Why should institutions use copyrightMD?
One of the chief characteristics of digital resources–whether digitally reformatted or “born digital”–is the ease with which they can be re-used either in whole or in part. Reuse rights are determined based on the copyright status of an item as well as the nature of the intended use. Libraries, archives and cultural memory institutions increasingly acquire, collect, create, provide access and preserve digital objects and collections. Recent Association of Research Libraries reports that over 30% of member libraries collections are digital.
