In the example below, the researcher asks the library to provide the clip. To do this, the library becomes directly involved with the research's personal Fair Use assessment. So, a few questions for the group -
* Does your library provide a clip creation service? If so, does library staff create the clip or is the researcher given access to a multimedia editing station to create the clip for themself? * If library staff is creating the clip, do you require the researcher to somehow "prove" they've done a Fair Use assessment? Do you hang on to any documentation? At what point, if any, would you question a researcher's Fair Use assessment and reconsider providing the clip creation service? * If the researcher is given access to a multimedia editing station to create the clip themself, does the library provide a generic copyright guideline (similar to those used with photocopy machines) or is library staff more directly involved in the copyright aspects of each individual project? Thanks, Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:07 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] fair use in CHE article I agree with the researcher gary handman > Did anyone read the second paragraph of this article: The Common Sense > of the Fair-Use Doctrine, by Patricia Aufderheide. Chronicle of Higher > Education, August 21, 2011. > > Do you agree that the researcher's request falls under fair use? Not > rhetorical, I'm actually wondering. Thanks - Janice > > "A researcher asks a librarian if the librarian can provide her with a > clip from a major motion picture, relevant to the researcher's > presentation at the annual meeting of her academic association. When > the librarian demurs, the researcher explains her fair-use right to > show the work." > > http://chronicle.com/article/The-Common-Sense-of-the/128756 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.
