The Law of Libraries and Archives

...a readable, enlightening addition to a librarian's professional development bookshelf.... * Legal Information Alert, March 2007 *
Comprehensive, easy to understand, and up-to-date, this title is recommended.... * Catholic Library World, Vol. 78, No. 1, September 2007 *
This is a work that every librarian and archivist should read; every library and archive should add it to the reference collection. Essential. * CHOICE, Vol. 44, No. 11 (July 2007) *
A good reference on law...Carson is clear and concise in his analysis....Obviously, this is a valuable book and website for archivists and librarians managing programs and holdings in our litigious age. * Records and Information Management Report *
This book should be required reading for anyone who works with copyright, intellectual access, patent law, fair use, or contracts. It is a simple (as simple as one can get regarding these laws), easy-to-use reference book, written for laymen, dealing with the complexities and intricacies of many laws related to libraries and archives. The author is well-known to librarians, having published the column 'Legally Speaking' in Against the Grain since 1999. Almost everything and anything dealing with libraries and the law is detailed here. * Public Services Quarterly *
Carson is well qualified to write this book. He is educated as a librarian and as a lawyer....He demonstrates throughout the book a superb understanding that his readers are in need of legal information, but are not likely to have much or any formal training in the law. -- Kenneth D. Crews, Columbia University