[pd-discuss] Fwd: News release: Sharing and re-using library catalogue records in a web 2.0 world

Mon Feb 22 08:30:53 UTC 2010

I got this message through a some extensive forwarding, perhaps this is also interesting for this list.

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Maarten Zeinstra

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> Van: A JISC announce list. [mailto:JISC-ANNOUNCE at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Namens Nicola Yeeles
> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 februari 2010 16:31
> Aan: JISC-ANNOUNCE at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Onderwerp: News release: Sharing and re-using library catalogue records in a web 2.0 world
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> News release
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> 16 February 2010
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> Sharing and re-using catalogue records in a web 2.0 world: what are the
> legal implications?
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> The internet has made sharing library catalogue records easier for libraries
> and users – but with it comes a new set of challenges surrounding the legal
> implications.  A new JISC toolkit helps librarians navigate the legal
> minefield of making their catalogue records available to others.
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> Explore the resources at the JISC Legal Web site:
> <http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/TransferandUseofBibliographicRecords.aspx>
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> “There are now so many ways in which catalogue records can be re-used on the
> Web outside the formal library catalogue,” says Ben Wynne, the JISC
> programme manager responsible for this guidance.  “This is great news for
> libraries and their users but, as in so many other areas, when it comes to
> copying and sharing data you need to be clear what you can and cannot do
> within the law.”
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> Web 2.0 applications such as LibraryThing have opened up new ways for people
> to share records for their books and other information resources and for
> libraries to make them available for indexing by Web search engines. 
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> The aim of the guidance is to enable librarians to take a risk management
> approach to making their catalogue records available for re-use and to audit
> their current legal position.
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> The key issues which emerge from the guidance are:
> -     Contracts (licences) with record suppliers have a greater influence on
> what individual libraries can and cannot do with their records than
> intellectual property law
> -     There is no such thing as a standard licence for the supply of records
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> To establish what libraries can and cannot do with records sourced from
> suppliers, they need to check their individual licences.  The toolkit
> includes information on what sort of conditions to look out for in licences
> and the sorts of clauses libraries should consider including when
> negotiating new licences with suppliers.
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> Listen to more advice from Claire Davies and Max Hammond who carried out the
> work:
> <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/avfiles/news/interviews/podcast98librarycatalogue.mp3>
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> Explore the resources at the JISC Legal Web site:
> <http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/TransferandUseofBibliographicRecords.aspx>

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