Dear All (with apologies for cross postings),
For the last 4 years I have been a member of the Legal Deposit Advisory
Panel that advises UK Govt (DCMS) on matters relating to the
implementation of the 2003 Legal Deposit Act. During that time I have
been Chair of the Web Archiving sub-committee. We made recommendations
for regulation to the DCMS a while ago and here is the resultant public
consultation.
This is very much the UK Govt's document now, we are but advisors. But
the public consultation is an important step on the road to getting Web
Archiving supported by legal frameworks, so your response is critical to
these next stages as it affects us all.
So please read the following email from DCMS, pass it on to friends and
colleagues and respond.
Best regards,
Simon
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The Department for Culture Media and Sport has launched a consultation
on the legal deposit of UK offline and online non-print publications
which are available free of charge and without access restrictions. The
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 allows for publications to be deposited
with Trinity College, Dublin (subject to provisions in Section 13),
which is why we are seeking responses from interested parties in the
Republic of Ireland as well as the UK.
Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit
copies of their printed publications to the British Library and, on
their request, the other deposit libraries (the National Library of
Scotland; the National Library of Wales; the Bodleian Library, Oxford;
the University Library, Cambridge; and the Library of Trinity College,
Dublin) so that they can to be preserved for the benefit of future
generations and become part of the national heritage.
This consultation sets out recommendations provided by the Legal Deposit
Advisory Panel to the Secretary of State for Culture on the legal
deposit of UK offline and online non-print publications.
The consultation will be of interest to professional and amateur writers
who are the author of online publications that are available to the
public free of charge and accessible without restriction.
Further information, including the consultation document (a Welsh
language version will be available shortly), can be found on the DCMS
website:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/consultations/6506.aspx.
Please respond before the closing date of 01 March 2010 using the
questionnaire at Annex G of the document, to
deposits.consultation at culture.gsi.gov.uk. If you do not have access to
e mail, please respond to:
Frances Love Libraries and Archives Team, Culture Directorate 2-4
Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5DH
For enquiries about the consultation (handling) process only please
contact the DCMS Public Engagement and Recognition Unit (PERU) at the
above address or email using the form at www.culture.gov.uk/contact_us
heading your communication ?Proposal on the Collection and Preservation
of UK Offline and Microform Publications and UK Online Publications,
which are available free of charge and without access restrictions?.
Please forward this email to anyone you know who will be interested in
this consultation.
Many thanks.
Department for Culture Media and Sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London
SW1Y 5DH
http://www.culture.gov.uk/
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Simon Tanner
Director, King's Digital Consultancy Services,
King's College London,
Centre for Computing in the Humanities,
26-29 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5RL
Tel: +44 (0)7887 691716 or Admin: +44 (0)20 7848 2861
Email: simon.tanner at kcl.ac.uk
http://www.kdcs.kcl.ac.uk/
