You should make the department pay for it-you are right about the precedent, and they might have some conference money anyway.
What I always told folks was "the library will purchase MATERIALS/ACCESS" and if it includes screening rights as part of a purchase price-great. If there are additional charges for PROGRAMMING, it is up to the departments to pay for them. We often negotiated this type of thing with vendors, paid, and then the department reimbursed the library. Their folks had no idea how to negotiate for licenses (something the library does all the time) and that was often the problem at our institution. Good luck! Sarah From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carolyn Jardine (Cary) Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 11:53 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Another question about PPR from a newbie... Thanks, Sarah. That's my thinking too! I haven't received a quote from Criterion yet but I'm guessing it's going to be more than we'd be able to pay. I think the department should be responsible for this too, especially if we don't want to set the wrong precedent. Cary videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> writes: Yes, you do have it right, then you have to decide if it's the *library's* responsibility to use its materials budget for PPR when you could buy the thing on amazon in a couple of weeks for $24.99 or whatever. I know that in this situation, I would let the department know that they were responsible for the PPR rights for their "expo." Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, Film and Media Library 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 516-463-5076 sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu<mailto:sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:34 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Another question about PPR from a newbie... Basically you have it right. Feature films are very different from the non-fiction educational films which are often sold with the PPR rights. Studio product is never sold with PPR rights. You need to get a license from Swank, Criterion or whichever company has those rights from the studio. Often they do insist they they send you the copy. This sounds like a pretty straightforward public showing so yes you will have to negotiate with Criterion on the rental fee. Jessica On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Carolyn Jardine (Cary) <cjard...@antioch.edu<mailto:cjard...@antioch.edu>> wrote: > Hi all... > And this is more of a request for reassurance than a question! We're a > small academic library which primarily purchases DVDs that will be used > either for personal viewing by students or by faculty in classes...we have > so far not gotten into any PPR purchasing. But we've now had a request to > purchase an about-to-be-released DVD and we've also been requested to > acquire PPR so the DVD can be shown at an "expo" hosted by one of our > departments. Before I go to my director about this I want to be sure I've > understood this issue correctly (I think I'm going to have to do some > educating so I want to make sure I know what I'm talking about!). > My understanding is this: we can purchase the DVD from Amazon but that DVD > will NOT come with any rights allowing us to show it in a public venue > whether we charge for it or not. We have to contact the distributor for > these rights [here's a question] and/or one of the companies like Swank > which sell these rights? My understanding also is that we'd purchase the > rights for ONE specific performance, and that the "public performance > rights" don't apply to the DVD for any and all public viewings. Is that > correct? > The DVD in question is "Adam" about an autistic young adult. It's being > released on DVD in a week or two by FoxSearchlight. I've looked at their > website for any kind of information about PPR and don't see it; I was able > to find out from earlier posts on this extremely helpful list that Fox > releases are handled by Criterion Pictures USA, and I did find Adam on their > list of movies. > Do I now just contact Criterion to find out what it would cost for PPR to > show this DVD to around 50 people? I also see some information on their > site which seems to indicate that they'd also be furnishing us with the > actual DVD...is that usual, or is it possible to just pay for PPR for a > showing of a DVD that we (the library) purchase? I know I can ask them > these questions but I'd like to have an idea of what I might expect in the > way of a reply! > Many many thanks both for any responses to this and for all the really > excellent information & conversation I find on this list. I'm a reference > librarian who by default has to learn about all the issues surrounding video > & DVD purchase, use, etc, and I frequently feel like I'm in way over my > head. > Cary Jardine, MLS > Research & Instruction Librarian > Antioch University New England > Keene, NH 03431 > 603-283-2405 > cjard...@antioch.edu<mailto:cjard...@antioch.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. > > 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.
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.
