The SAA Sampler Series features collections of select chapters from authoritative books on archives published by the Society of American Archivists. Produced exclusively electronically, the samplers are designed to give readers an overview of a pertinent topic as well as a taste of the full publications.

In this volume you'll discover three outstanding pieces on legal and ethical issues for archivists--one overview of copyright and two case studies dealing with privacy and access--drawn from three books published by the Society of American Archivists: NAVIGATING LEGAL ISSUES IN ARCHIVES, THE ETHICAL ARCHIVIST, and PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PERSPECTIVES: ARCHIVISTS AND ARCHIVAL RECORDS.

Lisa A. Mix is the head of the Medical Center Archives at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and a member the Publications Board of the Society of American Archivists.

Introduction
by Lisa A. Mix . . . 1

“Copyright and Related Rights Issues: Permissions, Releases, Music, and Moral Rights,” Chapter 21 from NAVIGATING LEGAL ISSUES IN ARCHIVES . . . 6
by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt

“Case Study: The Cigarette Papers,”
Chapter 5 from THE ETHICAL ARCHIVIST . . . 27
by Elena S. Danielson

“Balancing Privacy and Access: Opening the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records,”
Chapter 10 from PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY PERSPECTIVES: ARCHIVISTS AND ARCHIVAL RECORDS . . . 46
by Sarah Rowe-Sims, Sandra Boyd, and H.T. Holmes