Digital rights description as part of digital rights management: a challenge for libraries
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to answer the question of whether digital rights management (DRM) can be useful to libraries.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper provides a legal and technical description of DRM and its current and future opportunities.
Findings
The paper finds that digital rights management has possibilities that can be useful for libraries. But it is important that librarians become more active in the standardization and development of new ideas. Some examples are given.
Originality/value
The paper offers a realistic approach to DRM for libraries.
Keywords
Citation
Böhner, D. (2008), "Digital rights description as part of digital rights management: a challenge for libraries", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 598-605. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378830810920923
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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