ARL Releases Pre-Pub of RLI 279

Washington, DC—The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has released a pre-publication version of Research Library Issues ( RLI ) no. 279 , which is devoted to legal concerns and evolving professional practices around digitizing special collections and archival materials.

ARL member libraries have embraced digitization—performed in-house or through commercial vendors—as a critical strategy to increase access to their unique collections. This issue of RLI includes a model digitization contract for use with outside vendors, as well as model “deeds of gift” that can secure permission from rights holders to make donated material accessible on the web. Finally, the issue presents a critical essay by Kevin L. Smith, Director of Scholarly Communications at Duke University, on a new way of thinking about copyright and risk management in digitizing special collections.

The complete table of contents with links to the articles follows:

Digitization of Special Collections and Archives: Legal and Contractual Issues
Peter B. Hirtle, Anne R. Kenney, and Judy Ruttenberg
Model Deed of Gift
Model Deed of Gift, including Mixed IP Rights
Model Digitization Agreement
Copyright Risk Management: Principles and Strategies for Large-Scale Digitization Projects in Special Collections
Kevin L. Smith

The pre-publication version of Research Library Issues no. 279 (June 2012) is freely available from ARL Digital Publications .

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/ .

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