[ Please excuse any duplication. Please forward to other interested colleagues and listservs.] Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the RLG Partner Copyright Investigation Summary Report <http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/2008-01.pdf> is now available. This report summarizes interviews conducted between August and September 2007 with staff from eight partner institutions. Interviewees shared information about how and why institutions investigate and collect copyright evidence, both for mass digitization projects and for items in special collections. This report is one of the deliverables of the RLG Programs Work Agenda. Participating partner institutions and staff include: Cornell University Peter Hirtle Emory University Lisa Macklin New York Public Library Tom Lisanti Rutgers University Grace Agnew Stanford University Mimi Calter University of California, Los Angeles Angela Riggio University of Michigan Judy Aronheim University of Texas at Austin Dennis Dillon RLG Programs is grateful to these partner institutions and staff for participating in this project and sharing their knowledge and perspectives to form the basis for this report. You may link directly to the report here: www.oclc.org/programs/publications/2008-01.pdf Best, Merrilee Merrilee Proffitt Program Officer OCLC Programs and Research 777 Mariners Island Boulevard, Suite 550 San Mateo, CA 94044 Voice: +1-650-287-2136 Fax: +1-650.964.1461 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Merrilee blogs at... www.hangingtogether.org