Digital Lives update: Legal & Ethical Issues Workshop

We held a workshop on legal & ethical issues yesterday, 24 June 2008, at the British Library Conference Centre. It was led by Andrew Charlesworth, Director of the Centre for IT and Law at the University of Bristol.

There were two sessions: one in the morning with an archival and curatorial perspective, and one in the afternoon primarily for a user perspective, embracing historians, scientific publishers, genealogists and researchers generally. Everyone was asked to wear an additional hat, as a potential depositor or self-archivist.

We were very pleased with the discussion that emerged, and would like to thank very much everyone concerned, including those who are contributing via email and telephone communications.

So far participants originate from the following institutions, in addition to the British Library: Bodleian Library, CommunitySites, National Library of Wales, Nature Publishing Group, Society of Genealogists, Theatre Museum, History of Medicine at University College London, HATII of University of Glasgow, Social Sciences at University of Manchester, Media & Film at University of Sussex, Victoria & Albert Museum, and Wellcome Library.