With apologies for cross-posting, I wanted to share the very exciting news that as of this morning, academic and research libraries have their very own Code of Best Practices in Fair Use <http://www.arl.org/fairuse>! Librarians developed this code under the aegis of the Association of Research Libraries and with funding from the Mellon Foundation in sessions over the course of two years, in locations around the country. Legal scholar Peter Jaszi (Washington College of Law, American University) and I were privileged to participate in the facilitation; it was an education in itself. Please do go read it <http://www.arl.org/fairuse>. Tweet about it with hashtag #librarianscode. If you want to know why a code of best practices is different from (and better than) guidelines, please read the blog post about it at ARL's blog <http://policynotes.arl.org/>. It's written by ARL's Brandon Butler, who led the process brilliantly. If you'd like to use educational materials, or learn more about the law that makes such codes a good idea, visit this site<http://centerforsocialmedia.org/libraries> at the Center for Social Media. You'll find a video, briefings, academic articles, FAQs, and slide shows. Thanks so much!
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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.
