Hello, I was wondering if any of you could give me a bit of direction.
Our Media Center recently received the 2007-2011 submissions from the Rhode Island International Film Festival. We have a Film Program here and we're the state college, so it makes sense. We'd like to catalog these items and add them to the circulating collection (there are over 500 from all over the world, most are not in WorldCat). Do we need the permission of the film creator to do this? It did not say anything on the submission paperwork about works being given to us after the festival as it was just decided, (we're going to fix that for next year). The submission contract is the usual boilerplate, allowing the festival rights to screen and no obligation to return. We're not going to copy these items, or have screenings, the films will only be for educational and entertainment use. There is the possibility we could contact *most* of the submitters, however, if it's not necessary we would prefer to make the changes to the future submission process and go from there. I'd appreciate any pointers you could share. Thanks. Angel 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.
