Main entry:

Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L.

Title & Author:

Navigating legal issues in archives / Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt.

Publication:

Chicago : Society of American Archivists, [2008]
©2008.

Description:

vii, 329 pages : forms ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-317) and index.
[pt. 1.] The legal framework. Policies and procedures -- Working effectively with legal counsel -- An introduction to legal process and litigation -- [pt. 2.] Acquisition and ownership issues. Acquiring archives -- Archival appraisal, reappraisal, and deaccesioning -- Loans and loan agreements -- Abandoned and unclaimed materials -- Tax considerations -- Risks, risk management, and insurance considerations -- [pt. 3.] Access and administrations issues. Acess and privacy issues in archives -- Balancing confidentiality concerns and legal privileges with access to lawyers' papers -- Access to student education records under the family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) -- Medical records privacy and access issues for archivists -- Access to presidential records -- Access to public records -- Replevin : protection and recovery of missing public records -- Records and information management -- The implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for record managers and corporate archivists -- Cultural property and records of cultural property -- [pt. 4.] Copyright and intellectual property law and considerations : their effects on archivists and archival access and use. "To serve the public welfare and promote science and the useful arts" : The U.S. Copyright Law -- Copyright and related rights issues : permissions, releases, music, and moral rights -- Intellectual property rights : why trademarks, patents, and related rights should matter to archivists.

Summary:

Attorney and archivist Menzi Behrnd-Klodt details legal issues from acquisition to ownership, access, administration, and the effects of copyright and intellectual property law on archivists and archives. --from publisher description.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

1931666288 (alk. paper)
9781931666282 (alk. paper)
0838910300
9780838910306

Subject:

Archives Law and legislation United States.
Archives.
Records.
Intellectual property.
Intellectual Property
Copyright legislation & jurisprudence
Propriété intellectuelle.
intellectual property.
Archives Law and legislation
United States

Added entries:

Society of American Archivists

Holdings:

Location: Library main 259016
Call No.: KF4325 .B44 2008
Status: Available