The Ownership of Bibliographic Data--OCLC's Experience: A Symposium.

Brown, Rowland C. W.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Ownership of Bibliographic Data--OCLC's Experience: A Symposium.

Brown, Rowland C. W.; And Others

Journal of Academic Librarianship, v11 n4 p196-205 Sep 1985

This symposium presents thoughts of OCLC's president and six reactions to news that OCLC has decided to register its database for copyright. Topics covered include copyright and access to information, legal and technical issues, reasoning behind the decision, a threat to sharing, improved communications, and copyright enforcement. References are provided. (EJS)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Copyrights, Databases, Decision Making, Federal Regulation, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Systems, Legal Problems, Online Systems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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