Figure 1: Consolidated Summary Logic Model of Publishing and Depository Services including Crown Copyright and Licensing

Long Description

Program Objectives:

• To ensure Canadians have continuing access to centralized federal government publications
• To protect intellectual property found in federal government publications

Activities:

• Educate users, promote and market PDS services, products and related GC policies to internal and external users, as appropriate
• Maintain integrity of the GC publications database by searching for missing publications
• Negotiate, harvest, collect and input into GC publications database and central licensing databases

Activities linked to Deliver Services:

PUBLISHING:

• Develop marketing plan for the sale of government publications
• Coordinate all publication-related marketing activities in collaboration with government departments
• Communicate the channels to obtain government publications to the general public, booksellers and distributors
• Negotiate sales and distribution contracts with booksellers
• Process orders / payments received from the general public, booksellers and distributors
• Management of legislated publications, co-publishing agreements and priced publications for departments that do not have delegated authority
• Estimate the market and determine the list price of publications
• Negotiate co-publishing agreements, royalties and payment schedules
• Coordinate the printing of publications
• Dispose of surplus stock or distribute to other entities

DEPOSITORY SERVICES:

• Compile and distribute the Weekly Checklist of new publications in print and electronic formats
• Purchase government publications, licensed and co-published products required to ensure public accessibility
• Process and distribute orders as requested
• Develop, maintain and upgrade the GC Publications Database
• Issue GC catalogue numbers to government departments
• Register planned publications in the GC Publications Database
• Catalogue departmental publications in the GC Publications Database
• Compensate government departments that have delegated authority for the cost of priced publications for deposit
• Make legal deposit of all catalogued government publications with LAC

CROWN COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING:

• Investigate potential infringements identified by government departments
• Notify infringers of potential infringement
• Confer with legal counsel about potential criminal sanctions and take appropriate action to rectify infringements (if any)
• Apprise government departments of the results of investigations, recent developments and potential criminal sanctions
• Receive and process clearance requests from the general public or transmit them to the appropriate government department
• Negotiate and issue license agreements for the commercial and non-commercial reproduction, translation, revision and adaptation of free and priced publications
• Negotiate royalties and the schedule of payments or exchange of services in lieu for the commercial reproduction of priced and free publications

Outputs:

• Information disseminated on services and products through various media
• Publications found
• More complete publications and central licensing databases

Outputs for Publishing:

• Publications printed
• Orders processed, fulfilled and distributed
• Information/advice on publishing
• Market forecasts, pricing and co-publishing agreements
• Marketing plans and tools

Output for Depository Services:

• Weekly Checklist
• Orders processed, fulfilled and distributed
• GC catalogue numbers and ISBNs issued
• Catalogued publications
• Deposited publications

Output for Crown Copyright and Licensing:

• Central Licensing Database
• Report on copyright clearance requests and infringement on copyright
• Investigations, notifications and consultations with legal services
• Copyright clearance and licensing agreements

Immediate Outcomes:

• Increased awareness and understanding of PDS services by internal and external users
• Increased compliance by federal organizations with relevant GC policies

Immediate Outcomes for Publishing:

• Increased number of publications in the GC publications database
• Increased efficiency of planning, production, printing and distribution activities

Immediate Outcomes for Depository Services:

• Increased number of GC publications in depository libraries
• Decreased GC distribution costs to depository libraries and the general public

Immediate Outcomes for Crown Copyright and Licensing:

• Increased availability of GC published information in authorized third-party publications
• Decreased number of infringements and unauthorized use of third-party publishers
• Increase efficiency of investigations and recourse

Intermediate Outcomes of Deliver Services:

• Increased accessibility of GC publications and the information and knowledge therein by the general public and federal organizations through the on-line GC publications database, retail channels and the depository library network
• Increased preservation of GC publications information for posterity
• Increased accessibility and protection of Crown copyrighted works as well as dissemination of the information in third-party publications and other media

Ultimate Outcomes of Deliver Services:

• Contributes to Canadians being better informed and more knowledgeable, which can lead to innovation, increased productivity and prosperity, as well as societal and cultural benefits
• Contributes to the effective management of Crown copyright

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