Andrea Rapp raised an important question: "Do any of you have a release form you use when interviewing congregants for oral histories...."
As it happened, I recently discussed this issue with an expert at Michigan State University. The question has two answers: 1. When you interview a minor, you must obtain a release from that child's parents. When the child "comes of age," you are legally obligated to obtain a release from this now-adult person if you wish to make further uses of those materials. 2. When you interview an adult, you must obtain a release at that time of the interview. I spent decades in Instructional TV at MSU, and we have releases on file from all people whom we interviewed. ______________________________________________________ Dr. Don Weinshank Professor Emeritus Comp. Sci. & Eng. 1520 Sherwood Ave., East Lansing MI 48823-1885 Ph. 517.337.1545 FAX 517.337.1665 http://www.cse.msu.edu/~weinshan --- Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
