TS-SIS Hot Topic Program: Working with OCLC'S Record Transfer Policy

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Monday, July 27 - 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Location: 
WCC-Room 156

After 22 years, OCLC has decided to update their policy on the use of records in the WorldCat database. This is in response to a world of larger databases where users with downloading capabilities have the ability to export portions of the OCLC database. However, OCLC depends on contributions from its members in order to maintain and grow their resources. Furthermore, they acquired other databases, such as RLIN, that had their own regulations where members were used to a different ownership approach. As members of a consortium, we have to abide by the regulations of such but there are questions we must consider.

  • Are these new policies fair to members who contribute original records?
  • How do we see the future for OCLC?
  • How do we interpret the new OCLC policy? Can we defend our right to our records?
  • Can OCLC claim copyright to the database?
  • What are the legal ramifications of such a policy?
  • What constitutes "Fair Use"?

Attend this session and pose these and your other questions to a panel of experts who can clarify the direction we are heading and possible solutions.

Speaker(s): 
Keiko Okuhara, Co-coordinator, University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law
Phoebe Ruiz-Valera, Co-coordinator, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP
Roberta Schaffer, Library of Congress, member of the OCLC Review Board of Shared Data Creation and Stewardship
Michael Maben, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Library
Pat Callahan, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Biddle Law Library