Digital preservation and copyright report

There are significant technical, financial and legal obstacles to digital preservation.
This Report focuses on the law – in particular, on copyright and related rights issues. As the laws of the countries discussed in the report demonstrate, in many cases exceptions and limitations do not accommodate the actions required for digital preservation. The copyright and related rights issues, and various strategies to address them, are discussed in detail in the report.
Library of Congress. (2008). International Study on the Impact of Copyright Law on Digital Preservation. Washington, DC: Author.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/partners/resources/pubs/digital_preservation_final_report2008.pdf

Bibliographic control study

The Library of Congress oversaw this report on the future of bibliographic control. Among its findings, the report suggests that increased efficiencies and the elimination of redundancies should help libraries increase access to rare, unique, and hidden materials. "Libraries need to expose their hidden long tail, especially in nontextual formats; catalog those unique and rare materials and they too will be exposed and used. How best to do that remains at issue. The report raised questions about MARC, which lacks extensibility and interoperability. More and more, the ways people come at library resources are going to be from places not created or designed by librarians.
Library of Congress. (2008). On the Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control. Washington, DC: Author.
http://www.loc.gov/bibliographic-future/news/