Database ownership and copyright issues among automated library networks : an analysis and case study / Janice R. Franklin.

Database ownership and copyright issues among automated library networks : an analysis and case study / Janice R. Franklin.

xxi, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

1567500161
0893917524
9780893917524
9781567500165 paperback

N 639 FRA.D

Price : 29.08; Inv.# B570757; Date 26/08/98; Supplier : Dawson UK, Wellingborough; Recd 02/09/98; Table of Contents : 1. Introduction : Background; The literature on the history of library networks; The foundations for a critique of analyses of library networks; 2. An overview of the history and philosophy of library cooperation and automated library networks : The environmental stimuli of library cooperation; The emergence of automated library networks; The changing scene of library network development; 3. Library network models and the social network model : Traditional library network models; The social network model and its application to library networks; 4. Database ownership and copyright issues among automated library networks : The broader perspective : legal protection for machine-readable databases; Copyright issues and databases : the law interpreted; Database ownership and copyright : an overview of issues; Steps to copyright : a chronology; 5. The Southeastern library network : a case study : Introduction; SOLINET' s early history; SOLINET's history and issues of database ownership and copyright; SOLINET's current status; 6. A social network analysis of the case study : Introduction; A description of the social system as a conceptual framework for interpreting SOLINET's relationships; SOLINET's relationships : an analysis; Analysis of the social structure and case study conclusions;.
Originally presented as part of dissertation, Texas Woman's University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Information management, policy, and services.

Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., c1993.

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