[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21043-21044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9013]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2011-3]


Notice of Public Meeting: Technical Aspects of Mandatory Deposit 
of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress will host 
a public meeting on May 24, 2011, with members of the publishing 
community to discuss lessons learned from the Office's receipt of 
electronic deposits in fulfillment of the mandatory deposit 
requirements of the copyright law. The objective is to identify file 
submission, packaging, and formatting standards that can effectively 
and efficiently be adapted to the workflow requirements for both the 
publishing community and the Library of Congress.

DATES: The public meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Responses by parties interested in participating 
are due by 5 p.m. May 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will take place in the Copyright Hearing 
Room of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, LM-408, 101 
Independence Ave., SE., 20059. With respect to the notices of 
participation, the Copyright Office strongly prefers that responses be 
submitted electronically. Notices of participation with the required 
information should be sent to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jewel Player, Chief, Copyright 
Acquisitions Division. Telephone (202) 707-7125; Telefax (202) 707-
4435.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 25, 2010, the Copyright Office 
adopted an interim regulation governing the mandatory deposit of 
published electronic works available only on-line. 75 FR 3863 (January 
25, 2010). This regulation permits the Copyright Office to acquire, on 
behalf of the Library of Congress, electronic works published only 
online and available exclusively in electronic formats. Prior to this 
regulation, all online-only works were exempt from the mandatory 
deposit provisions of the copyright law.
    Under the interim regulation, certain works available only online, 
i.e., electronic serials, are now subject to the mandatory deposit 
requirement but only to the extent the Copyright Office issues a demand 
notice for the works. Once the Copyright Office and the Library of 
Congress have gained experience with ingesting digital works, 
additional categories of electronic works published only online will be 
added to the list.
    On September 1, 2010, the Copyright Office, on behalf of the 
Library of Congress, issued its first mandatory deposit notice for 
works published only online. To date, 30 publishers have received 
demand notices for a total of 85 online-only titles. These 30 
publishers represent a cross section of the community, including large 
commercial publishers, small commercial publishers, academic 
institutions, and open access as well as subscription based titles.
    The online-only deposit amendment was issued as an ``interim'' 
regulation because the Copyright Office foresaw that ``the experience 
of issuing and responding to demands for online-only works will raise 
additional issues that should be considered before the regulation 
becomes final, e.g., the technical details of how an online-only work 
should be transmitted to the Copyright Office.'' 75 FR 3864 (January 
25, 2010). The experience of the Copyright Office thus far is that 
every submission has been unique. Although suggested submission 
instructions were provided, no two publishers have transmitted, 
packaged or formatted their files in the same manner. Needless to say 
this has created tremendous technical challenges not only for the 
Library of Congress but also for the publishers responding to the 
demand notices.
    In response to these multiple transmission, packaging, and 
formatting issues, the Copyright Office will be hosting a public 
working session to discuss the packaging and submission processes to 
fulfill a mandatory deposit demand for an electronic work. The goal is 
to identify a maximum of five possible packaging standards, 
transmission protocols, and file structures that will work for the 
publishing community as well as for the Office and the Library. The 
participants should represent all segments of the serial publishing 
community, such as publishers, aggregators, abstract and indexing 
services, journal hosting services, software developers, file 
conversion services, file archiving services, and organizations 
focusing on library and electronic information standards. We encourage 
these groups to send representatives to the meeting to foster a well-
informed discussion of the issues.
    Limits on participation: Due to space constraints, we regret that 
we cannot accommodate more than two representatives per organization. 
We ask that one of these representatives be well-versed in your 
organization's technical and workflow requirements related to content 
production, file formats, file naming conventions, metadata, file 
transmission, and file packaging guidelines.
    Notice of participation: A notice to participate in the meeting 
must be filed no later than 5 p.m. on May 11, 2011. Each notice should 
be submitted by e-

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mail to [email protected] and include the following information for each 
participant: name, organization, title, postal mailing address, 
telephone, telefax, and an e-mail address. To avoid spam blocks, all 
participants should add [email protected] to their address books. This will 
assure that you receive additional information related to the meeting. 
Persons who are unable to send requests via the preferred approach 
should contact Jewel Player, Chief, Copyright Acquisitions Division, at 
(202) 707-7125.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
Maria A. Pallante,
Acting Register of Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2011-9013 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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