[ha-Safran] PDCE e-course: ALA Techsource on Tech Tools for Library Outreach

2013-05-07 Thread Stephanie L Gross
NEW! Handy Tech Tools for Library Outreach 90-minute workshop with Sarah Ludwig Item Number: 1541-8968 Publisher: ALA TechSource Price: $55.00 (Group rates apply) Link:

[ha-Safran] Getting the most out of an internship (via METRO listserv)

2013-05-07 Thread Stephanie L Gross
Getting the most out of an internship by Ellen Mehling of Metro (Metropolitan NY Library Council) Professional experience is necessary to secure a job and have a continuing, successful career. Students and new graduates have a well-known challenge: to get experience without a job, and to get a

[ha-Safran] Female Roommate for AJL Conference

2013-05-07 Thread Danielle H. Winter
Shalom, Any ladies still need a roommate for the AJL conference? If so, contact me off the listserv. Thanks, Danielle __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL)

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes

2013-05-07 Thread Etta Gold
Thank you all for your many responses! Just to keep you all informed, I did receive a number of interesting ones: There is equipment sold by library vendors that convert VHS to DVD which is not too expensive. If there are a lot of them to convert to the new format, it might be worth

[ha-Safran] Webinar series on Library Leadership with Pat Wagner.

2013-05-07 Thread Stephanie L Gross
Webinar: Virtual Customer Service Strategies - Solving Problems Via Email, Instant Messaging, and Social Media Speaker Pat Wagner Pat Wagner has been a trainer, educator, and consultant for 40 years, having worked with clients in 48 states and Canada. She is a manager and producer at Pattern

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes

2013-05-07 Thread Chaya Wiesman
These two statements from the replies you received are exactly the opposite of each other. What is the correct information? Keep or discard? I am reformatting the VHS that are needed by our teachers into DVDs but due to copyright law, you MUST keep the original. So we are keeping a

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes

2013-05-07 Thread Andrea Rapp
We've had copyright attorneys at past AJL conventions.I am quite sure the answer always is that you can make a copy in a new format a) if your original is no longer usable, but b) that copy is just for preservation purposes. Not sure exactly what that means, except that you cannot make a copy to

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes

2013-05-07 Thread Robbin Katzin
Here is information from ALA's website from their Ask the ALA Librarian feature: VHS to DVD? Submitted by Karen Muller on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 09:57 Q. With the increased use of DVD systems it has been suggested that we convert our VHS library of educational videos in VHS format to DVD. Is it a

Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and cassettes copy right issues

2013-05-07 Thread Schoen Books
Shalom Will forward this to my son Seth who works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco and deals with such issues and I am sure can definitively answer the questions. He is right now on his way to Vienna and am sure will answer asap. Seth please scroll below and see the

Re: [ha-Safran] VHS and cassettes

2013-05-07 Thread A G
Harvey, In your understanding, would the library have the right to convert it to, let's say MP4 format and place it on the server for the use on library computers? It seems that if not protected appropriately, such a file would quickly leave the library. as a copy. Thus in fact the library would