Hi all I've recently sent in our final, phase II report regarding Berkeley's participation in the Mellon Videos at Risk Project. If you'll remember, this is a project to develop best practices for: 1) identifying items in library video collections that are currently out of distribution and which show some signs of physical deterioration 2) researching current availability of these items in the commercial market (i.e. mechanisms/procedures for demonstrating good-faith attempts at meeting the broad "fair market" stipulations of copyright section 108) 3) broad practices and standards for both preservation and access digitization of materials identified as qualifying for allowances of Section 108.
The sources we consulted:
a. Google & OCLC:
i. Video title
ii. Production company name
iii. Director name(s)
iv. Producer name(s)
b. Facebook, Linkedin
c. amazon US (amazon will be consulted for the availability of
non-fiction titles in home video distribution)
d. videolib listserv (an international discussion list for video
librarians that currently has over 1,200 subscribers, including
librarians, archivists, educators, filmmakers and film/video distributors
e. US Copyright Registry (for post-1978 titles)
We are generally looking at non-fiction titles and performance works
(rather than theatrical movies). We are also going to have to come to
grips with the current restrictions placed by 108 on where/how reproduced
materials may be used and how these materials may be delivered. (the
project is working with an excellent legal guy on these issues)
In any case, I promised deg I'd put out Berkeley's list of materials
identified as being out of distribution/at risk. It is attached.
It should be noted that Berkeley took a considerably different tact in
pursuing this project than NYU. The grant formally called for
investigating at risk materials in partner collection held by 3 or fewer
institutions in the US. Early on, Berkeley decided instead to look at at-
risk titles that have been identified as high--or at least
consistent--use, regardless of their scarcity in US libraries.
I've handed the future of this project over to Berkeley's preservation
department--a group of folks that has had some really useful experiences
in
dealing with statewide archival moving image and sound materials. I'm
certain they'll be great at picking up the torch.
Let me know if you have questions.
Gary
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
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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.
