Digital Rights Management: A Librarian's Guide to Technology and Practise (Chandos Information Professional Series) - Softcover

Agnew, Grace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843341255 ISBN 13: 9781843341253

Publisher: Chandos Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

This book provides an overview of digital rights management (DRM), including: an overview of terminology and issues facing libraries, plus an overview of the technology including standards and off-the-shelf products. It discusses the role and implications of DRM for existing library services, such as integrated library management systems, electronic reserves, commercial database licenses, digital asset management systems and digital library repositories. It also discusses the impact that DRM 'trusted system' technologies, already in use in complementary areas, such as course management systems and web-based digital media distribution, may have on libraries. It also discusses strategies for implementing DRM in libraries and archives for safeguarding intellectual property in the web environment.

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About the Author

Grace Agnew is Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.Grace Agnew is a noted author and lecturer on digital rights management, metadata and digital video. She is the architect of the Moving Image Collections (MIC) portal, a union catalog for the world’s moving images, which is co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). She was a principal investigator for the NSF Middleware Initiative invitational workshop, ‘Digital Rights Management for Research and Education’; she served as an advisor to the American Library Association on the technical implications of the TEACH Act and is the co-author of two books published by the American Library Association.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chandos Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843341255
• ISBN 13: 9781843341253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 452