Intellectual Property Committee
From Digital Libraries - Fall 2008
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[edit] Committee Members
Melissa Gonzales, Sarah Kasten, Kate Lane
Contact/point person: Kate Lane, lane7@simmons.edu
[edit] Schedule/Timeline
Proposed Timeline
October 1-20: Identify each item in the scrapbook and research potential copyright
holders. - COMPLETE
October 21-November 7: Contact potential copyright holders (via email, phone, letter) and ask permission to include in our DL. Also, if needed, send a courtesy note to to the creator of the scrapbook. - COMPLETE ] Week of November 3-7: Finish copyright research and analysis - COMPLETE
Week of November 10-14: Compose and assign copyright permission statements to accompany metadata - COMPLETE
After this: Draft/edit White Paper of Best IP practices - COMPLETE
[edit] Meetings and Minutes
Meeting Dates:
Summary of Sept. 21 Email Communications
Summary of Oct. 1-14 Email Communications
October 27th, 7:30pm, Beatley Library
This meeting lasted 2 hours. We did preliminary copyright analysis on the items in the copyright database, and identified items needing more research inside the Simmons archive as well as research needed for institutions outside Simmons. The committee solidified our schedule for the rest of the semester with the short term goal of finishing copyright analysis and composing copyright statements, and for the rest of the term compiling our research into a white paper by the end of the semester.
[edit] Copyright Database
We have finished the copyright database and have detailed each item in the scrapbook. Copyright Database
Database Key for Risk Assessment
Due to the age of the scrapbook, we don't think that there are any items that are "high risk" for our project.
red = medium risk
light blue = low risk
light green = no risk - (c) Simmons College
gray = no risk - probably public domain (or a three dimensional object)
Here is the final PDF version. Media:Copyright Database - Hering Scrapbook.pdf
[edit] Preservation Metadata and Descriptive Metadata Rights Statement
This item is a digital reproduction of original material housed in the Simmons College Archives in Boston, Massachusetts. Access is provided for educational and research purposes only. It may not be reproduced in any form without written consent from the Simmons College Archives.
[edit] Terms of Use Statement
The material on this web site, such as text, photographs, images, graphics, logos, and its compilation are digital reproductions of original material housed in the Simmons College Archives in Boston, Massachusetts. Access is provided for educational and research purposes only. It may not be reproduced in any form without written consent from the Simmons College Archives.
Though the Simmons College Archives has made a reasonable effort to identify and secure permission from the copyright holders of material in the Catherine Hering Jensen Scrapbook, it does not guarantee that all rights holders have been identified. Some material may still be under copyright. Users are responsible for obtaining appropriate permission for reproduction and use. Users of the Catherine Hering Jensen Digital Scrapbook agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Simmons College Archives and its affiliated entities from any claims, losses, damages, liabilities, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of your use or misuse of this Web site.
Warning Concerning United States Copyright Law
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you believe this site is infringing your copyright, the Archives will take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”). Pursuant to DMCA, written notification of claimed copyright infringement may or should be submitted to the Simmons College Archives.
To Request Permission – link]
To request permission to reproduce material from the Catherine Hering Jensen Digital Scrapbook you may email or otherwise contact: Simmons College Archives 300 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 archives@simmons.edu
Please cite all works in this collection with the title of the work followed by: "Catherine Hering Jensen Digital Scrapbook. Boston: Simmons College Archives." and the url for the particular item cited.
For example: "Simmons College Honor Code." Catherine Hering Jensen Digital Scrapbook. Boston: Simmons College Archives. http://gslis.simmons.edu:8080/auroraDL/collections/CANDY/index.html. [or whatever the actual url is]
[edit] Copyright Links and Resources
Cornell has one of the best (and easiest to understand!!) websites concerning copyright.
Section 108 of the US Copyright Law is the exemption for Libraries and Archives. This exemption allows for the reproduction and distribution of material for educational purposes and private study. However, please note the Copyright Act was written in 1976, before the age of digitization. It was slightly altered in 1998 with the Digital Millennium Act but does not include electronic resources.
In response to the need to include new technologies in the Copyright Act, the Section 108 Study Group formed in April 2005 to help draft new legislation to update Section 108 to include the special concerns surrounding digitization. Their report was released in March of 2008. Pages 113-116 refer to "virtual libraries" (as well as the concept of "virtual-only libraries").
Resources for protecting images - list of links to facilitate our discussion on how to discourage people from copying copyrighted information.
