Announcing the publication of DLF’s “Legal and Ethical Considerations for Born-Digital Access”

[Christina Velazquez Fidler]

Please excuse any cross postings

The Digital Library Federation Born-Digital Access Working Group (DLF BDAWG) is pleased to announce the publication of “Legal and Ethical Considerations for Born-Digital Access.”

This document comprises a set of guidelines for thinking through complex legal and ethical issues involved in providing access to born-digital archival records, including copyright, privacy, attorney-client privilege and more. See the DLF blog to learn more about how this resource was developed.

We thank the many members of the library and archives community who reviewed and contributed to this document.

Thanks on behalf of the authors,

Jessika Drmacich

Kate Dundon

Jess Farrell

Christina Velazquez Fidler

Camille Tyndall Watson

Hannah Wang

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Christina Velazquez Fidler

she/her/hers

Digital Archivist

The Bancroft Library 

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