Digital rights management
Subtitle: the librarian's guide
By: edited by Catherine A. Lemmer, Carla P. Wale
Series: Medical Library Association books; Medical Library Association books
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781442263758; 9781442263741
Subjects: Digital libraries; Digital rights management
Description: "Designed to address the practical operational and planning issues related to DRM, this guide explores the critical issues and challenges faced by librarians. After reading it, librarians will better understand: the digital content rights protection scheme; the various DRM technologies and how they are used; how to use authentication and authorization standards, strategies, and technologies; and, the privacy and security issues related to DRM. Edited by two librarians who also hold law degrees, this is a best practices guide for front-line librarians on how to best respond to the impact of DRM schemes on collection development, staffing, budget, service, and other library concerns"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is digital rights management?  -- Frederick W. Dingledy and Alex Berrio Matamoros; title: A primer on digital rights management technologies  -- Jasper L. Tran; title: Understanding and utilizing digital authentication  -- Amanda T. Watson; title: Organizations and workflow : leveraging your library to make the most of DRM  -- Ashley Krenelka Chase; title: Provisions for digital collections and sample language  -- Brian R. Huffman and Victoria J. Szymczak; title: Managing digital rights in open access works  -- Benjamin J. Keele and Jere D. Odell; title: The quandary of digital rights and information privacy  -- Roberta F. Studwell and Jordan A. Jefferson; title: Digital rights management and copyright law : what librarians need to know  -- Renate L. Chancellor and Heather A. Wiggins; title: DRM redux -- Dana Neacsu.