Support for Well-Intentioned Practice for Putting Digitized Collections of Unpublished Materials Online

The "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online" is a good basis for establishing a community of practice that will increase and significantly improve access to collections of unpublished materials for the purpose of furthering research and learning. It promotes a practical approach to identifying and resolving rights issues that is in line with professional and ethical standards.

The "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online" has been endorsed and/or supported by:

• The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
• Joint National Committee on Archives, Libraries and Museums (CALM)
• Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA)
• RLG Partnership Council
• The Society of American Archivists (SAA)
• Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN)

The following individuals support and/or are implementing the "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online":
Contact Ricky Erway erwayr@oclc.org to add your support.

• Elizabeth L. Bagley, Director of Library Services, Agnes Scott College
• Meg Bellinger, Director Office of Digital Assets and Infrastructure, Yale University
• Sherrie S. Bergman, Librarian, Bowdoin College
• Howard Brainen, CEO & Senior Consultant, Two Cat Digital, Inc.
• Eleanor Brown, Curator for Media and Digital Collections, Carl. A. Kroch Library, Cornell University
• Paul J. Constantine, Associate Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington
• Paul Conway, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
• Maggie Dickson, Digital Projects Librarian, North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• David Farneth, Head, Collection Management & Description, Getty Research Institute
• Katie Fortney, Copyright Policy & Education Officer, California Digital Library
• Richard Fyffe, Rosenthal Librarian of the College, Grinnell College
• Georgia Harper, Scholarly Communications Advisor, University of Texas at Austin Libraries
• Chuck Henry, President, Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
• Jill Hurst-Wahl, Assistant Professor of Practice, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
• Rebekah Irwin, Head, Digital Projects & Metadata, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
• Robert H. Kieft, College Librarian, Occidental College
• Elisa Lanzi, Director of the Imaging Center, Smith College
• Carol Mandel, Dean of Libraries, New York University
• Neil J. McElroy, Dean of Libraries and Information Technology Services Lafayette College
• Nancy Y McGovern, Digital Preservation Officer, Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
• Mary Minow, Consultant, LibraryLaw.com
• James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University
• Lisa Norberg, Dean of the Library & Academic Information Services, Barnard College
• Rick Provine, Director of Libraries, DePauw University
• Carrie Rampp, Director of Library Services, Bucknell University
• Michael Roy, Dean of Library and Information Services, Middlebury College
• Kathleen Salomon, Head, Library Services & Bibliography, Getty Research Institute
• Gail G. Scanlon, Director of Access and Technical Services, Mt. Holyoke College
• Shannon Supple, Preservation Librarian, Robbins Collection, University of California, Berkeley
• Richard Szary, Director, Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, Johns Hopkins University
• Eugene Wiemers, Vice President for Information and Library Services and Librarian Bates College
• John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian for Library Information Technology, University of Michigan, and Executive Director, HathiTrust

The "Well-intentioned practice for putting digitized collections of unpublished materials online" document is available at http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/rights/practice.pdf.

For more information, contact Ricky Erway erwayr@oclc.org or go to http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/rights.