Deg, This is exciting. Just after our brief email conversation developments with campus classroom tech staff and our intellectual property lawyer drew attention to Section 108 here at the UConn Library. I am now reviewing and documenting VHS deterioration in addition to the due diligence search for new VHS or availability of DVD format.
The due diligence search we follow is here: http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/handle/1961/16025 And we are also following Kenneth Crews checklist, http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/files/2009/10/copyrightchecklist108preservation.pdf Thanks for posting info on this chapter. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 860-486-1406 voice 860-486-0584 fax From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 5:18 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu; Media in Education; CCUMC-L automatic digest system Subject: [Videolib] Forsberg's research on VHS deterioration published Apologies for cross-posting >From my perspective, exciting news.... Walter Forsberg and Erik Piil's >research on VHS tape deterioration has been published! Forsberg along with Howard Besser presented on his research at the 2013 National Media Market in the session "Video at Risk: Strategies for Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Research Libraries". But now the research in all it's fine detail is available. Since "deterioration" is one of the factors that libraries can use to invoke duplication provisions of Section 108 of copyright law, this research is a critical addition to the professional literature. Citation: Forsberg, W. & Piil, E. (2014). Tune in, turn on, drop out. In S. Hastings (Ed.) Annual Review of Cultural Heritage Informatics (pp.213-242). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Abstract from the publication: "Analog videotape, an imperfect moving image technology format since its introduction, is reaching the end of its life cycle. However, large quantities of out-of-print and irreplaceable VHS titles still comprise significant portions of library and archival collections and circulations. Given the need to preserve this content, this study investigates the use of the "dropout"; metric (counts of disruptions in the video signal) for determining whether libraries and archives can invoke their rights of reproduc- tion under the United States Copyright Act. Videotape technology and deterioration problems are explained and prior deterioration studies are reviewed. Dropout tests of four pairs of commercially produced VHS titles are conducted and relationships between videotape deterioration as measured by dropout counts, circulation statistics, and manufacturing quality control standards are evaluated. Offering noninvasive evidence of videotape deterioration, quantified dropout counts appear to provide libraries and archives with an objective measure to meet the vague "deterioration"; standard of the Copyright Act." Enjoy! -deg deg farrelly ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 602.332.3103
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.
