Consultation-digital-legal-deposit--guidance【DOC精选】.doc

 Our aim is to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, support the pursuit of excellence, and champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries. Contents Part 1: Introduction 4 Part 2: Purpose of this consultation and next steps 7 Part 3: Guidance Document 9 Annex A: Questionnaire 33 Annex B: Glossary of Terms 422 Part 1: Introduction The purpose of legal deposit is to ensure that the nations published output (and thereby its intellectual record and future published heritage) is preserved as an archive for research purposes and the use of future generations. The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 (The 2003 Act) reaffirmed existing provisions for the deposit of printed publications whereby a copy of each book or serial or other printed publication which is published in the UK is required to be deposited free of charge, in the British Library. In addition, five other libraries (the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, and the University libraries of Oxford, Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin) are each entitled to receive, on request, one free copy of any book or other printed publication published in the UK. These libraries, together with the British Library, are collectively known as the Legal Deposit Libraries. The 2003 Act also created a framework in which Regulations could be made to extend the system of legal deposit to cover various non-print media as they develop, including off line publications (e.g. CD ROMS and microforms), on line publications (e.g. e-journals). This will ensure that publications of significance are deposited, regardless of the medium in which they are published, and are preserved as part of the national archive of UK publications, so as to remain available to future generations of eligible users. The Legal Deposit Advisory Panel (LDAP), an independent non-departmental public body, was set up in September 2005 to work at arms length from the Government, to advise on the imp