Abstract

This study examined problems associated with unregulated access to Indigenous music materials in the public domain, utilizing the HathiTrust Digital Library as a case study. It focused on music materials and employed content analysis, and descriptive statistics as major methodological instruments. This study revealed the presence of musical notation as a primary condition rendering materials vulnerable to potential exploitation. This study confirmed that unregulated access may expose sensitive content protected under NAGPRA. Methodologically, this study offered a model of critical assessment of multi-institutional digitized collections. Substantively, it proposed strategies to support the protection of Indigenous content in HathiTrust.

摘要

本研究利用HathiTrust 数字图书馆作为案例研究，调查了与在公共领域不受管制地访问土著音乐资料相关的问题。它侧重于音乐材料，并采用内容分析和描述性统计作为主要的方法工具。这项研究揭示了乐谱的存在是使材料容易受到潜在利用的主要条件。这项研究证实，不受管制的访问可能会暴露受 NAGPRA 保护的敏感内容。在方法论上，本研究提供了一个对多机构数字化馆藏进行批判性评估的模型。实质上，它提出了支持保护 HathiTrust 中土著内容的策略。