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As front line gatekeepers at the cutting edge of the digital revolution, librarians control how information is purchased, stored, and accessed. Complex laws and fast-changing practices in digital content licensing mean that every agreement starts from scratch, even as the availability of digital materials in the library increases exponentially. Covering the basics of digital licensing for librarians, this one-stop guide offers a practical, plain-language approach that demystifies the process. Copyright expert Lesley Ellen Harris shows - step-by-step - what it takes to negotiate and interpret solid licensing agreements with confidence, whether you're buying rights to data for library customers or selling rights to images or information from the library's collection. Breaking the process down into steps and checklists, this user-friendly book covers all the bases including: Three steps to negotiating a license Three steps to creating a licensing policy 12 misconceptions about license agreements Five key licensing concerns How to negotiate like a winner Quick starter's tips Entire chapters are devoted to frequently asked questions and the lingo of licensing, and licensing

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Harris makes a complex subject readily understandable and well within the lay person's grasp. - Kenneth D. Crews, Professor of Law and Director of the Copyright Management Center, Indiana University This is an important book that provides a very practical approach to the legal and policy issues at stake. The content is very solid - straightforward, easy to read, and logically arranged. - Laura N. Gasaway, Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law, University of North Carolina Harris writes about a complicated topic with enthusiasm and clarity. With her straightforward and accessible advice, licensing novices will be able to make confident strides in securing excellent contractual terms. - Ann Okerson, Moderator, liblicense-I; (Associate University Librarian, Yale University)

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Lesley Ellen Harris is a copyright, licensing, and e-commerce lawyer and consultant who works on legal, business, and strategic issues in the publishing, entertainment, Internet, and information industries. From 1987-1991, she was a Senior Copyright Officer for the Canadian government where she helped revise the country's copyright laws. Since that time, Harris has worked as a consultant and runs a seminar company, copyrightlaws.com, which organizes workshops on issues such as digital licensing, e-commerce, and managing copyright issues. Her consulting clients include libraries, archives, museums, publishers, governments, unions, associations, and corporations. Harris is the author of Canadian Copyright Law and Digital Property: Currency of the 21st Century (McGraw Hill) and the editor of The Copyright & New Media Law Newsletter: For Libraries, Archives & Museums. She earned her law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and is a member of the Ontario bar.

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