CopyrightQuestionsandAnswersforInformationProfessionals

Copyrightlawisacriticalissueforauthors,librarians,publishers,andinformationvendors.Itisalsoacomplexarea,withmanyshadesofgray.Librarianscontinuallyneedtoseekanswerstoquestionsrangingfromthereproductionofcopyrightedworksforlibraryusers,throughtheperformanceofaudiovisualworks,tothedigitizationanddisplayofprotectedworksonlibrarywebsites.Thisbookpresentsupdatedversionsoftheauthor’scopyrightcolumnspublishedinAgainsttheGrain,theleadingjournalinacquisitionslibrarianshipsincethelate1990s.ItisthefirstvolumeintheseriesCharlestonInsightsinLibrary,Archival,andInformationSciences.TheaimoftheCharlestonInsightsseriesistofocusonimportanttopicsinlibraryandinformationscience,presentingtheissuesinarelativelyjargon-freewaythatisaccessibletoalltypesofinformationprofessionals,includinglibrarians,publishers,andvendors,andthisgoalshapesthepragmaticandaccessibletoneofthebook.Thevolumeispresentedinquestion-and-answerformat.Thequestionsarereal,submittedbylibrarians,educators,andotherinformationprofessionalswhohaveattendedtheauthor’scopyrightlawworkshopsandpresentationsorsubmittedthemtoherbye-mailortelephone.Theauthorhasselectedthequestionsandanswersthathavegeneralapplicability.Shehasthenarrangedthemintologicalchapters,eachprefacedbyashortintroductiontothetopic.Becauseitiswritteninanaccessibleandclearstyle,readersmaywanttoreviewtheentireworkortheycanjustaccessparticularchaptersorevenspecificquestionsastheyneedthem.Thevolumeincludesanindextofacilitatereferenceuse.