Thanks, Jeanette I think these sentiments are spot-on... Now, if faculty (or library administrators) were interviewed, you'd get a considerably different (and unrealistic) take, I'm certain.
gary > Note this excerpt on p.9 (by interviewees they mean librarians; > emphasis is mine) > > Interviewees often displayed an intriguingly anomalous bias in favor > of vendors of > specialty video material, including documentaries and films made > specifically for the > educational sector. While interviewees were generally respectful of > vendors to the > educational sector, specialty video distributors were sometimes given > a special place > and positioned as surrogates for the independent filmmakers whose > films they make > available. Those interviewees who displayed this attitude described > applying fair use > charily to this material, suddenly emphasizing the fourth factor— > effect on the market— > as the most important. They repeated with some conviction the vendors’ > arguments > that if libraries take advantage of fair use rather than pay > distributors for each new use > or format, specialty filmmakers (and by extension their specialty > films) may cease to > exist. By taking responsibility for the continued profitability of > vendor business models, > interviewees had, in effect, adopted vendors as one of the > constituencies that they serve. > > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Jeanette Mosey wrote: > >> http://www.arl.org/news/pr/fairusereport_20dec10.shtml >> >> >> -- Jeanette Mosey >> retired librarian and lurker on Videolib >> 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. > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
