WorldCat Rights and Responsibilities for the OCLC Cooperative— Draft for Community Review
Revision history and notes
Table of Contents
1. Scope, Premise, and Policy Objectives
2. Preamble
A. OCLC and Worldcat
B. OCLC Management and Governance
C. WorldCat, a Shared Resource
D. WorldCat’s Viability and Value, and the Need for a Policy
3. OCLC Member Rights and Responsibilities
A. Rights
B. Responsibilities
4. OCLC’s Responsibilities to Members
5. Addressing Inappropriate Use of WorldCat Data by Members
6. Policy Revision and Evolution
Appendix 1: Sample Language for Agreements Between Members and Their Agents
Appendix 2: Terms and Conditions of Agreements Between Members and Their Agents
Appendix 3: Record use Policy Council
Glossary
1. Scope, Premise, and Policy Objectives
This policy was created by the Record Use Policy Council, a group charged by the OCLC Board of Trustees to craft a replacement for the " Guidelines for Use and Transfer of OCLC Derived Records," developed in 1987. The membership of the Council can be found in Appendix 3.
The policy is intended for the OCLC cooperative, which refers collectively to OCLC members, the OCLC governance structure ( Board of Trustees and Global and Regional Councils), and the