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Join the workshop led by Richard Boulderstone to explore strategies for managing electronic content and fostering collaboration with content creators, owners, and consumers. Learn how the National Library of the United Kingdom maximizes its value and impact through innovative policy frameworks.
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Digital Policy Management WorkshopBL Development & Activities Richard Boulderstone, Director eStrategy24 April 2006
The Library Overview The National Library of the United Kingdom Generates value around 4.4 times the level of its public funding Over 250 years of collecting with collection items from the dawn of civilisation to the present day Legal deposit library with legislation extended to digital publications Public good, commercial and fund raising (£90m + £25m + £5m) Helping people advance knowledge to enrich lives
Assumptions • Electronic Content (is/will be) Licenced/Accessed under a very broad set of terms. (Legal Deposit, Licenced from Publishers, Open Access, Creative Commons &etc) • These Terms cannot be Defined ahead of Implementation and will Change with Time. • To Achieve Broadest Possible Access To Digital Content will Require Trust: • Agreement on Standards and Certification • Electronically Actionable Licence Terms/Legal Deposit Regulations • User Identity Management • Securely Managed Content Environments
Future • Work with Content Creators (Authors/Researchers) to Define and Understand their needs. • Work with Content Owners (Publishers) to Define Actionable Standards. • Work with Content Consummers (HE/FE/Reseachers/JISC) to ensure broadest possible access within permissons/licence terms. • Obtain best possible access arrangements for legal deposit regulations. • Develop business models that leverage technology investments made by the community.