Librarians frequently do not apply their fair use rights under the Copyright Act in a robust manner when engaged in digitization projects, and they focus, instead, on risk aversion, to the detriment of scholarship and their patrons.
UPDATED: ALA Midwinter 2012: Fair Use a Good Argument Even in an Age of Mass Digitization
By on January 22, 2012
Two Academic Library Consortia Merge Efforts to Manage Print Journals
By on January 12, 2012
The Future of the FDLP: From Conversation to Confrontation
By on December 13, 2011
By Jim Jacobs and Melody Kelly Recent discussions about the state of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the responsibilities of regional depository libraries have morphed from a conversation into a politicized confrontation. Sadly, this threatens to negatively affect not just depository libraries but all libraries and users who rely on a robust FDLP [...]
