"Includes an emphasis not just on digital books and still images, but digital video and audio, where the need for DRM is more compelling "
----- Original Message ----- > 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. > > ________________________________________________________________ > > 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 at rci.rutgers.edu > PH: (732) 445-5908 > FAX: (732) 445-5888
