Joint Statement on the Metadata Rights of Libraries | ICOLC Website

"The endorsers listed below urge all organizations, whether for-profit or not-for-profit, to uphold libraries’ rights and interests to use, re-use, adapt, aggregate, and share metadata that describes library collections to serve the public interest, without restriction or limitation....

Metadata describing library collections is not typically copyrightable, and should be considered freely shareable and reusable under most circumstances...."