These are the guidelines followed by the Media Librarian at a local university, who is on my library committee:
http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/research/video-risk/VideoAtRisk_SECTION108_Guidelines_2013.pdf Ann Abrams, Librarian Temple Israel Library, Boston On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 1:23 AM, Emily Bergman <emilyanneberg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. I'm not an expert on copyright, but you are right that you cannot make > a copy if a DVD exists. If the DVD doesn't exist, you can make a copy, but > you should think twice about the work and storage this takes. If the VHS is > too old to be of interest or use, don't bother. How often has it ever been > used, and more importantly has it been used recently. I don't know about > keeping he VHS; I know we did when we were just making a preservation copy, > but I don't know about a format that's now obsolete. > > 2. I can't imagine anyone who wants VHS, and you might as well throw them > away if you can't find an archive that might want them. If you can't bear > to do that, donate them to some second hand store, and they'll throw them > away for you. > > Emily > > Emily Bergman > Temple Sinai > Glendale, CA > emilyanneberg...@gmail.com > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Tpardo <tpa...@solomonschechter.ca> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I am finally going through my ancient VHS collection in my library. >> >> >> >> Two questions: >> >> 1. If I’m not mistaken, according to copyright regulations, I am >> not allowed to make a DVD copy of a film on VHS if a DVD copy is available >> to purchase. >> >> And if one isn’t available, and I do make a copy, I am required to keep >> the original. Is this correct? >> >> 2. What do I do with these VHS tapes? I can’t imagine I can even >> donate them anymore. What have you done with yours? Any suggestions? >> >> >> >> Thank you in advance! >> >> Yom tov >> >> Talya >> >> >> >> *“Reading is life…the rest is just footnotes” -Unknown* >> >> >> >> *“If you want your children to be intelligent, READ THEM FAIRY TALES. * >> >> *If you want them to be more intelligent, READ THEM MORE FAIRY TALES.” >> -Albert Einstein.* >> >> >> >> Talya Pardo >> >> >> >> * Head Librarian* >> >> >> >> Académie Solomon Schechter Academy <http://solomonschechter.ca/> >> >> 5555 chemin de la Côte St-Luc, >> >> Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3X 2C9 >> >> >> >> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: >> phone]514.485.0866 >> >> [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: >> fax]514.485.2267 >> >> tpa...@solomonschechter.ca >> >> *www.solomonschechter.ca <http://www.solomonschechter.ca/>* >> >> >> >> [image: cid:image010.jpg@01CDF982.DC7CBF00] >> >> >> >> >> >> __ >> Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual >> author >> and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries >> (AJL) >> ================================== >> Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: >> hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu >> To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: >> https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu >> Ha-Safran Archives: >> Current: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> Earlier Listserver: >> >> http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html >> AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org >> -- >> Hasafran mailing list >> Hasafran@lists.osu.edu >> https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >> >> > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > > -- Ann Abrams, Librarian Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library Center Temple Israel 477 Longwood Avenue Boston, MA 02215 617-566-3960 x116 aabr...@tisrael.org http://www.tisrael.org Visit our library webpage at http://www.tisrael.org/library Check out our online catalog! http://library.tisrael.org The opposite of love is not hate but indifference; the opposite of life is not death but insensitivity. Elie Wiesel >From *Somewhere a Master: further Hasidic portraits and legends* (1981)
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