Gary, I don't believe there was there was a survey, the data was mostly gathered through focus groups and interviews. I participated in one of the focus groups, and while it's true that I'm relatively new to the profession, there were other people in the room who have been doing this for a long time and I wouldn't characterize them as being "largely clueless." I'm curious, was there something in the report that lead you to that conclusion or are you just assuming?
Also, even if these community practices don't always align with practices at the local level, because so many areas of copyright law are open to interpretation, and because different institutions have different administrative pressures that they have to respond to, I think a document that discusses community practices is very interesting. And if it's used as a tool leading towards best practices or even refinements in the law, even better. Weren't the DMCA anti-circumventions exemptions issued partly in response to feedback from stakeholders, including librarians? Cheers, Matt ______________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian Clemons Library University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 > > On 5/3/12 11:52 AM, "ghand...@library.berkeley.edu" > <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >> I wish Judy et al had vetted this survey via this list--one would assume a >> prime target. I'll admit to a rapidly failing memory, but I don't recall >> being asked to take this survey... >> >> The answers you get in a survey such as this MUST be assessed in light of >> who's doing the responding (i.e. the defined "community"). Given the >> rather insane and continuing paucity of professionals devoted either in >> significant part or whole to overseeing media collection development and >> management in academic libraries, and given the likely cloudy or >> incomplete understanding of current market and legal issues by those not >> directly involved in the practice, I think you gotta take such results >> with several grains of salt. Using community practice as the basis of >> best practice when the community surveyed is largely clueless ain't a >> particularly good way to go. >> >> Gary >> >> >> >>> Well, deg's right that it'll probably cause some consternation among >>> "my" >>> people -- it's definitely inflammatory in its descriptions of >>> distributors >>> and the us versus them rhetoric and who "owns" the copyright law. I do >>> appreciate the line near the end "Not a single librarian revealed >>> herself >>> as being either cavalier about the law or dismissive of the market" and >>> know it to be the case among most but it would be nice to have some of >>> the >>> discussions we've had here about the balancing the needs of education >>> versus the sustainability of producing new content. The lack thereof >>> makes >>> me want to set up fishing dates with Gary. :-) >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Deg Farrelly <deg.farre...@asu.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> At the risk of launching a messy can 'o worms.... >>>> >>>> I came across this today. I don't recall seeing it posted or announced >>>> anywhere else, even on this list... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.infodocket.com/2012/04/30/new-from-ala-community-practices-in >>>> -the-fair-use-of-video-in-libraries/ >>>> >>>> Link to the full document (as a web page): >>>> http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/Fair_Use_and_Video/ >>>> >>>> Before all hell breaks loose, I have not read the whole document >>>> carefully >>>> from beginning to end. But from my cursory read, it does not appear to >>>> be >>>> "Code of Best Practices" document. Instead, it reads to me as a report >>>> on >>>> what a study determined where the practices that librarians are using. >>>> >>>> I recall being interviewed for the project some time back. >>>> >>>> deg farrelly >>>> ASU Libraries >>>> Arizona State University >>>> P.O. Box 871006 >>>> Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 >>>> 480.965.1403 >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. 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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.
