by Chris Freeland
June 10th, 2021
Frequently Asked Questions About Controlled Digital Lending
Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) is a widely used library practice that supports digital lending for libraries of all sizes. Even though CDL is used at hundreds of libraries around the world, questions remain about this important innovation in digital library lending. In this session, we tackled the most commonly asked questions surrounding CDL.
This session was co-sponsored by EveryLibrary, Internet Archive & Library Futures.
************Session Links:
- Controlled Digital Lending Explained: https://archive.org/details/controlled-digital-lending-explained
- A White Paper on Controlled Digital Lending of Library Books: https://controlleddigitallending.org/whitepaper
- Open Libraries: http://openlibraries.online/
- Mythbusting Controlled Digital Lending: https://archive.org/details/mythbusting-controlled-digital-lending
- PM Press: https://pmpress.org/
- PM Press collection available for borrowing through CDL at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/pmpress
- Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/publishers-are-taking-the-internet-to-court/
- Controlled Digital Lending Implementers Group: https://bit.ly/CDLI2021
- CIRC: https://www.cdlproject.org/
- ASERL: https://www.aserl.org/
- ASERL Resource Guide: http://www.aserl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Future_Thinking__ASERL_Resource_Guide__March-2021.pdf
- CDL Fact Sheet: https://controlleddigitallending.org/faq
- Position Statement from controlleddigitallending.org: https://controlleddigitallending.org/statement
- Transforming Our Libraries: 12 Stories About Controlled Digital Lending https://controlleddigitallending.org/sites/default/files/transforming-our-libraries.pdf
