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Practical Copyright for Library and Information Professionals
This new handbook aims to bring clarity to the UK’s copyright legislation – which has been referred to as the longest, most confusing and hardest to navigate in the world. The publisher says the book provides sensible and realistic guidance for all library and information practitioners, with up-to-date information on changes to copyright law in 2014/5. The book covers the following key
topics: l The copyright exceptions or permitted acts most relevant to library and information professionals;
l Lending of print and electronic copyright materials;
l The range of licensing solutions available to ensure that the use of copyright works is done in compliance with the law;
l The options available for making copies of orphan works (such as where this is done as part of digitisation projects); and
l An exploration of how information professionals working in the corporate sector can copy material legitimately, and highlights where this differs from practitioners working in not for profit publicly accessible libraries.
Practical Copyright for Library and Information Professionals is aimed at being an indispensable guide for library and information professionals, useful for academics and researchers, and essential reading for anyone wishing to use copyright material legitimately.
www.facetpublishing.co.uk
48 Research Information OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2015
London’s Royal Botanic Gardens, at Kew, has selected Arkivum/100 for its long-term data storage and archive solution.
Kew has made significant IT investment in creating digital representations of physical objects contained within its collections to be able to archive them and make them widely accessible for the future. In addition to the preservation of this scientific digital collection, the system is also being used to archive digitised text that forms part of a collection of personal letters from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Kew is implementing Arkivum/100 and integrating it with the Aetopia Digital Asset Management system. The system will facilitate Kew in the sharing of digital images and digitised text from a number of its heritage and scientific collections that have immense scientific, cultural and public significance. The Arkivum solution provides Kew with 100 terabytes of archive storage over eight years with future storage expansion of a similar size expected in the near future. The volume of data means that it is estimated that it will now take the staff at Kew nine months to move the data into the archive system.
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Kew gardens selects Arkivium/100
‘The investment that Kew has made in Arkivum/100 as part of the project to digitally represent its physical objects is significant,’ said Steve Mackey, VP sales for heritage and culture at Arkivum. ‘It forms a key part of its ability to share digitised images and text. The long-term sharing initiative is secured and backed by the Arkivum 100 per cent data integrity guarantee that underpins the trustworthiness and authenticity of Kew’s digital data.’
www.arkivum.com
Library Technology Essentials series
The Library Technology Essentials series is aimed at helping librarians use today’s hottest new technologies as well as ready themselves for tomorrow’s.
The series of 12 books features titles that cover the A-Z of how to leverage the latest and most cutting-edge technologies and trends to deliver new library services. Today’s forward-thinking libraries are responding to changes in information consumption, new technological advancements, and growing user expectations
by devising groundbreaking ways to remain relevant in a rapidly changing digital world. This collection of primers guides libraries along the path to innovation through step- by-step instruction. Written by the field’s top experts, these handbooks serve as the ultimate gateway to the newest and most promising emerging technology trends. The author Ellyssa Kroski is director of information technology for the New York Law Institute.
www.rowman.com
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