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Preservation, Access and Intellectual Property Rights Challenges for Libraries in the Digital Environment

Preservation, Access and Intellectual Property Rights Challenges for Libraries in the Digital Environment

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Author: Adrienne Muir
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Price: Free
Publication Date: 05 June 2006

Digitisation of collections provides great opportunities for widening access to collections and especially to unique, rare and fragile material. It also enables preservation by creating a surrogate and thus reducing handling of originals. However, the legal status of such activity is unclear.

This paper points the way towards a common set of rights or principles to equip libraries with the tools they require to operate effectively and legally in digital environments.

 
 

 

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