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Navigating Legal Issues in Archives

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  • Written by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt

  • Attorney and archivist Menzi Behrnd-Klodt details a number of legal issues in this excellent resource. The book is divided into 4 major sections corresponding to functional areas of archival and public history work:

    • legal framework (especially useful for its orientation to the structure of laws and litigation, how to work with lawyers, and how to be a good client):
    • acquiring and securing ownership to collections;
    • access (e.g., privacy, student, health, presidential, and public records); and
    • copyright and intellectual property.

    In addition, the book includes many sample legal documents, forms, policies, and guidelines (e.g., mission statement, collections policy, subpoena examples, deeds of gift, restrictions, copyright expiration table, deaccession and loan forms, and releases for users requesting copies from a repository). An explanation of the legal issues in each is provided along with the curatorial and cultural objectives at stake.

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    Publisher: Society of American Archivists (2008)
    Paperback: 340 pages
    Product Dimension: 6x9 inches
    Weight: 1.044 pounds
    ISBN: 1-931666-28-8
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Navigating Legal Issues in Archives

  • ". . . the single best introduction to the most problematic legal concerns of archivists. In our increasingly litigious age, every repository should have a copy for reference, and every archivist should keep a copy near at hand.
    —Peter B. Hirtle, Harvard University, Berkman Klein Center

    "Behrnd-Klodt deserves praise for taking on the long-overdue update of legal issues affecting archives and history. . . . [in this] well-written and superbly structured work."
    —The Public Historian (Fall 2009)

    "Whether a beginner or experienced archivist, anyone who works with records and archival collections will find this an invaluable tool to decipher and understand the numerous legal issues surrounding archival and records administration management."
    —Journal for the Society of North Carolina Archivists (Winter 2009)

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