Digital rights management : a librarian's guide to technology and practise /
Grace Agnew.
- Oxford : Chandos Pub., 2008.
- xiv, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Chandos information professional series .
- Chandos information professional series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-398) and index.
Copyright -- Privacy and other rights -- The resource in digital rights management -- The agent in digital rights management -- Digital rights metadata : describing rights and rights workflow -- The technology of digital rights management -- Putting the pieces together.
"This book provides an overview of the current landscape in digital rights management (DRM), including: an overview of terminology and issues facing libraries, plus an overview of the technology (including standards and off-the-shelf products). It discusses the role and implications of DRM for existing library services, such as integrated library management systems, electronic reserves, commercial database licenses, digital asset management systems and digital library repositories. It also discusses the impact that DRM 'trusted system' technologies, already in use in complementary areas, such as course management systems and web-based digital media distribution, may have on libraries. It also discusses strategies for implementing DRM in libraries and archives for safeguarding intellectual property in the web environment."--BOOK JACKET.