One of the tasks that is becoming integrated into bibliographic
applications is that of helping the user understand the copyright status
of resources they encounter. For example, OCLC is setting up a registry
of copyright evidence related to bibliographic data in WorldCat.
http://www.oclc.org/programs/ourwork/infrastructures/newservice/copyright.htm
The Open Library is also working with some activists in Creative Commons
to integrate copyright information into the Open Library. The CC folks
who are working with the Open Library already have a beta test planned
for a registry of Canadian copyright information. If you want to
participate in the beta test, here is the relevant information:
Calling Canada's librarians - the Canadian Public Domain needs you!
Access Copyright (The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency) and Creative
Commons Canada, in partnership with Creative Commons Corp. and the
Wikimedia Foundation, invite Canada's library community to help us test
the Canadian Public Domain Registry beta website.
The ground-breaking project – the most comprehensive of its kind in
Canada – will create an online, globally searchable catalogue of
published Canadian literary works. The Registry's integrated rights
calculator allows users to automatically determine each work's copyright
status on an evolving basis. The Registry will also link to digital
versions of the work and provide information about where a paper-copy
can be purchased, when available.
In essence, we're building a public domain library and that's why we
need you (Canada's librarians) to help test our beta website and ensure
the Registry is ready for the public-at-large. We also invite leaders
in the library community to get involved with charting a course for its
future. Any amount of participation is helpful and welcome. Please
contact us now, we will reply with further instructions, directions to
the beta test website and the secret password.
What: Canadian Public Domain Registry beta test
When: October 15 - December 15, 2008
Who: The Canadian Library community
Where: Contact marcus_at_creativecommons.ca for details
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Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant
kcoyle@kcoyle.net http://www.kcoyle.net
ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet
fx.: 510-848-3913
mo.: 510-435-8234
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