Stobo, Deazley and Anderson (2013)
| Stobo, Deazley and Anderson (2013) | |
| Title: | Copyright and Risk: Scoping the Wellcome Digital Library Project |
| Author(s): | Stobo, Deazley, Anderson |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Citation: | Stobo, V., Deazley, R., & Anderson, I. (2013). Copyright and Risk: Scoping the Wellcome Digital Library Project (No. 10). CREATe Working Paper. |
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CREATe Working Paper 2014/04. Available at: https://zenodo.org/record/8423/files/CREATe-Working-Paper-2014-04.pdf Deazley, R., Stobo, V., (2013) Archives and Copyright: Risk and Reform. CREATe Working Paper 2013/3. Available at: https://zenodo.org/record/8373/files/CREATe-Working-Paper-2013-03.pdf Dryden, J. (2008) Copyright in the Real World: Making Archival Material Available on the Internet (PhD Thesis) Available at: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/11198/1/Dryden_Jean_E_200806_PhD_thesis.pdfProperty "Has reference to" (as page type) with input value "Deazley, R., Stobo, V.,(eds) (2014) Archives and Copyright: Developing an Agenda for Reform</br>CREATe Working Paper 2014/04. Available at: https://zenodo.org/record/8423/files/CREATe-Working-Paper-2014-04.pdf</br>Deazley, R., Stobo, V., (2013) Archives and Copyright: Risk and Reform. CREATe Working Paper 2013/3. Available at: https://zenodo.org/record/8373/files/CREATe-Working-Paper-2013-03.pdf</br>Dryden, J. (2008) Copyright in the Real World: Making Archival Material Available on the Internet (PhD Thesis) Available at: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/bitstream/1807/11198/1/Dryden_Jean_E_200806_PhD_thesis.pdf" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. |
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| Linked by: | Cave, Deegan and Heinink (2000), Dryden (2008), Hudson and Kenyon (2007), Korn (2009), Stobo, Deazley and Anderson (2013) |
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Contents
Abstract
Copyright & Risk: Scoping the Wellcome Digital Library was a retrospective case study which aimed to assess the merits of the risk-managed approach to copyright clearance adopted by the Wellcome Library (WL) in the course of their pilot digitisation project Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
The case study was based on semi-structured interviews, which were conducted with members of project staff at the Wellcome Library, and at their partner archive institutions. Project documentation was also made available, and this material takes two forms: policy documents which were circulated and updated as the project took place; and an internal report produced towards the end of the project, which includes a variety of statistics and more general lessons learned.
The report finds that while the initial risk management strategy adopted by the Wellcome has been successful, there is still very little evidence available about the success of rights clearance and risk management in the UK archive sector, and that further empirical investigation is required.
Main Results of the Study
The risk criteria developed by the Wellcome Library to distinguish between low, medium and high risk rightsholders, has been successful.
Without a suitable copyright exception to rely on, the Wellcome Library have engaged in a proportionate amount of rights clearance to support mass digitisation, research and private study.
There is very little empirical evidence on rights clearance and risk management to inform decision-making in UK cultural heritage institutions, and more research in this area is required.
Policy Implications as Stated By Author
Even though risk management strategies might have moderate impact, there is still very little evidence available about the success of rights clearance and risk management in the UK archive sector, implying that further empirical investigation is required for informed policy interventions.
