[posted on behalf of Constance Malpas]
DLF Colleagues,
John's remarks about the
need for a shared infrastructure for evaluating copyright status are well taken
and echo a concern we've heard expressed by colleagues throughout the research
library community.
Some DLF members will
already be aware of work underway at OCLC to define core requirements for a
collaborative copyright assessment tool that might eliminate some of the
system-wide redundancies that you allude to. Specifically, we are examining
ways to leverage the shared investment that libraries have already made in
pooling descriptive and administrative data for their print collections. The
WorldCat database represents a potentially rich source of collective
intelligence about the copyright status of titles earmarked for digitization.
We are looking at how
bibliographic data in WorldCat can
be mined to derive item or work-level copyright status. In collaboration with
interested libraries, we are also investigating the potential benefits of
aggregating additional institutional copyright assessment data to create an
even richer source of shared intelligence.
We would be happy to discuss
this work at the BOF/open discussion session on Tuesday, April 24th. In the
meantime, feel free to contact Bill Carney ([log in to unmask])
for information about the evolving service architecture for copyright
assessment, or Constance Malpas ([log in to unmask])
for information on related efforts in OCLC Programs and Research.
Constance Malpas,
OCLC Programs and Research
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Merrilee Proffitt, Program Officer
OCLC Programs and Research
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