Hayden, Marx in Conversation at NYPL

lkfitz's bookmarks 2016-11-10

Summary:

"On Halloween night, Friends and trustees of New York Public Library (NYPL) got a treat that didn’t require a costume: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and NYPL President Tony Marx sat down together for a lively hour-long discussion of research, preservation, digitization, Hayden’s plans for the Library of Congress (LC), and the influence of Hamilton."

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"Hayden demurred on audience questions about how copyright legislation impedes digitization efforts and what can be done about it. “I don’t have any opinion on how the law should evolve, because that’s really Congress…and I’m not a copyright expert,” she answered. Much of what LC is digitizing now is old and not impeded by copyright, but the law is certainly something they take into account. When asked if she considered it her position to advocate for open access, Hayden answered decisively, “No. I’m a librarian. And so my position…is to really make sure that the particular library that I’m in now is open and available, and serves the people that it’s supposed to serve.” That includes serving Congress—one of LC’s original missions—and in turn all the communities that Congress serves."

Link:

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2016/11/digital-content/hayden-marx-in-conversation-at-nypl/#_

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Tags:

oa.new oa.libraries oa.nypl oa.digitization oa.preservation oa.images oa.discussions oa.people oa.loc oa.copyright oa.advocacy oa.librarians oa.costs

Date tagged:

11/10/2016, 10:23

Date published:

11/10/2016, 05:23