RE: digitizing news clippings collection

["Peter B. Hirtle" <pbh6@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jessica:

This is a tough question to answer.  I might suggest that as a start you read
the chapters on "Fair Use" and "Risk Management: How to Digitize Safely" in my
book "Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for
U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums," available for sale on Amazon and as a
free download from http://www.ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/14142 or
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1495365.  They won't answer
your question, but might give you a framework for thinking about the risk you
face.

Peter

Peter B. Hirtle
Senior Policy Advisor
Scholarly Resources and Special Collections
Cornell University Library
221 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY  14853
mailto:peter.hirtle@xxxxxxxxxxx
t.  607.255-4033
f.  607.255-2493
http://vivo.cornell.edu/individual/vivo/individual23436



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zheng Jessica Lu [mailto:zjlu@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 3:05 PM
> To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: digitizing news clippings collection
>
> We recently received an inquiry about donating a news clippings
> collection on Middle East to our library.  We don't have the physical
> space for the collection, but thought digitizing it might be a solution.
> These are clippings of newspaper and magazine articles from 70s-90s, so
> most of them are under copyright.  Would it be ok to digitize if we
> limit the access to our students and faculty, under fair use?  Any input
> is appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jessica
>
> --
> Zheng (Jessica) Lu
> Digital Collections Librarian
> Gleeson Library | Geschke Center
> University of San Francisco
> 2130 Fulton Street
> San Francisco, CA 94117-1049
> E-mail: zjlu@xxxxxxxxx
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