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Book Review: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians

By David Badertscher, PLL

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Title: Licensing Digital Content: A Practical Guide for Librarians

Author: Lesley Ellen Harris

Publisher: American Library Association

Edition: Second

Publication Date: 2009

ISBN: 978-0-8389-0992-8

Pages: 161

Price: $57.00

The author?s stated goal in writing this brief volume is to provide a primer and guide regarding digital licensing issues for librarians and other consumers of digital content. The author?s experience in the area includes authorship of the first edition of this volume, leading conferences in this subject area, and leading her company dedicated to intellectual property issues.

The bulk of this brief book deals with the mechanics of licensing agreements. A license agreement is a written contract between a user and a content owner. It delineates the terms and conditions of use. The author provides summaries of key and boilerplate clauses in licensing agreements with analysis and tips to improve effective drafting of agreements. This material provides very useful material to assist in drafting digital licensing agreements for both the novice and the intermediate professional. Additional material deals with an approach to the negotiation process to facilitate the creation of the licensing agreement.

While this book is published by the American Library Association, the scope of its content is not intended purely for an American audience. Since digital content and Internet access have world wide breadth, the book is intended to be useful to a broader audience of readers. These include librarians working in variously sized and diverse organizations as well as individuals employed in companies that supply digital content. The book is well worth reading for those interested in an introduction to digital licensing drafting and issues involved with this process. It is a worthy addition to the collections of general and specialized libraries.

Reviewed by Theodore Pollack, Senior Law Librarian, New York County Public Access Law Library

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).