The Library's Legal Answers for Makerspaces.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780838913901
- 346.73048199999999
- KF26.M566 2016
Intro -- The Library's Legal Answers for Makerspaces -- Contents -- Preface -- Library Liability and Immunity -- Injuries, Makerspaces, and Liability -- Product Liability -- The Library as Provider of Makerspace Equipment -- Intentional Tort (Harm) by a Patron and Library Negligence -- Federal Statutory Protection for Instructions Obtained from Online Sources -- Immunity for Public Employees from Tort Liability Under State Law -- Summary Points -- Notes -- Waivers and Releases -- Notes -- Free Speech and Privacy -- Free Speech and the Law: Basics -- Makerspaces and Free Speech -- Privacy -- Disclosure of Personal Information -- Notes -- Health, Safety, and Disability Access -- Health and Safety -- Disability Access -- Copyright -- Copyright Concepts -- Understanding Infringement -- Copyright Issues in Makerspaces -- Notes -- Trademark -- Trademark: The Basics -- Identifying Trademarks and Trademark Rights -- Infringement and Trademark Issues in Makerspaces -- Notes -- Patents -- Summary Points -- Notes.
Untangling the knotty legal questions surrounding makerspaces, the authors' straightforward answers will empower libraries to use makerspaces to foster a true sense of community.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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