Notice of Book Publication

["Grace J. Agnew" <gagnew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Digital Rights Management: A Librarian's Guide to Technology and 
Practice, by Grace Agnew is now available from Chandos Press and via 
Amazon. 

    * *ISBN-10:* 1843341824
    * *ISBN-13:* 978-1843341826

This book provides an overview of the current landscape in digital 
rights management (DRM), including: an overview concepts, technologies 
and issues facing libraries, including copyright,user privac, 
authentication and authorization and trusted systems.  It discusses the 
role and implications of DRM for existing library services, such as 
integrated library management systems, electronic reserves, commercial 
database licenses, digital asset management systems and digital library 
repositories as well as emerging issues such as microlicensing and 
seamless integration of licensed and open access resources. It also 
discusses the impact that DRM 'trusted system' technologies, already in 
use in complementary areas, such as course management systems and 
web-based digital media distribution, may have on libraries. Discusses 
strategies for implementing DRM in libraries and archives for 
safeguarding intellectual property and information users in the web 
environment.  A practical guide that places DRM within the context of 
the services and practices of the library and offers guidance on all 
aspects of resource management and user safeguards An understandable 
overview of the technologies and standards involved in digital rights 
management. An overview of the DRM landscape beyond libraries, with an 
emphasis on how this landscape impacts libraries and shapes DRM 
generally. In particular, the e-learning and digital media distribution 
arenas are embracing DRM, with significant potential impact for 
libraries. Includes an emphasis not just on digital books and still 
images, but digital video and audio, where the need for DRM is more 
compelling  The author is Associate University Librarian for Digital 
Library Systems, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Grace 
Agnew is a noted author and lecturer on digital rights management, 
metadata and digital video. She is the architect of the Moving Image 
Collections (MIC) portal, a union catalog for the world's moving images, 
which is co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Association of 
Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). She was a principal investigator for the 
NSF Middleware Initiative invitational workshop, 'Digital Rights 
Management for Research and Education'; she served as an advisor to the 
American Library Association on the technical implications of the TEACH 
Act and is the co-author of two books published by the American Library 
Association. Readership This book is aimed at all information 
professionals. Contents: Introduction. Copyright.  Privacy and other 
rights.  The resource in digital rights management.  The agent in 
digital rights management. Digital rights metadata: describing rights 
and rights workflow.  The technology of digital rights management. 
Putting the pieces together. Bibliography. Index. 452 pages.
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Grace Agnew
Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Library Technical Services Building
47 Davidson Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-5603

gagnew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
PH: (732) 445-5908
FAX: (732) 445-5888