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2003

NASIG

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Nasig Conference Report: Copyright Law—Fact Or Fiction?, Jennifer Duncan Sep 2003

Nasig Conference Report: Copyright Law—Fact Or Fiction?, Jennifer Duncan

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Because copyright law is notoriously difficult to interpret, Janice Krueger's program on this topic drew a large and engaged crowd. Krueger, the Electronic Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of the Pacific, became interested in copyright when her institution implemented an openURL-enabled linking service and she began to wonder what kind of implications the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) might have for open linking. Krueger began the program with a broad overview of how the Copyright statutes of the U.S. Code (Title 17) govern many of the day to day activities of any library.


Nasig Conference Report: Electronic Resources Management And The Marc Record—The Road Less Traveled, Jennifer Duncan Sep 2003

Nasig Conference Report: Electronic Resources Management And The Marc Record—The Road Less Traveled, Jennifer Duncan

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

The question of how to track administrative metadata for electronic resources has become a real conundrum for serialists over the past few years. As the number of electronic resources licensed by any given library has grown, we have discovered the need to communicate technical and licensing terms to (among others) the public, the reference librarians, and the Interlibrary Loan office. Paula Sullenger, the Serials Acquisitions Librarian (and a former Serials Cataloger) at Auburn University, discussed a relatively new approach to making the licensing terms available: enhancing MARC records.