51. évfolyam, 2005. 1. szám

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Legal deposit and national bibliographies.
An overview of international practices

DIPPOLD, Péter

Könyvtári Figyelő (Library Review) vol. 15. (51.) 2005. no. 1. pp. 63 – 74.

Legal deposit regulations are of primary importance from the point of view of keeping a national published archive. The legal deposit of print documents goes back to a long history, its regulation does not create problems today. But the legislation of the deposit of electronic publications raises a new challenge. Including digital publications into the legal deposit system is one of the tasks of utmost importance for the national bibliographical agencies and offices.

The overview focuses on the presentation of the legal deposit practice of the United Kingdom. The British regulation can be exemplary for Hungary in many respects. During the long preparatory negotiations, all parties concerned were brought together and the regulation turned out to be satisfactory from the point of view of the publishers’ interests too.

The regulation was elaborated in accordance with copyright rules. However, the deposit and storage of online databases and websites remain to be solved. A few other national and international projects are also described, namely NEDLIB, EPPP, PANDORA and TEL.

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