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This volume uses a social model to analyze issues of database ownership and copyright among automated library networks. It explores the possibility that the barriers to networking regarding database ownership and copyright are not specific to the context of libraries, but are instead part of a larger recurring theme in social groups, organizations, and systems. This social network model is significant because it explains ownership issues as a consequence of the dynamic nature of library network relationships, which have been complicated by environmental forces and a confusion of network roles. The research in this work focuses on the Online Computer Library Center's (OCLC) decision to copyright the database and the reactions of regional networks and libraries. The debate over ownership is a direct outgrowth of issues of centralization between OCLC and regional networks, issues that have strained relationships between OCLC and the regional networks that attempted to develop their own services independently. Resolving the conflict will require overcoming the problems of governance, competition, communication, policy formulation, and role definition that recur in library network relationships. Solutions are required in order to share information internationally and to link national bibliographic utilities and information networks in a common system.
| List of Figures | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| The Literature on the History of Library Networks | 4 | |
| The Foundations for a Critique of Analyses of Library Networks | 7 | |
| 2 | An Overview of the History and Philosophy of Library Cooperation and Automated Library Networks | 14 |
| The Environmenital Stimuli of Library Cooperation | 14 | |
| The Emergence of Automated Library Networks | 25 | |
| The Changing Scene of Library Network Development | 32 | |
| 3 | Library Network Models and the Social Network Model | 38 |
| Traditional Library Network Models | 38 | |
| The Social Network Model and Its Application to Library Networks | 40 | |
| 4 | Database Ownership and Copyright Issues Among Automated Library Networks | 55 |
| The Broader Perspective: Legal Protection for Machine-Readable Databases | 55 | |
| Copyright Issues and Databases: The Law Interpreted | 57 | |
| Database Ownership and Copyright: An Overview of Issues | 63 | |
| Steps to Copyright: A Chronology | 77 | |
| 5 | The Southeastern Library Network: A Case Study | 125 |
| SOLINET's Early History | 126 | |
| SOLINET's History and Issues of Database Ownership and Copyright | 139 | |
| SOLINET's Current Status | 143 | |
| 6 | A Social Network Analysis of the Case Study | 146 |
| A Description of the Social System as a Conceptual Framework for Interpreting SOLINET's Relationships | 147 | |
| SOLINET's Relationships: An Analysis | 150 | |
| Analysis of the Social Structure and Case Study Conclusions | 159 | |
| 7 | Summary and Conclusions | 163 |
| Epilogue | 168 | |
| Author Index | 173 | |
| Subject Index | 177 |
Overview
This volume uses a social model to analyze issues of database ownership and copyright among automated library networks. It explores the possibility that the barriers to networking regarding database ownership and copyright are not specific to the context of libraries, but are instead part of a larger recurring theme in social groups, organizations, and systems. This social network model is significant because it explains ownership issues as a consequence of the dynamic nature of library network relationships, ...