Copyright and Publication Status of Pre-1978 Dissertations: A Content Analysis Approach

Autor/inn/en	Clement, Gail; Levine, Melissa
Titel	Copyright and Publication Status of Pre-1978 Dissertations: A Content Analysis Approach
Quelle	In: portal: Libraries and the Academy, 11 (2011) 3, S.813-829 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1531-2542
DOI	10.1353/pla.2011.0031
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Programs; Student Research; Doctoral Dissertations; Copyrights; Student Publications; Status; Access to Information; Academic Libraries; Information Dissemination; Court Litigation; Content Analysis; Communities of Practice; Microforms; Research Libraries; Compliance (Legal); Legal Problems; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doktorandenprogramm; Studentenforschung; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Studentenzeitung; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Informationsverbreitung; Rechtsstreit; Inhaltsanalyse; Community; Mikroform; USA
Abstract	We investigated whether American dissertations that were deposited in university libraries or disseminated on microfilm prior to 1978 were "published" for copyright purposes. This question has direct bearing on the copyright status of these works today. In the absence of a directly relevant legal decision to clarify the matter, the authors examined how the former community of practice interpreted the law in the context of dissertation dissemination. A content analysis of written communications by members of this community indicates that both forms of dissertation dissemination were considered to be legal publication under the 1909 Copyright Act. (Contains 40 notes, 1 figure, and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10