Re: historical papers from Apartheid Government era

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Denise Nicholson <056denis[_at_]libris.wwl.wits.ac.za> wrote:
>
> Can anyone advise me on the following :-
>
> Our Historical Papers Dept. have many journals from the early
> 1960's to 1990's published by various organisations, political
> and other. Many of the journals and/or organisations were banned
> under the Apartheid Government. Most of the organisations are
> now defunct. To find the authors would be a mammoth task.
> Many left South Africa in those years and may still be overseas
> or may have passed away at this stage.
>
> This Dept. wishes to digitise these journals or articles from these
> journals and place them on the Internet for free use for South
> African citizens, but external users would pay a fee, mainly to
> maintain the project - no commercial gain.
>
> Please could you let me know what one does about copyright.

First apply to the publishers.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 23:30:29 GMT