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Law of Libraries and Archives Annotated Edition
Author(s): Bryan M. Carson (Author)
- Publisher: Scarecrow Press (UK)
- Publication Date: 7 Dec. 2006
- Edition: Annotated
- Language: English
- Print length: 416 pages
- ISBN-10: 081085189X
- ISBN-13: 9780810851894
Book Description
Some of the issues included in the book include contracts, copyright and patent law, fair use, copyright exceptions for libraries, and the TEACH Act. The book contains chapters discussing trademark law, licensing of databases, information malpractice, and professionalism, as well as privacy issues, the PATRIOT Act, employment law, and the basics of starting a non-profit organization.
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website for a number of important documents and resources related to library law.Editorial Reviews
Review
Comprehensive, easy to understand, and up-to-date, this title is recommended….
This book should be required reading for anyone who works with copyright, intellectual access, patent law, fair use, or contracts. It is a simple (as simple as one can get regarding these laws), easy-to-use reference book, written for laymen, dealing with the complexities and intricacies of many laws related to libraries and archives. The author is well-known to librarians, having published the column ”Legally Speaking” in Against the Grain since 1999. Almost everything and anything dealing with libraries and the law is detailed here.
Carson is well qualified to write this book. He is educated as a librarian and as a lawyer….He demonstrates throughout the book a superb understanding that his readers are in need of legal information, but are not likely to have much or any formal training in the law. — Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University
This is a work that every librarian and archivist should read; every library and archive should add it to the reference collection. Essential.
A good reference on law…Carson is clear and concise in his analysis….Obviously, this is a valuable book and website for archivists and librarians managing programs and holdings in our litigious age.
