Finding Balance Collaborative Workflows for Risk Management in Sharing Cultural Heritage Collections Online Carrie Hintz

Introduction -- Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Building the Right Team -- Identifying Your Institutional Risk Tolerance -- Evaluating Licensing and Permissions for Archival Materials -- Processing with Rights in Mind -- Mapping a Workflow That Works -- Case Study: Emory University Libraries -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A: Rose Library Copyright Workflow Task Force Charter -- Appendix B: Rights and Risk Matrix for Manuscript Collections -- Appendix C: Emory University Libraries Deed of Gift/Sale Template -- Appendix D: Rose Library's Post-Processing Rights and Risk Assessment Report Template

Digitizing rare and unique historical documents so they can be shared online is mission-critical work for most cultural heritage institutions, but it can be difficult to complete this work, especially intellectual property rights management, at a scale that matches user demand. The authors of this open educational resource offer guidance for creating scalable, cross-functional workflows using a risk-management approach that increases efficiency and distributes responsibility for rights assessment work more equitably across stakeholders. It includes advice for navigating knowledge gaps, building an engaged team with the right skillsets, reimagining workflows, and rethinking traditional archival processing workflows to build capacity for rights analysis during arrangement and description. Each chapter includes a helpful exercise for implementing this guidance in your own institution.

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