Digital Policy Management Workshop BL Development

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Digital Policy Management WorkshopBL Development
Activities
Richard Boulderstone, Director eStrategy24 April
2006
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The Library Overview
The National Library of the United Kingdom
Generates value around 4.4 times the level of its
public funding
Over 250 years of collecting with collection
items from the dawn of civilisation to the
present day
Legal deposit library with legislation extended
to digital publications
Public good, commercial and fund raising (90m
25m 5m)
Helping people advance knowledge to enrich lives
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Assumptions

• Electronic Content (is/will be) Licenced/Accessed
  under a very broad set of terms. (Legal Deposit,
  Licenced from Publishers, Open Access, Creative
  Commons etc)
• These Terms cannot be Defined ahead of
  Implementation and will Change with Time.
• To Achieve Broadest Possible Access To Digital
  Content will Require Trust
• Agreement on Standards and Certification
• Electronically Actionable Licence Terms/Legal
  Deposit Regulations
• User Identity Management
• Securely Managed Content Environments

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Future

• Work with Content Creators (Authors/Researchers)
  to Define and Understand their needs.
• Work with Content Owners (Publishers) to Define
  Actionable Standards.
• Work with Content Consummers (HE/FE/Reseachers/JIS
  C) to ensure broadest possible access within
  permissons/licence terms.
• Obtain best possible access arrangements for
  legal deposit regulations.
• Develop business models that leverage technology
  investments made by the community.