---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [Videonews] VHS -> DVD Transfer & Copyright From: [email protected] Date: Thu, June 30, 2011 1:10 pm To: "Video Library News" <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Rob and all I've noticed that people are posting discussion items to videonews rather than videolib. Just a reminder (to newbies and oldies): videolib is a list intended for discussion of video collections and services; videonews is a bulletin board for new film and video-related products and services. Not everyone who belongs to the former also belongs to the latter (although I think everyone should belong to both). If you have questions about subscribing to videolib or videonews, instructions are posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html You can also always contact me directly. Gary Handman > Hello everyone. At St Louis Public we've recently acquired surplus money > to use for technology in the film department. We have been discussing > buying a professional stand-alone VHS->DVD converter. We own many older > titles that have either local significance or are out of print and > unavailable for reorder in DVD. It's my understanding that unauthorized > transfers are a copyright violation and cannot be circulated. However, if > we retain the original VHS, could we make a DVD transfer to offer as a > reference copy for patrons to use in-house? We know this would only serve > a small group, but could help those needing access to films for research. > I'd appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks. > > > Rob Tygett > Audio-Visual Supervisor > St. Louis Public Library > 1415 Olive St. > St. Louis, MO 63103 > T: 314-206-6704 > www.slpl.org <http://www.slpl.org/> > > > St. Louis Public Library <http://www.slpl.org/images/slpl_email_logo.gif> > > > VIDEONEWS is an electronic clearinghouse for information about new > services, products, resources, and programs of interest to video > librarians and archivists, educators, and others involved in the > selection, acquisition, programming, and preservation of video materials > in non-profit settings. The list is open to all interest individuals and > list submissions are unmediated. However the list owner reserves the right > to revoke subscriptions to the list in cases where the intent of the list > is routinely violated or where general listserv etiquette and protocol are > infringed. > 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 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.
