fair use of copyrighted works. Third, issues surrounding uncertain copyright status are explored. License agreements, particularly in relation to interlibrary loans, and cooperative projects wherein agreements are reached between owner and library so that no copyright problems exist, are also covered. The author concludes that while the creation of digital libraries brings copyright problems with it, these are not insurmountable and explains why.

scholarly journals Book Review: Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Meghan Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Step Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Big Picture

Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections is a well-organized text that helps readers better understand the historical context and development of digital collections in libraries into the present, and provides a useful step-by-step process for the management and sustainment of digital programs with the goal to move the concept of a digital program into reality. This text serves as a workbook for leaders and managers in libraries and archives and is highly relevant to all levels of staff including students that are involved or interested in the process of creating a digital program. The use of this text can extend to practitioners working with digital collections in government agencies and corporations in the public or private sector. Creating a digital program is still a relatively new endeavor for many institutions with limited resources and is often misunderstood by those with limited knowledge of the process. This text can help these professionals understand the different facets and requirements of creating and sustaining a digital program while maintaining a big picture view.

scholarly journals Academic Special Collections and the Myths of Copyright

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Teresa Auch Schultz ◽  
Dana Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Domain ◽  
Copyright Law ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
The Public ◽  
Association Of Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
Domain 4

This study compares the copyright and use policy statements posted on the websites of the special collections of Association of Research Libraries member libraries. In spring 2018, 99 academic special collections websites were viewed, and data was collected based on the following: 1) presence and content of a general copyright statement; 2) mention of copyright owners besides the special collections; 3) presence and accuracy of statements regarding fair use and public domain; 4) policies for patron-made copies; 5) whether the special collections required its permission and/or the copyright owner’s permission to publish; 6) whether any use or license fees were charged and how clearly fees were presented. Authors analyzed whether these policies reflect copyright law or went beyond it, unnecessarily restricting the use of materials or imposing fees where rights are in question. A majority of the sites included general copyright statements, mentioned other copyright owners, and mentioned fair use, but only a minority mentioned the public domain. Just more than half restricted how patrons could use patron-made copies. About half required the special collections’ permission to publish a copy, and a fifth said any third-party owner’s permission was also required for publication.

Digital Library and Repositories

2010 ◽  
pp. 184-205
Author(s):  
Bharat Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Repositories ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Searching ◽  
Custom Made

This chapter discusses digital libraries and repositories. The purpose of this research is to identify digital libraries and repositories in India available in the public domain. It highlights the state of digital libraries and repositories in India. The digital libraries and repositories were identified through a study of the literature, as well as internet searching and browsing. The resulting digital libraries and repositories were explored to study their collections. Use of open source software especially for the creation of institutional repositories is found to be common. However, major digital library initiatives such as the Digital Library of India use custom-made software.

Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries and Copyright Challenges

2018 ◽  
pp. 165-183
Author(s):  
Monicah Jemeli Chemulwo
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Library Collections

Digital technology gives libraries an excellent opportunity to improve their services. It also provides new ways of preserving and disseminating library collections. But the different stages of digitization of the materials in libraries involve many copyright issues. This leads to myriad legal and practical challenges such as locating the owner of copyright. Librarians need to take note of these problems and explore possible solutions. The chapter explores types of intellectual property and their characteristics, legal challenges for digital libraries, legislative responses to the challenges, copyright and fair use, digital library and copyright as well as copyright challenges and recommendations.

Managing Intellectual Property in Digital Libraries and Copyright Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 305-323
Author(s):  
Monicah Jemeli Chemulwo
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
Library Collections

Digital technology gives libraries an excellent opportunity to improve their services. It also provides new ways of preserving and disseminating library collections. But the different stages of digitization of the materials in libraries involve many copyright issues. This leads to myriad legal and practical challenges such as locating the owner of copyright. Librarians need to take note of these problems and explore possible solutions. The chapter explores types of intellectual property and their characteristics, legal challenges for digital libraries, legislative responses to the challenges, copyright and fair use, digital library and copyright as well as copyright challenges and recommendations.

scholarly journals Legal-Ware: Contract and Copyright in the Digital Age

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J Madison
Keyword(s):  
Computer Software ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Information Policy ◽  
Fair Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Commercial Law ◽  
The Public

ProCD, Inc. v. Zeidenberg, which enforced a shrinkwrap license for computer software, has encouraged the expansion of the shrinkwrap form beyond computer programs, forward, onto the Internet, and backward, toward such traditional works as books and magazines. Authors and publishers are using that case to advance norms of information use that exclude, practically and conceptually, a robust public domain and a meaningful doctrine of fair use. Contesting such efforts by focusing on the contractual nature of traditional shrinkwrap, by relying on market principles, on adhesion theory, on commercial law concepts of usage and custom, or on federal preemption doctrine, feeds rather than resists this trend. This article argues that instead of regulating shrinkwrap itself, reinforcing an adjudicative environment that focuses on public values inherent in copyright and information policy is the best means of preserving fair use and the public domain as meaningful concepts.

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