The reality is that MPAA co-opted California's school library association name. The association was not involved in the curriculum. A librarian from the association attended an initial meeting but that was it. -Carrie Russell
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:28:17 +0000 From: Dylan?McGinty <[email protected]> Subject: [Videolib] MPAA backs anti-piracy curriculum for elementary school students To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <A185F3BC81C61C40932F8CD72C7614F222009636@MBX029-W1-CA-2.exch029.domain.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" It was great to see many of you in Charleston last week! I read this Los Angeles Times article this morning, and thought it was a good topic for the list. The California School Library Association and the MPAA seem strange bedfellows to me... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-piracy-education-20131111,0,680616.story#axzz2kM9OX3j1 Dylan 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.
