1. Copyright Jean Dryden 2011 Archival Holdings Online: The Role of Copyright in Selection Dr. Jean Dryden College of Information Studies University of Maryland jdryden@umd.edu

2. Copyright Jean Dryden 2011 Study population:  Purposive sample of 96 institutional members of Society of American Archivists (SAA) Data Collection:  Website content of 96 repositories  66 questionnaires (69% response rate)  18 interviews

3. Copyright is not a problem for archival repositories making archival material available on the Internet (N(US)=66)

4. The risk of legal consequences for copyright infringement involving archival material is low (N(US)=66)

5. Copyright as a factor in selection  67% of the survey respondents thought copyright was important enough to check off (72% in Canada)  47% thought copyright was important enough to rank (40% in Canada) (N(US)=66)

6. Ranking of Copyright Issues (N(US)=66) 1. Desire to increase web resources for researchers (157 points)[Can 3rd] 2. Availability of staff resources (79 pts) [Can 2 nd ] 3. Copyright issues (69 pts) [Can 5 th ] 4. Availability of grant funding to create online content (63 pts) [Can 1st] 5. Availability of technical expertise and equipment (46 pts) [Can 4 th ]

7. What is selected (N (US) =66)

8. Attempt to obtain permission from third party rights holders (N(US)=43)

9. Copyright Jean Dryden 2011 If permission cannot be obtained (N=40) Do not use the document55% Substitute another document if possible 25% Use the document with a disclaimer 43% Use the document with no disclaimer 15%

10. Copyright Jean Dryden 2011  “Almost never can we find the author's legal heirs (or date of death to determine copyright expiration) … The real result is the stuff will remain hidden for another 80 years so as to be sure we're not violating copyright.” (Q28)  “treat online publication as a risk mgmt problem …. if we try to clear every asset before making it available, we will fail our users.” (Q36)

11. Copyright Jean Dryden 2011 Strict compliance?? OR Risk assessment??