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Controlled Digital Lending

Minitex News articles tagged with "Controlled Digital Lending" (4):

Boston Library Consortium Digital Lending Summit

The Boston Library Consortium is hosting the Digital Lending Summit at Boston College on October 29, 2025. Open to anyone in the Minitex community - this free, hybrid event will bring together library workers from across the country to explore the evolving landscape of digital lending.

Open for public comment: NISO’s Draft Interoperable System of Controlled Digital Lending Recommended Practice

Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) allows libraries to replicate the right to lend their legally acquired items in a digital format to patrons under “controlled” conditions, meaning a library can lend only the number of copies of a specific title that it owns and that controls are implemented to prevent copying or distribution of the work. The comment period closes April 21.

CDL/Hachette/Internet Archive decision virtual discussion: April 25, 1:00 p.m.

Did the judge Hachette the Internet Archive? Join Minnesota Libraries' professional development alliance partner FLVC Library Services to join a discussion of the recent ruling on Controlled Digital Lending.

Please share your insights on controlled digital lending

Gerri Moeller, head of Minitex's Resource Sharing & Delivery services, has been tapped by NISO to serve on a working group that will develop a "consensus framework for implementing controlled digital lending (CDL) of book content by libraries." She'd love to hear about your experiences with CDL.