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Joint Information Systems Committee
JISC and Digital Rights ManagementJISC/British Library Workshop 24th April 2006
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Introduction
About Us
Structure
– FE/HE Context and Issues
– Potential Solutions and Current Work
– Model Licences
Questions / Discussion
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Diversity of content
JISC is interested in content that is …
used by staff in FE and HE institutions
produced by staff in FE and HE institutions
produced by students in FE and HE institutions
produced by JISC funded projects
provided by commercial sector via JISC Collections
in all media types and file formats
held in libraries, Virtual Learning Environments, websites, repositories …
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Issues to Consider
Ownership
Many institutions employ teaching staff on contracts that state the employer owns content created in the course of employment, but there is a common misconception that the academic holds their own copyright over their content
Academic/Teacher Created Content
The increased visibility of content created or aggregated by teaching staff requires improved practices of third party copyright clearance and attribution within “home-grown” digital materials
Cautious Approach to DRM
Diversity and complexity of licensing arrangements ‘force’ librarians to adopt a cautious approach to encouraging and providing use of electronic resources
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JISC DRM Study
HEI and FEI staff are often unaware of rights ownership issues, or are put off by their apparent complexity
Further confusion is generated by the large variety of licences, with differing terms and conditions, that are applied to different works and there was a need for a more harmonised approach to licence terms and conditions
There was potential for the use of Digital Rights Expression Languages (DRELS) to be used describe permitted uses, rights holders etc in a fashion which would simplify or automate a significant proportion of the rights management process for users of works
Methods for ensuring the effective and consistent transfer of rights information attached to works were not yet in place, and significant work remained to be carried out, in particular in the area of globally unique identifiers
If users are to make effective use of rights management information, including permitted uses, then such information will have to be provided to them in a clear and readily comprehensible way, for example the use of symbols.
If a DRM system is to work, then rightholders must, if necessary, be in legal position to enforce the rights, both via technical means, and via the law. However, both access management and enforcement methods should be designed in such a way as to provide minimum obstruction to legitimate uses, including archiving and preservation.
as summarised in “Rights in Digital Environments” Workshops
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Potential Digital Rights Solutions
JISC is interested in:
Advocacy and awareness
Enforcement through institutional policies
Digital Rights Expression Languages
Presentation of rights
Model Licences
Licence registries
Clearance processes for third party rights
Access, authorisation and authentication
– And more!
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JISC’s Current Work
JISC is addressing legal and advocacy work on a number of ways: JISC Legal information service, a joint advocacy toolkit project with SURF Netherlands, a dedicated IPR consultancy, and encouraging projects to share approaches
There is a growing interest in the open access and open content ethos, and in initiatives such as Creative Commons, so JISC has commissioned work to identify where this solution could be applied
Through the integrated information environment, JISC aims to provide scaleable and sustainable solutions. Initiatives such as ODRL offer an approach, but the patent limits its potential use
Shared infrastructure for curation and discovery to delivery, such as licence registries, can support the rights management process, JISC has commissioned UKOLN to investigate these requirements
Work to negotiate licensing agreements for FE/HE requirements, e.g self-archiving of journal articles to institutional repositories, the right to make copies for preservation etc
The use of standardised rights expressions and model licences can help the flow of content within the sector, and encourage flexible content provision, and JISC is leading the sector in this area
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JISC Model Licences
JISC Model licences since mid-1990s
JISC Model Licence is used with all JISC agreements
Currently over 50 agreements for electronic resources and 15 e-journal agreements
– Publishers and aggregators include Elsevier, OUP, Blackwells, RSC, IoP, Springer, Taylor & Francis, AAAS, Sage, Thomson Scientific, Ovid, Bureau van Dijk, ProQuest, Wiley
Model licence provide STABILITY and SECURITY for both institutions and publishers
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JISC Model Licence
Allows institutions, their staff and students to gain the maximum value from online resources through secure but flexible terms of use and non-restrictive DRM
Allows for unlimited concurrent access by all staff and students of subscribing institutions.
Allows for Walk In Users
Permitted uses in teaching and education including use of material in course packs, and VLEs
Provides for archival access to subscribed journal content
Currently negotiating with publishers to permit deposit in JORUM and for archiving via the LOCKSS initiative
JISC Model Licence is reviewed annually to take account of developments in the wider information environment, scholarly communications and licensing
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BUT…
The Science and Technology Committee - 10th Report made a number of recommendations regarding the JISC Model Licence – BUT most recommendations were already in the licence!
Use of resources limited not by licence but by lack of knowledge of licence
JISC Collections needs to communicate the terms of the licence in lay-terms to help institutions get best value from resources and effectively manage resource use.
The Guide to the JISC Model Licence and Guide to the Model NESLi2 Licence for Journals explains the definitions, restrictions and permitted uses of electronic resources in learning and research.
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Future Challenges
Already complicated to communicate DRM via model licences
In future increasing need for non-standard licences
– Cross-sectoral licences e.g. NHS-HE
– Commercial spin offs from universities
– HE in FE
– Courses offered by a consortium of institutions both within UK and overseas
– ‘Virtual’ communities
Publishers are wary of non-standard licences in such cases
– Unforeseen economic consequences
– Risk of ‘losing control’ of content
Adoption of ERMs
– Time taken to input licences
– Librarians wary of interpreting licences incorrectly
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Find out more
Key Information JISC Model Licences http://www.jisc.ac.uk/coll_model_licence.html
JISC DRM Study http://www.intrallect.com/drm-study/
Rights in Digital Environments Workshops http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events_ipr.html
JISC Legal Information Service for FE and HE http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/
Contacts Amber Thomas, Programme Manager, Repositories, Development Group [email protected]
Liam Earney, Collections Manager, Services Group [email protected]