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Pursuing A Return On Technology, Mary Wise
Pursuing A Return On Technology, Mary Wise
Library Scholarship
This article discusses a few emerging technologies and how they could benefit libraries and library users.
Project: Information Oasis, Katherine O'Clair, Emalee Craft, Jennifer Duvernay, Sheila Hofstetter, Linda Shackle
Project: Information Oasis, Katherine O'Clair, Emalee Craft, Jennifer Duvernay, Sheila Hofstetter, Linda Shackle
Library Scholarship
Imagine a dry 105-degree day in the desert. It's your first day of classes -- you're hot, thirsty, and desperately trying to find your way around a large campus teeming with tens of thousands of people. Suddenly an image appears distantly down the sidewalk. You can't make it out at first, but slowly it comes into focus, a sign saying "LOST? Get Help Here!" Is it real or a mirage? As you approach you see smiling faces and people offering you free water -- you've indeed come across an oasis! And what is this place? It's a ... library? ... …
Neh Grant Proposal: Arrangement And Description Of The Julia Morgan Architectural Archives, Nancy E. Loe
Neh Grant Proposal: Arrangement And Description Of The Julia Morgan Architectural Archives, Nancy E. Loe
Library Scholarship
This proposal describes the significance and depth of scholarship afforded by Special Collections Department of the Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University, (Cal Poly), San Luis Obispo, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive Morgan archive, and the urgent need to arrange, preserve, and make the collections fully accessible to researchers.
Avoiding The Golden Fleece: Licensing Agreements For Archives, Nancy E. Loe
Avoiding The Golden Fleece: Licensing Agreements For Archives, Nancy E. Loe
Library Scholarship
The need to negotiate licenses protecting the rights to intellectual property in archives is an emerging and complex area. This article provides archivists with a better understanding of the legal and economic issues arising from commercial requests for archival materials, examining five key areas relating to licensing: the technology, the players, the economics, the rights and the consequences. The article presents guidelines, strategies, and a sample licensing agreement to help archivists make informed decisions about whether and on what terms to license materials from their collections for commercial use.