Re: Preserving digital only materials

[richards1000@comcast.net]

Respecting preservation of digital legal materials, the American 
Association of Law Libraries has organized the Legal Information 
Preservation Alliance (LIPA):

http://www.aallnet.org/committee/lipa/

which coordinates this work in the U.S., including providing 
guidance respecting copyright and licensing issues,

http://www.aallnet.org/committee/lipa/copyright.asp

One of LIPA's major initiatives is The Chesapeake Project: Legal 
Information Archive

http://cdm266901.cdmhost.com/

a testbed archive of digital legal resources, managed by 
Georgetown University Law Library, the Maryland State Law 
Library, and the Virginia State Law Library.  Chesapeake's 
copyright policy is at

http://cdm266901.cdmhost.com/cdm4/about.php#copyright .

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Robert C. Richards, Jr., J.D.*, M.S.L.I.S., M.A.
Philadelphia, PA
richards1000@comcast.net
http://home.comcast.net/~richards1000/LegalInformationSystemsBibliography.htm
* Member New York bar, retired status.
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