ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working Group Releases DRM “Tip Sheet”
ALA’s Digital Content and Libraries Working has just released a “tip sheet” that ALA says, “provides background on digital rights management—systems producers, publishers and vendors use to control what users can do with electronic files, such as e-books, DVD films, and other media.”
Direct to New Tip Sheet (PDF)
The tip sheet was written for both librarians, library users, and other interested parties.
Learn More from ALA’s e-Content Blog and ALA’s District Dispatch.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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