Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions
Thanks Gary! I was afraid there wouldn't be anything definitive on it other than short and few, but how I wish there was. My problem is the general counsel of my institution has given faculty a very loose and liberal interpretation of the law, which has been nothing but a headache. Best, David -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions Hello (on a Saturday) There is no formally codified definition of reasonable and limited. Years ago, the Consortium of College and University Media Centers developed a set of Fair Use Guidelines which attempted to do such (see http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm). A number of organizations, including ALA, declined to support these because they were felt to be overly prescriptive and counter to the spirit of fair use. Basically, the shorter and the fewer the better...the actual definition of portion and duration is a matter risk tolerance or aversion of legal counsel for the institution involved. gary handman Good day, I know it's a Saturday, and probably not the best day to ask a question to the list, but does anyone know of a source, and as authoritative as possible, that discusses what would be considered reasonable and limited in regards to streaming portions of copyrighted works. I've heard 10% of the total work or 3 minutes, or whichever is less, but where is that derived from? I know that the phrase reasonable and limited portions is not defined in the law, but is there a parameter that is used? I apologize if this has been mentioned in the past, but in all the discussions about copyright/fair use, I can't recall this being mentioned, although I'm sure it has. With sincere thanks, David ___ David Woolard Worldwide Media / Reference Librarian Hunt Library Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900 Tel: 386-226-6101 | Fax: 386-226-6368 woola...@erau.edu mailto:woola...@erau.edu | library.erau.edu http://www.library.erau.edu/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Valentine's Day Pick
Hey Gary! Glad you agree! Hope all is well. Nancy On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:24 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: You're my kinda gal, Nancy! Pam and I used to have a fox terrier that was the spittin' image of Mr. Smith! gary h. http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/ -- Nancy E. Friedland Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies Performing Arts Columbia University 206 Butler Library 535 West 114th Street New York, New York 10027 Phone: 212.854.7402 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Nancy E. Friedland Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies Performing Arts Columbia University 206 Butler Library 535 West 114th Street New York, New York 10027 Phone: 212.854.7402 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions
If your counsel is liberal, you wy ahead of the game. Ultimately they're the ones who would have to back these policies. If it were me, I'd think that clips should be well under 10 minutes (under 5 is even better). A 15 minute clip gets into much murkier territory, but, again, if your counsel is willing to back you up, why not. gary Thanks Gary! I was afraid there wouldn't be anything definitive on it other than short and few, but how I wish there was. My problem is the general counsel of my institution has given faculty a very loose and liberal interpretation of the law, which has been nothing but a headache. Best, David -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 2:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions Hello (on a Saturday) There is no formally codified definition of reasonable and limited. Years ago, the Consortium of College and University Media Centers developed a set of Fair Use Guidelines which attempted to do such (see http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm). A number of organizations, including ALA, declined to support these because they were felt to be overly prescriptive and counter to the spirit of fair use. Basically, the shorter and the fewer the better...the actual definition of portion and duration is a matter risk tolerance or aversion of legal counsel for the institution involved. gary handman Good day, I know it's a Saturday, and probably not the best day to ask a question to the list, but does anyone know of a source, and as authoritative as possible, that discusses what would be considered reasonable and limited in regards to streaming portions of copyrighted works. I've heard 10% of the total work or 3 minutes, or whichever is less, but where is that derived from? I know that the phrase reasonable and limited portions is not defined in the law, but is there a parameter that is used? I apologize if this has been mentioned in the past, but in all the discussions about copyright/fair use, I can't recall this being mentioned, although I'm sure it has. With sincere thanks, David ___ David Woolard Worldwide Media / Reference Librarian Hunt Library Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900 Tel: 386-226-6101 | Fax: 386-226-6368 woola...@erau.edu mailto:woola...@erau.edu | library.erau.edu http://www.library.erau.edu/ VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
Re: [Videolib] prioritizing media cataloging
Hi All, I do not work in an academic setting, but this issue has always irked me as a public librarian. Since finishing library school, I have worked for three different library systems of three different sizes, but have experienced the same issue at all three of them. Namely, the AV materials are consistently placed at the back of the line for priority. And perhaps even more so than in an academic setting, AV materials easily comprise 40-50 percent (or more) of overall circulation in most public libraries, yet they continue to be ignored and discounted as to their intrinsic worth to the system. Recently, I have had to tell several different patrons that AV materials I had ordered four months or more prior were not yet available for their use. I have gone so far as to ask (beg) the head of technical services to send the items to me so I could catalog/process them, but to no avail. Very frustrating. Blane Halliday Collier County Public Library Branch Manager, Vanderbilt Beach Library 788 Vanderbilt Beach Road Naples, Florida 34108 Phone: (239) 597-8444 Fax: (239) 597-3653 bhalli...@collier-lib.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?
Hello Video Librarians! I just joined this list to post on a couple of topics I'm working on here at Wake Forest. First question is, do any of you operate with open shelving of your DVDs? We already have thought through pros and cons of having the open shelving, so we're looking for practical help rather than opinions for/against open shelving. We're planning to move our DVD collection from closed shelving behind the Circulation Desk to open shelves in a controlled room and we're looking for examples to follow. We'd like some information to help us decide about how to organize in presenting the collection - right now we just have accession numbers, but we think some type of categorization would be more useful to patrons. And of course that leads to a question of re-classing from accession numbering. You get the idea. Any feedback on practical arrangements from those operating with open shelves? Thanks, Lauren Lauren Corbett Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Ph: 336-758-6136 image001.gifVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?
Hi Lauren, We moved to open shelves several years ago. It has been great. DVDs are in locked cases. Take your pick from the library supplier catalogs. Shelving is adjacent to the Media service window, so we can still provide assistance. Main circ desk also has the key mechanism so that DVDs can be checked out from there during hours Media isn't staffed. Circ period is 7 days. We use LC call numbers (had been done many years earlier, so made the move easier.) Feature film call numbers were tweaked using the literature schedule. Organized by country of origin of the director. American films still have very similar call numbers, but it mostly separated out films by language. Reserved items are still kept behind the counter. Titles booked for screenings are labeled, but stay on the regular shelves until a week before the screening. Feel free to ask more questions, Barb Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Corbett, Lauren E. Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:34 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Cc: Lock, Mary B.; Reeves, Mary W. Subject: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs? Hello Video Librarians! I just joined this list to post on a couple of topics I'm working on here at Wake Forest. First question is, do any of you operate with open shelving of your DVDs? We already have thought through pros and cons of having the open shelving, so we're looking for practical help rather than opinions for/against open shelving. We're planning to move our DVD collection from closed shelving behind the Circulation Desk to open shelves in a controlled room and we're looking for examples to follow. We'd like some information to help us decide about how to organize in presenting the collection - right now we just have accession numbers, but we think some type of categorization would be more useful to patrons. And of course that leads to a question of re-classing from accession numbering. You get the idea. Any feedback on practical arrangements from those operating with open shelves? Thanks, Lauren [cid:086385114@22072009-1A03] Lauren Corbett Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Ph: 336-758-6136 inline: image001.gifVIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] streaming justification
Hi Rhonda Berkeley currently has access to ASP's Theater on Video, which was licensed via the California Digital Library as a consortial buy...I was not a strong supporter, but I was out-voted. We also have ASP's Ethnographic Video collection, purchased by our Anthro librarian with $ from a major grant...I was not a strong supporter, but I was out-voted. I have gone on record on videolib and elsewhere regarding my serious qualms about buying into curated or pre-assembled collections. These may be useful in some institutions, but at a place like Berkeley, even with rigorous publicity, only a tiny fraction of the collection will ever be used in any respect. That's just the way it goes here... I floated the ASP Dance collection past dance faculty awhile back, and they pretty much sniffed it away: the stuff they wanted simply wasn't represented and they weren't about to shuffle the syllabus to fit the collection. In hard financial times particularly, seems to me that focused selection that pays careful attention to short and long term need (rather than a grab-bag strategy)is the only responsible way to go. Gary Handman By the way, I really respect and like ASP, I just wish they allowed pick-and-choose options regarding their collections. Hi everyone, So, when you are looking at whether to purchase one of the streaming packages, Alexander St., Films Media group, or whatever, what are your justifications ? Do you look at all the usage stats of each title included in the package, and if so, how many uses and of how many of the titles is considered high enough to justify purchasing? What criteria are you using to persuade powers that be that they are worthwhile? Just curious, rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?
Hi Mary, We've had open shelves in Media for the past 19 years (ever since our library opened). We use LC classification, with some slight modifications to make the feature films more browsable. We then physically separate by format (based on physical format): * VHS + DVD together (they can fit on the same shelves) * Audio CDs CD-Rom * Laser Discs * Audiocassettes * Slides Items whose supplements cannot fit in the container or on the shelf get an item note in the catalog record the supplements get put in filing cabinets (also open to the users). All our items (except slides) are tattle-taped. Our biggest problem w/ open shelves is the need to do regular and frequent shelf-reading to keep things in order. We also have this page to make it easier for patrons to find AV http://library.ust.hk/guides/findav.html Regards, Victoria F. Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science Technology http://library.ust.hk Hello Video Librarians! I just joined this list to post on a couple of topics I'm working on here at Wake Forest. First question is, do any of you operate with open shelving of your DVDs? We already have thought through pros and cons of having the open shelving, so we're looking for practical help rather than opinions for/against open shelving. We're planning to move our DVD collection from closed shelving behind the Circulation Desk to open shelves in a controlled room and we're looking for examples to follow. We'd like some information to help us decide about how to organize in presenting the collection - right now we just have accession numbers, but we think some type of categorization would be more useful to patrons. And of course that leads to a question of re-classing from accession numbering. You get the idea. Any feedback on practical arrangements from those operating with open shelves? Thanks, Lauren Lauren Corbett Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Ph: 336-758-6136 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
