The Law of Libraries and Archives
Bryan M. Carson

List Price: $71.50 ISBN: 0-8108-5189-X ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-5189-4 Pub Date: Dec 2006 416 pages Binding: Cloth Availability: In Stock   European customers click here

SUBJECTS
Library & Information Science » Archives
Library & Information Science » Reference Services
Law & Legal Studies
Library & Information Science » Library Management

REVIEWS
"This is a work that every librarian and archivist should read; every library and archive should add it to the reference collection. Essential." —Vol. 44, No. 11 (July 2007), CHOICE

DESCRIPTION
The law should be accessible to every professional, which is the philosophy behind The Law of Libraries and Archives. In this invaluable book, legal concepts are explained in plain English so that librarians and archivists will be able to understand the principles that affect them on a daily basis. This book provides its readers with answers and raises issues for them to think about. In addition to providing a basic overview of the law, this work contains enough details to allow readers to make informed choices and to converse intelligently with legal counsel.

Some of the issues included in the book include contracts, copyright and patent law, fair use, copyright exceptions for libraries, and the TEACH Act. The book contains chapters discussing trademark law, licensing of databases, information malpractice, and professionalism, as well as privacy issues, the PATRIOT Act, employment law, and the basics of starting a non-profit organization.

Visit the author's website for a number of important documents and resources related to library law.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bryan M. Carson is an associate professor and Coordinator of Reference and Instructional Services at Western Kentucky University and is a member of the bar in Ohio and Kentucky. He has published extensively on law as applied to libraries, and since 1999 has edited a very popular column, "Legally Speaking," in Against the Grain.

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