A White Paper on Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books | Controlled Digital Lending by Libraries

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Summary:

"This paper is about how libraries can legally lend digital copies of books. It explains the legal and policy rationales for the process— “controlled digital lending”— as well as a variety of risk factors and practical considerations that can guide libraries seeking to implement such lending.  We write this paper in support of the Position Statement on Controlled Digital Lending,[2] a document endorsed by many libraries, librarians, and legal experts.  Our goal is to help libraries and their lawyers become more comfortable with the concept by more fully explaining the legal rationale for controlled digital lending, as well as situations in which this rationale is the strongest...."

Link:

https://controlleddigitallending.org/whitepaper

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Tags:

oa.new oa.libraries oa.usa oa.fair_use oa.pd oa.books oa.copyright oa.cdl

Date tagged:

02/07/2019, 10:41

Date published:

02/07/2019, 05:41