[WEB4LIB] Local History and copyright on the Internet

[jay]

Hello Everyone:
I would like to add to this thread. I work for the Central Library in downtown Corpus Christi, TX. We are facing a similar situation w/r/t the copyright issue. We have hundreds of shoeboxes of photos and archives. Our problem is that a
great deal of our archives have been amassed without recording who the actual owner was! It was a system of hand-me-downs...

Since, I've inherited this problem (as the webmaster) I must now deal with it. I will be watching this list with interest in the coming months. By the way, I am now contemplating the tools to acomplish the digitization of our Local
History Collections. I am thinking of using Cold Fusion with Adobe Acrobat. The Cold Fusion would allow us to create a search engine for the documents, as well as ODBC capability for a database of some kind).

Regards,

Jay H. Frantz,
Webmaster,
Corpus Christi Public Libraries



Jenny Paradiso wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been following this list for a few months and must say it is quite interesting and resourceful.  I work in a public library in South Australia and am hoping this question is relevant for your list.
>
> Our library is working with the local Historical Society on a project to provide Internet access to their historical resouces through our web site.
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> We have major concerns at the moment about copyright issues and would like to design a form for all contributors to the society to sign, giving permission for us to digitally publish photographs, oral histories, etc on the Internet.
>
> Has anyone out there already created such a form or know where I can access a few examples.
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> Is there anything else that I should be considering in terms of copyright?
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> I'm still quite new at this stuff and would appreciate any advice you have to offer.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jenny Paradiso
> Librarian, Information Technology
>
> City of West Torrens Library
> Adelaide, Australia
>
> email: jennyp at wtcc.sa.gov.au