Re: linking and copyright

On 4/2/2000, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote
>
> I believe that the Library of Congress deposit copy is only made at
> time of publication (and, at least in theory, is made regardless of
> whether registration is sought). The copy sent with a registration
> for an unpublished work is an examination copy, and just goes into
> the Copyright Office's files, not the Library of Congress, I think.

     I quote from Charles Goodrum The Library of Congress (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1974) p 65,66

   "The Copyright Office offers all its receipts to the Library. As    a rule, the Library selects a bit over half, and what it does    acquire can be gereralized fairly simply. It takes the majority    of the hardback books, but only a sampling of the paperbacks. It    takes many college textbooks, but almost no texts at the elementary    or high school level. It takes all the published music and most of    the unpublished. It retains most of the maps it is offered, and all    of the prints and photographs. ... Any material rejected by the    Library is held by the Copyright Office for approximately five    years."

BRB Bert R. Boyce, Professor & Dean
School of Library & Information Science
Louisiana State University
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LSBOYC[_at_]lsu.edu Received on Mon Apr 03 2000 - 13:55:17 GMT