I would question the legality and possible copyright infringement on maintaining videos recorded off of television, even if they were kept in-house and not circulated outside of the Library. I know from dealing with PBS in the past, that they have a time-limit on the length of time you may retain a recorded program from their station for educational use, unless they held all of the copyright for the program. I would suspect that stations such as NBC, CBS, etc. would not be amendable to these titles being taped and retained for public consumption.
Just my two cents... Jeanne Little Rod Library University of Northern Iowa On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Maureen Tripp <[email protected]>wrote: > From about 1981 to 2001 my media department routinely recorded news > off-air—not regular broadcasts, but coverage of events like inaugurations, > presidential debates, Democratic and Republican national conventions, state > of the union addresses, as well as special events we considered newsworthy, > like Saddam Hussein and Dan Rather, and Nixon on Meet the Press.**** > > These recordings are on VHS. A lot of this material, like coverage of > 9/11, is on youtube. I wonder, though, if it is worth transferring our vhs > material to dvd? Might stuff on youtube go away at some point? **** > > I also wonder about the ethics of doing this. We would keep these DVDs > for inhouse viewing only.**** > > I’d really appreciate your thoughts—**** > > ** ** > > 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. > > -- Rod Library - Room 250 Collection Management & Special Services University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50613-3675 319-273-7255
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.
