Copyright Review Management System - U of Michigan IMLS grant

["B.G. Sloan" <bgsloan2@yahoo.com>]

The University of Michigan has received $578,955 from the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services to develop a copyright 
review management system. The brief IMLS announcement reads:

"The University of Michigan Library will create a Copyright 
Review Management System (CRMS) to increase the reliability of 
copyright status determinations of books published in the United 
States from 1923 to 1963, and to help create a point of 
collaboration for other institutions. The system will aid in the 
process of making vast numbers of these books available online to 
the general public. Nearly half a million books were published in 
the United States between 1923 and 1963, and although many of 
these are likely to be in the public domain, individuals must 
manually check their copyright status. If a work is not in the 
public domain, it cannot be made accessible online. The CRMS will 
allow users to verify if the copyright status has been 
determined."

Bernie Sloan
Sora Associates
Bloomington, IN