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Law and Libraries The Public Library
Lee Ann Torrans
ISBN: 1-59158-035-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-035-5
272 pages
Libraries Unlimited
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Discount Price: $22.50 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: How does the law affect public librarians and the daily operations of the library? This engaging survey covers a vast number of issues—many of which are the subject of entire courses and thousands of articles—and makes them accessible to those outside of the legal field. The author, a practicing lawyer with extensive experience in the field of library and information science, carefully elucidates many of the dangers facing the unwary librarian and offers recommendations on how best to avoid legal problems.

Timely issues such as trademarks, whistle-blowing laws, the Patriot Act, and privacy laws after 9/11 are given thorough treatment. Also covered are copyrights, fair use, library archiving, licensing, contracts, implications and limitations of linking, privacy and filtering, the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, websites and library liabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act, sexual harassment, policies and procedures, and more.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
    Sexual Harassment in the Library
    Employment Law in the Library
    Patron Privacy in the Library
    Copyright in the Library
    Copyright and Electronic Access
    Fair Use of Copyrighted Material
    Unpublished Material and Library Use
    Library Archiving and Section 108: Internet Service Provider and the Copyright Act
    Regulation of Access to Information in the Library
    Licensing Agreements in the Library
    Web Sites and Library Access
    Trademarks in the Library
    Disabilities and the Library
    Policies and Procedures: A Difference with Significance
About the Author: LEE ANN TORRANS is a Texas-based attorney with a Masters degree in Library Science. She has written several articles on copy and choreography and frequently lectures on that topic.
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