Essential Law for Information Professionals.

Intro -- Title page -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Table of statutes, etc. -- Table of cases -- Abbreviations -- Glossary of terms -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 General law and background -- Contents -- 1.1 Legal system -- 1.2 Court system -- 1.3 Sources of law -- 1.4 Legal concepts and terminology -- 1.5 Conclusions -- References -- CHAPTER 2 Library law -- Contents -- 2.1 Localism Act 2011 -- 2.2 Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 -- 2.3 Sustainable Communities Act 2007 and Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010 -- 2.4 Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964 -- 2.5 Local byelaws -- 2.6 Literary and Scientific Institutions Act 1854 (LSIA) -- 2.7 Libraries Offences Act 1898 -- 2.8 Prison library service -- 2.9 School library service -- 2.10 Equality Act 2010 (section 149: Public sector equality duty) -- References -- CHAPTER 3 Copyright -- Contents -- 3.1 General principles -- 3.2 Economic and moral rights -- 3.3 Legislative framework -- 3.4 Acts permitted in relation to copyright works -- 3.5 Licensing -- 3.6 Digital copyright -- 3.7 Copyright clearance -- 3.8 Open access -- 3.9 Ethical and professional issues and conflicts -- 3.10 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 4 Legal deposit -- Contents -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 General principles -- 4.3 Enforcement -- 4.4 Copyright and use of legal deposit material -- 4.5 Online defamation -- 4.6 The future -- 4.7 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 5 Breach of confidence -- Contents -- 5.1 General principles -- 5.2 Obligation of confidence and the Freedom of Information Act -- 5.3 Remedies -- 5.4 Trade secrets -- 5.5 Case law on breach of confidence -- CHAPTER 6 Contracts and licensing agreements -- Contents -- 6.1 General principles -- 6.2 Negotiating licences -- 6.3 Consortia and standard licences -- 6.4 Technology solutions.

6.5 Use of passwords for licensed products -- 6.6 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 7 Data protection -- Contents -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 General principles -- 7.3 The six data protection principles -- 7.4 Accountability -- 7.5 Processing of personal data -- 7.6 Exemptions -- 7.7 Privacy notices -- 7.8 Register of fee payers -- 7.9 Rights of the data subject -- 7.10 Data breaches -- 7.11 Data protection impact assessments -- 7.12 Fines and prosecutions -- 7.13 Data protection issues for libraries -- 7.14 Data protection standards -- 7.15 How to protect your information -- 7.16 Identity theft -- 7.17 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 8 Privacy -- Contents -- 8.1 General principles -- 8.2 Obligation of confidence versus breach of privacy -- 8.3 Codes of practice -- 8.4 Injunctions -- 8.5 Privacy and libraries -- 8.6 Case law -- 8.7 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 9 Freedom of information -- Contents -- 9.1 General principles of freedom of information -- 9.2 The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) -- 9.3 Publication schemes -- 9.4 Datasets -- 9.5 Copyright implications of the FOIA -- 9.6 Freedom of information and library and information professionals -- 9.7 Freedom of information rights and request procedures -- 9.8 Exemptions and appeals -- 9.9 Enforcement -- 9.10 The Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) -- 9.11 Freedom of information in Scotland -- 9.12 Freedom of information and data protection -- 9.13 European Union documents -- 9.14 Further information and keeping up to date -- References -- CHAPTER 10 Human Rights -- Contents -- 10.1 General principles -- 10.2 Guiding principles for library and information professionals -- 10.3 Human rights and data protection -- 10.4 Human rights and copyright -- 10.5 Human rights and freedom of expression -- 10.6 Further information -- References.

CHAPTER 11 The Re-use of Public Sector Information -- Contents -- 11.1 Background -- 11.2 General principles -- 11.3 Public task -- 11.4 UK government licensing framework -- 11.5 Right to data -- 11.6 Charging -- 11.7 Complaints procedure -- 11.8 New Open Data and PSI Directive -- 11.9 Further information -- References -- CHAPTER 12 Defamation -- Contents -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 General principles -- 12.3 Slander -- 12.4 Libel -- 12.5 Defences to libel -- 12.6 Remedies -- 12.7 Defamation and the internet -- 12.8 Checklist -- References -- Notes -- CHAPTER 13 Professional liability -- Contents -- 13.1 General principles -- 13.2 Contract -- 13.3 Tort (delict in Scotland) -- 13.4 Liability and electronic information -- 13.5 Liability for copyright infringement -- 13.6 Risk management -- 13.7 Indemnity and insurance -- References -- CHAPTER 14 Cybersecurity and cybercrime -- Contents -- 14.1 Background -- 14.2 Cybersecurity and cyber essentials -- 14.3 Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime -- 14.4 The Computer Misuse Act 1990 -- 14.5 The Network and Information Systems Regulations -- 14.6 Hacking -- 14.7 Viruses, worms and Trojans -- 14.8 Intellectual property infringement -- 14.9 Pornography -- 14.10 Fraud -- 14.11 Denial of service attacks -- References -- CHAPTER 15 Disability discrimination -- Contents -- 15.1 General principles -- 15.2 Copyright and the disability exceptions -- 15.3 The Right to Read -- 15.4 Website accessibility -- 15.5 Further information -- CHAPTER 16 Other legal issues relevant to librarians -- Contents -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Police, surveillance and libraries -- 16.3 Cloud computing -- 16.4 Stocking extremist/controversial literature -- 16.5 Censorship -- 16.6 Theft or mutilation of rare books -- 16.7 Lending of audio books and e-books by public libraries -- 16.8 Further information -- References -- Appendix 1.

Appendix 2 -- Index.

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