Kind Videolib-L folks, I have what I think is an interesting question for you this morning. Apologies if this issue has been discussed ad nauseam before. I have not searched the list archives for possible answers to this dilemma.
I oversee the Media collection in our library, and we have recently opened the doors to our new Learning Commons, equipped with the latest and greatest technology we could afford. Our Learning Commons consist of a wide open space, with couches, chairs, computers, tables, nooks, and plenty of 40-inch wide screen monitors. A faculty member recently placed a couple of our DVDs on closed reserve, and asked if his students could watch them on one of the monitors in our Learning Commons (where the seating is more comfortable, and they could grab a snack from our café with the movie). Before we had a Learning Commons, use of our Media closed reserves was limited to the Media area, where we have a dedicated viewing room with all the necessary equipment. Would we be in violation of copyright laws if we allowed our students to watch our closed reserves in the Learning Commons instead of our Media viewing room? I look forward to your thoughts on this matter. Respectfully, [cid:image001.gif@01CBB315.2AF73400] Antonella Ward Multimedia Support Librarian/Porter Henderson Library Angelo State University Member, Texas Tech University System ASU Station #11013 San Angelo, TX 76909-1013 Phone: (325) 942-2313 Fax: (325) 942-2198 antonella.w...@angelo.edu<mailto:antonella.w...@angelo.edu> ************************************************ "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." (Samuel Johnson)
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