Expanding the functional utility of DOE family libraries through cooperative agreements: Implications for copyright law, fair use, combined purchasing power, and shared resources.

摘要

This paper will raise broad-based issues which impact on resource management. The maximization of assets and technology have given libraries unique and positive choices to improve research productivity. The economics power of mass purchasing, the accoutrements of technology and approaching copyright law in the spirit as well as the letter of the law, can be a boon for our profession.