We have similar issues as stated by the previous responders.
We normally only acquire online products that are available to the
entire university community - not just a particular class. We believe
in equal access to all and we can't anticipate who will find a resource
useful for the teaching, learning or research. This also saves us time
and makes it easier for staff and library users to understand the terms
of our resources - as they all tend to have similar educational use
rights with no commercial uses and it means we can use the same
authentication system for all.
We prefer in perpetuity rights for items that we need to host and
catalogue - as it costs us to do both of these and tracking rights is
time consuming - as is deleting e-content when rights expire. We do
track a handful of limited term rights for DVDs but would prefer not to
have to do even this with our staffing levels.
We do subscribe to online databases of videos hosted by others - so we
don't need resources to catalogue (although may add MARC records to our
library catalogue if provided). The advantage to a hosted online video
database is that the vendor or distributor has control over the contents
and can add or delete titles as rights are acquired or expire - and
every other single library doesn't need to duplicate this work. And the
Library has a set subscription price renewed annually that it can budget
for. We also prefer subscribing to a database with a large number of
titles rather than ordering these individually although some selection
by subject area or academic level can be desireable.
Hope this helps.
Marilyn
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Marilyn Nasserden
Head, Visual& Performing Arts
Libraries and Cultural Resources
25 MacKimmie Library Block
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca
Phone: (403) 220-3795
On 1/19/2011 11:13 AM, Brewer, Michael wrote:
Jessica,
It is great that this is being done. My only concern is that setting
this up only as a sort of remedy for TEACH is going to be overly
restrictive for learning and, especially, scholarship. In this model,
students that want to view a film that has not been identified by the
instructor (but which they are using for a paper or some other
assignment) will not have access. I would recommend that you make the
films available through license to any enrolled student, not just to
those where an instructor has identified films and linked them in the
CMS ahead of time. In this model instructors or researchers would also
have access, even if they are not using the film in a course (but are
developing a course or are doing independent research and scholarship).
mb
Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
Universityof ArizonaLibraries
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu <mailto:brew...@u.library.arizona.edu>
*From:*videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:42 AM
*To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
*Subject:* [Videolib] Need advice on pricing & tech specs for
streaming rights
I am working with a number of filmmakers and small distributors who
would like to sell streaming rights for their films. It is an eclectic
group but mostly documentaries
and classic films. Most, but not all can sell lifetime streaming
rights, but some can only sell for their own contract term which is
probably about six years. I should mention some of these films are
institutional only and sell for a few hundred dollars each and others
are available retail for around $30. In most cases PPR rights would
also be included and many of these are films that actually get
screened on campuses. Streaming prices seem to be all over the map
these days. I was thinking of roughly $200 extra (beyond the current
sale price) for singledisc titles and $300 or more for multi-disc
sets. As mentioned not all of the films will have lifetime rights, but
even those for which the term would only be 6 years would have to be
at the same price point. It would be possible to license a film for
less for one time/semester use. Standard restrictions would apply such
as going on password protected system and accessible only to students
or faculty using them for a specific course.
Besides pricing the other big issue is the "access" issue. These
filmmakers do not have the money or time to set up their own servers
so they would be selling a physical DVD for which the institution
could digitize and put on its own system.
I would like to know any general feedback to the above and if many of
you are now buying or licensing streaming rights for classroom films.
You can email me on list for discussion or off list for more details etc.
email is jessicapros...@gmail.com <mailto:jessicapros...@gmail.com>
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Jessica Rosner
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.
