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Enhancing Authority Records to Aid Copyright Review Judith Ahronheim University of Michigan January, 2014.

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1 Enhancing Authority Records to Aid Copyright Review Judith Ahronheim University of Michigan January, 2014

2 Thank You

3 It all starts with HathiTrust…

4 What is Copyright Review ? HathiTrust has scanned books from academic libraries HathiTrust has scanned books from academic libraries Scans are reviewed for copyright status Scans are reviewed for copyright status Public Domain materials are opened to view by anyone Public Domain materials are opened to view by anyone Thank you IMLS! Thank you IMLS!

5 Legal Definitions of Public Domain-US Date RangeCopyright status Pre-1923Expired copyright; can be determined by pub loc and fixed field date in most cases 1923-1963Copyright status depends on existence of renewal and copyright formalities in work. Can be complicated by inclusion of previously published content within other works, by earlier foreign editions and by the nationality or work location of the author 1963-Protected by copyright with minor exceptions

6 Why Nationality Matters A foreign author writing in the US retains his European rights A foreign writer often has an earlier foreign edition of his work published prior to the US edition

7 Legal Definitions of Public Domain-non US Date rangeCopyright status Pre-1873Rights assumed to have expired Less than 140 years ago (currently, published in 1873 or after) Copyright status determined by: Author’s death dates (expires death + 70 yrs (UK) + 50 yrs (Canada)) 1001 Crealocke, Henry Hope, ǂ d 1831- 1891. 1891 +70 = 1961 = Public domain!

8 The US Copyright Management System and Its Process

9 Public domain for Non-US Publications Contributor’s death –UK=70 years after death –Canada=50 years after death

10 How CRMS-World uses Death Dates and Nationality

11 Standard Searches for Death Dates AMICUS (Canadian National Catalog) AMICUS (Canadian National Catalog) Archives Canada Archives Canada AustLit AustLit Australian Biography Australian Biography Canadian Biography Canadian Biography COPAC (UK shared catalog) COPAC (UK shared catalog) National Library of Australia National Library of Australia NGCOBA (New General Catalog of Old books and Authors) NGCOBA (New General Catalog of Old books and Authors) Obituaries Australia Obituaries Australia Wikipedia Wikipedia

12 Research Once-Use Many Times: the Authority Record as a Repository for Relevant Data

13 VIAF and RDA opening New Opportunities VIAF merges authority data from many places, has an API for retrieval VIAF merges authority data from many places, has an API for retrieval RDA in MARC provides us with specific computer addressable locations for the data we need. RDA in MARC provides us with specific computer addressable locations for the data we need.

14 AACR2 limits

15 VIAF

16 RDA opportunity 046 ǂ g to store death dates 046 ǂ g to store death dates 370 ǂ c to store nationality data; ǂ s, ǂ t allows for date ranges for immigrants. 370 ǂ c to store nationality data; ǂ s, ǂ t allows for date ranges for immigrants.

17 From CRMS to VIAF to CRMS: Passing the Data CRMS NACO Liaison OCLC/ NAF VIAF

18 Cataloger Porn 040 MiU ǂ b eng ǂ c MiU ǂ e rda 046 ǂ g 191505530 1001 Mills, John Brier, ǂ d -1915 370 ǂ c Australia 670 Western Australian law reports, 1912: ǂ b t.p. (John Brier Mills) 670 Find a grave, viewed 11/11/2013: ǂ b (heading: John Brier Mills; Death: May 30, 1915; Major, Australian Field Artillery; buried: Gallipoli) ǂ u http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSsr=41&GSmpid=47383499&GRid=56 391843&

19 Death dates still useful…. ǂ f 1837 ǂ g 1924

20 Please, Take an extra minute to locate and add a death date to your records

21 Please, If nationality is obvious from your research, add it to your record

22 Thank You We’ll thank you with added access for your users.

23 Learn More About… HathiTrust: http://www.hathitrust.org/about HathiTrust: http://www.hathitrust.org/about http://www.hathitrust.org/about Copyright Management System: http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright- review-management-system-imls- national-leadership-grant Copyright Management System: http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright- review-management-system-imls- national-leadership-grant

24 Contact me…. Judy Ahronheim Head, Electronic Resource Access Services University of Michigan Library jaheim@umich.edu

25 Got questions?


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