This project went on for so long, and had so many twists and turns, I'm not at all surprised that anyone would lose track of its progress.
Gary, I have only gratitude for your constructive and insightful feedback in the survey and on our first draft. We did try to underscore the fact that media librarians in general are concerned about the economic health and viability of the content producers and that a fair number take a different, more generous attitude towards purchasing video content than other types of vended library resources. However, I do want to say that our project was really *about* media librarians, not *about* the media industry, the content producers, the plight of the independent labels. It was more about articulating where we stand at this moment in the new century (is it still new?) vis-a-vis our mission to address the educational needs of students and faculty. It was about providing access to cultural information with products and in ways that meet their educational aims. It was, finally, about exploring what rights for collecting and using this material are afforded to us, as educators, by one section of US copyright law. How the market fits into this picture is a separate discussion, one that is explored at every NMM, on the listserv, in separate dealings between librarians and producers, and one that should unfold in light of a statement of our mission, aims and rights. We were hoping to make a contribution to that particular part of the discussion. Judy On May 4, 2012, at 11:47 AM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Hi all > > Well...as my screed yesterday demonstrates, it's never too late to be > stupid. As my friend Judy Thomas reminded me (tactfully offline), I was, > indeed, surveyed for this project. I owe an apology to Judy and her > hard-working crew, as well as thanks for attempting to bring at least a > bit of clarity to these knotty and often maddeningly obtuse issues. > > I think my lashing out stems from a general and continuing frustration > with the fact that, in all too many cases, policy and practice and > advocacy in the areas of video copyright and licensing, fair use, etc. are > often being made in the library and academic worlds by individuals and > groups who have very little knowledge of or stake in either the worlds of > video production and distribution, or the on-going process of video > collection development and management. The direct relationship between > the economic health and viability of content producers/distributors and > the building of useful and diverse collections is something about which > those of us actually "doing media" know a great deal. Not so much the > pundits at ARL... > > My rather snarky note yesterday was penned with an apparently ill-founded > fear that the right people weren't being queried, and that these > misinformed responses would form the basis of best practice... > > In any case...I hope Judy and her team will forgive my late-career lapse > in judgment. > > Gary Handman > > > > > >> Dear Colleagues, >> The Fair Use and Video Project has posted online its document titled >> "Community Practices in the Fair Use of Video in Libraries," >> http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/Fair_Use_and_Video/. >> For an introduction to the document, please see Carrie's Russell's blog >> post on ALA'S District Dispatch at >> http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/04/introducing-community-practices-in-the-fair-use-of-video-in-libraries/ >> . >> To those of you who contributed your time and effort to answer our >> surveys, attend our focus groups, or comment on our drafts, we offer you >> our sincere thanks. >> This project began as an attempt by the Video Roundtable to establish a >> recommended body of practice in the fair use of video for educational >> purposes. A team of six librarians, with advice and guidance from ALA’s >> Office of Information Technology Policy, coordinated the process of >> gathering input from the media librarian community and then created a >> document describing our findings. We decided to focus on documenting our >> community practices, i.e. how librarians routinely and responsibly fulfill >> their mission to preserve and provide access to our cultural record. >> The team conducted in-person interviews at national conferences and hosted >> a series of focus groups at locations across the country: Boston, Seattle, >> Evanston, Washington, D.C. and Richmond. About eighty library staff >> members with varying responsibilities for buying, processing, and/or >> supporting the educational use of video were included in our surveys. >> We welcome your comments and suggestions! This is a living document and >> your comments may prompt revisions. If you'd like to leave a comment, >> please use the Comments link on the right. Please do let me know if you >> have any problems accessing or using the site. >> http://pages.shanti.virginia.edu/Fair_Use_and_Video/ >> >> Best regards, >> >> Judy Thomas, University of Virginia >> >> for the Fair Use and Video Working Group: >> Steve Brantley, University of Illinois at Chicago >> Nell Chenault, Virginia Commonwealth University >> Carleton Jackson, University of Maryland >> Carrie Russell, American Library Association, Office for Information >> Technology Policy >> Claire Stewart, Northwestern University >> Judith Thomas, University of Virginia >> Justin Wadland, University of Washington-Tacoma >> >> >> Judith Thomas >> Director, Arts and Media Services >> University of Virginia Library >> 434.924.8814 / jtho...@virginia.edu<mailto:jtho...@virginia.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. Judith Thomas Director, Arts and Media Services University of Virginia Library 434.924.8814 / jtho...@virginia.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.
