Developing Legal and Policy Frameworks to Sustain Digital Scholarship

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Title:Developing Legal and Policy Frameworks to Sustain Digital Scholarship (ID: EDU05160)
Author(s):Michael Furlough (University of Virginia) and Madelyn F. Wessel (University of Virginia)
Topics:Digital Collections, Digital Library Services, Digital Preservation, Library Policies, Policy Development, Scholarly Communication
Origin:Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences (10/19/2005)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:Scholars producing complex born-digital scholarship need new models of institutional support, including different distribution channels for finished projects. Libraries are thus expanding their roles beyond archiving to include technical and legal developmental support and dissemination. What policy frameworks are needed when we commit to stable, long-term collection of digital scholarship?
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