Andrew Davis Legal Deposit Publisher Relations Manager The British Library Presentation at ALISS 2014 Xmas Event

1. Legal Deposit in a Digital Age:
an overview
Andrew Davis
Legal Deposit Publisher Relations Manager
The British Library

2. Some history
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3. Secondary regulations passed for non-print
Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003: reaffirmed legal deposit
provisions for print and laid foundations for digital
Deposit libraries and publishing trade associations set up
Voluntary Deposit of Electronic Publications scheme
Copyright Act 1911: extended legal deposit to National
Library of Wales
Required that publishers deliver direct to British Museum
instead of Stationers Hall, but other libraries had to claim
Number of deposit libraries reduced to 5
Trinity College Dublin added; number of deposit libraries
increased to 9
Legal deposit extended to Scotland (Faculty of Advocates)
and embodied in first Copyright Act of Queen Anne
Deposit became legal requirement; also extended to Royal
Library (founding collection of British Library) and
Cambridge University Library
Sir Thomas Bodley negotiated an agreement with the
Stationers Company to receive books for his library in
Oxford – everything collected under royal licence
2013
2003
2000
1911
1842
1836
1801
1709
1662
1610
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A brief history of Legal Deposit

4. Print legal deposit volumes
Items received on Legal Deposit 2012/13
122,873 Monographs
199,782 serials issues
1,652 Maps and atlases
917 Music scores
149,634 Newspaper issues
201 Playscripts
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5. Print legal deposit infrastructure
PUBLISHER
Publisher to send 1
copy
(best produced) to BL
within
one month of
publication.
BL and ALDL share
Information on
receipts
BL to issue a receipt for
every item deposited
Publisher to send 5
copies (most produced)
to ALDL within one month
of claim.
ALDL to send a claim to
publisher for 5 copies within
12 months of publication
ALDL distributes copies
deposited to the 5 libraries
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6. The shift to digital
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7. 6th April 2013…
• Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-
Print Works) Regulations
2013
• Extension of existing legal
framework
• Systematic collection of UK’s
published output for heritage
& preservation
• By 6 UK Legal Deposit
Libraries
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8. A clearly governed, practical
system which does not impose
any unreasonable burden on
publishers, offers potential to
realise savings, and protects
the interests of publishers
and right holders
A manageable and efficient
system for the legal deposit
libraries to build up a
comprehensive archive of
non-print published output
to be preserved for research
purposes and the use of future
generations
Balancing
needs
Achieving a balance in the revised regulations
for non-print legal deposit
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9. British Library
Boston Spa
NLS
Edinburgh
Cambridge
Univ.
British Library
St Pancras
Bodleian
Oxford
NLW
Aberystwyth
Trinity Coll.
Dublin
Deposit with British
Library (Boston
Spa)
Content shared
and distributed to
four nodes:
- Boston Spa
- St Pancras
- Aberystwyth
- Edinburgh
Access at each
node, and by
secure network for
- Cambridge Univ.
- Oxford Univ.
- Trinity College
Dublin
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10. Journals – Already transitioned to NPLD
BL Print Intake 2012 Publisher LDL Digital Intake 2014
963 Wiley 1193
304 Emerald 302
70 Maney 159
159 Informa Healthcare 176
16 Manchester University Press 16
36 Edinburgh University Press 38
204 Cambridge University Press 343
223 Oxford University Press 309
511 Sage 742
2486 Total 3276
32% increase digital over print
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11. Monographs – Already transitioned to
NPLD
Publishers depositing monographs under NPLD Year migrated
Woodhead Publishing 2013
Chandos Publishing 2013
Hachette – All imprints 2013
Kogan Page 2013
Do Sustainability 2013
Open Book Publishers 2013
Loggerhead Publishing Ltd 2013
Department for Education 2013
The Playwrights Publishing Co 2013
Alfie Dog 2014
Audit Scotland 2014
Accent Press/Xcite Books 2014
Cicerone Press 2014
Severn House 2014
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12. Portal Home Screen
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13. The future…
Develop capacity & capability
Work closely with UK publishing community & respond to
requests to transition
Contribute to 2017 review of the regulations
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14. Thank you
• For further information contact
– Andrew.Davis@bl.uk
– 01937 546535
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