Abstract
The Government has accepted the recommendation of the Working Party, chaired by Sir Anthony Kenny, that legislation for the legal deposit of non-print publications is necessary in order to maintain the UK published archive. As an interim measure, representatives of the publishers and the legal deposit libraries are seeking agreement on a system of voluntary deposit.
Highlights
Under existing UK legislation, incorporated in the Copyright Act 1911, a copy of each book or serial, or other printed publication which is published in the United Kingdom is required to be deposited, free of charge, in the British Library
Under the same Act, five other librariesare entitled to receive, on request, free copies of any book or other printed publication published in the UK
The work of drawing up a code of practice for voluntary deposit has been under way since the beginning of 1999 An initial draft is being prepared by representatives of the British Library
Summary
Paper presented at the 22nd UKSG Annual Conferenceand 4th European Serials Conference, Manchester, April 1999. The Government has accepted the recommendationof the Working Party, chaired by Sir Anthony Kenny, that legislationfor the legal deposit of non-print publications is necessary in order to maintain the UK published archive. Representativesof the publishers and the legal deposit libraries are seeking agreement on a system of voluntary deposit. Ge@ Smith is Head of Modern Collections,British Library Reader Services and Collection Development, 96 Euston Road, London NW12DB E-mail: geoffmith8bl.uk
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