Please see the email below with the new copyright laws as the affect the
Dorset Record Office.
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News from the Dorset Archives contained in their "For the
Record"
information sheet, Winter 2003
I don't know how many of you are on the Dorset Archives mailing list,
but
here are some snippets which may be of interest:
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
If you live near the Record Office, volunteer transcribers are needed to
transcribe from original parish registers for the transcripts which are
available to all visitors and kept on the open shelves. Volunteers are
also
needed in other fields - no details given. Please contact Jacqui
Halewood
at the Record Office if you can offer your services.
DORSET COAST DIGITAL ARCHIVE PROJECT
This has been launched on
http://www.dcda.org.uk
More and more material is expected to go 'live' over the next few
months.
Tithe maps are the ROs first contribution to this project developed
jointly
with Bournemouth University. I haven't looked at the site myself
- I
hadn't realised it was up and running!
COPYING FEES
These have risen from December 1st....New prices
Black and white Photcopies - 50p/A4; 70p/A3
Black and White Overhead Digital Copies - £2.50/A4 and £3.00/A3
Colour Overhead Digital Copies - £6.00
Certified Copies - £3.50
When my husband visited last week he was told that visitors would no
longer
be able to use their own cameras to photograph documents, maps etc.
Don't forget that before the RO will supply you with any photocopies you
will have to fill in and return a copyright declaration form, and, for
those of you buying from abroad, sterling cheques only are acceptable.
They do not take credit cards.
CHANGES IN COPYRIGHT LAW
New copyright legislation came into force in the UK on 31st October 2003
and the RO says they have had to change their copyright declaration
forms
as a result. You have to sign these before you can buy a photocopy
or
photograph.
The two main changes relevant to researchers are the new clauses:
Copies can only be provided for "research for a non commercial purpose
or
private study" and
"copies cannot be supplied to any other person"
This will affect professional researchers and their customers (no
longer
allowed to obtain copies of register entries to send to clients) and
people
working with other family members who might obtain one copy and then
provide other relatives with a copy for their own records. Does it, I
wonder, affect those of us who carry out reciprocal research for others
of
a non commercial variety? I have often obtained copies of Dorset
records
in
the past and swopped for copies that a fellow researcher has obtained
in
another RO that I can't get to, or just sent them on to another
researcher
as a favour? Is that now against the law?
The article does say that the new law is very complex and difficult to
summarise. They suggest you contact Jacqui Halewood for more
information.
OTHER NEWS
I have already posted about restricted opening times due to staff
shortages
and budget problems. Staff shortages have also meant that there has
been
little time for cataloguing new accessions. They direct researches to
the A2A:
http://www.a2a.pro.gov.uk
Finally they remind everyone that it is advisable to make an appointment
before visiting the Record Office (especially now their opening hours
are
restricted) and remind everyone that they close at 1pm on Christmas
Eve
and
re-open at 9am on January 6th.
For more information about the Record Office, visit their website at
http://www/dorsetcc.gov.uk/archives
email: archives(a)dorsetcc.gov.uk
If you have any questions about the information contained, please
contact
the Record Office .>
Helen