Legal and Policy Framework for Promoting Equitable Access to Documentary Heritage

Krishnaswamy, Sudhir and Gopalakrishnan, Sudha Legal and Policy Framework for Promoting Equitable Access to Documentary Heritage., 2008 [Report]

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The National Mission for Manuscripts of India, in association with UNESCO, completed a research study to assist in the development of legal and policy framework and protocols for promoting equitable access to documentary heritage, relevant to India and other South Asian countries. This study report seeks to accurately identify and critically examine the legal and policy framework for promoting equitable access to our documentary heritage. The National Mission for Manuscripts is the most important institution in India creating bibliographic databases of manuscripts and engaged in the conservation and preservation of valuable manuscripts. This report engages with the legal and policy framework which envelops the lifecycle of the Mission’s work: the process of access to manuscripts, digitization of manuscripts and the creation of databases. By critically examining the legal rules in the practical context of the Mission’s work, the research team has put together the first such review of any such initiative in the protection of traditional knowledge in the country. The conclusions of the report are in the form of draft legal agreements and policy recommendations located in the discussion on various parts of the Mission’s work. While this report does not set out to be the final word on these significant policy initiatives, the report definitely makes significant progress in the policy debate and legal literature in this field. This report illustrates working patterns of the Mission within the legal and policy framework in the Country. This report will be a valuable sourcebook for understanding South Asian legal and policy framework for accessing documentary heritage collections. The draft legal agreements and policy recommendations, presented in this report, will also be valuable intervention tools for South Asian countries that share similar legal and policy framework within the sub-region.

Item type:	Report
Keywords:	national mission for manuscripts, manuscripts preservation, manuscripts conservation
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HD. Rare books and manuscripts. D. Libraries as physical collections. > DL. Archives. E. Publishing and legal issues. > ED. Intellectual property: author's rights, ownership, copyright, copyleft, open access. E. Publishing and legal issues.
Depositing user:	AK Das
Date deposited:	05 May 2008
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:11
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11470

References

National Mission for Manuscripts www.namami.org; www.namami.nic.in; www.namami.gov.in

UNESCO Office in New Delhi www.unesco.org/newdelhi

Memory of the World Programme www.unesco.org/webworld/en/mow/

Asia/Pacific Regional Committee for the Memory of the World Programme www.unesco.mowcap.org

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