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Stuck in the Middle :
Digital Rights Expression from the Vendor Point of View
NISO Pre-Standards Workshop on
Digital Rights Expression
May 18, 2005
Gillian Harrison, MLIS
Sr. Manager Library and Product Research
NetLibrary, a division of OCLC Online Computer Library Center
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“p” to “e” – what is the added value
Ability to search full text across large numbers of content units
Ability to access content 24/7 Ability to “surface” content in
multiple discovery channels Ability to locate and access
discrete sections or pieces of information within a work
Where I want it… When I want it… How I want it…
Print Book
P
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Players and Paths
Creator
Publisher
Vendor
User
Library
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Creators and Publishers ask Vendors for…
•MetadataStandards, branding
•SecurityAuthentication, authorization
•Access limitationsTimeframe, print, copy/paste, online/offline, transfer, save, burn, archive
•Usage tracking
•Economic model
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Libraries and Usersask Vendors for…
•Aggregation and DisaggregationEntire works, chapters, sections, pages, entries
•Accessibility
•Authoritative
•Easy access
•Economic Model
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Where does that leave the Vendor?
•Aggregation and Disaggregation
•Accessibility
•Authoritative
•Easy access
•Economic Model
•Metadata
•Security
•Access limitations
•Usage tracking
•Economic model
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Stuck in the middle…
Vendor
•Asking for thought processes and information that are vaguely or not even yet to be defined
•Asking for standard or consistent information to make process of working with multiple parties easy and economically feasible
•As technologists, being asked to lead and set the standards in defining and implementing (either explicitly or implicitly)
•Asking for mental leap from “p” to “e” (recognizing and realizing the added value while respecting the existing value)
•Being asked for digital content with consistent and easy access methods and models
•As technologists, being perceived as the definer (not just the implementer)
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What might aVendor ask for?
•Consistency
•Clarity of role
•Rigidity and flexibility
•Common vocabulary
•???
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Thank You!
Gillian Harrison, MLISSr. Manager, Library and Product Research
NetLibrary, a division of OCLC
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