2020 PALCI Member Mtg Series - The Untapped Potential of Controlled Digital Lending during COVID-19
Channel: PALCI
Date: 08/09/2020

The Untapped Potential of Controlled Digital Lending during COVID-19

Panelists:
Kornelia Tancheva: Hillman University Librarian and Director of the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh (Moderator)
Allen Jones: Director - Digital Libraries & Technical Services, The New School
Sebastian Hammer: Co-Founder and President, Index Data
David Hansen: Associate University Librarian for Research, Collections & Scholarly Communication, Lead Copyright & Information Policy Officer, Duke University

Abstract:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many libraries were forced to close their doors and, as a result, limited access to physical collections. Since that time, a light has been shone on Controlled Digital Lending as one possible solution to providing access to library materials when physical access is necessarily restricted. Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is the digital equivalent of traditional library lending. A position paper co-written by a number of copyright experts outlines what they describe as a legal process in which a library can digitize a book it owns and lend out a secured digital version to one user at a time, in place of the physical item. In this panel session you'll hear from one of the original copyright experts who authored a white paper on controlled digital lending (available from https://controlleddigitallending.org), librarians, and technologists about how CDL has the potential to transform basic library services.

Recorded September 2, 2020 as part of the 2020 PALCI Member Meeting Event Series