If you are sure the professor is using the Library copy, you could send him a note. In the note, you could mention that you have heard that he is showing Movie X and has invited the community. You inform him, if he is using the Library’s DVD copy, the Library does not have PPR for it. If he needs any help finding PPR for the movie, the Library would be glad to help him. After that the ball is in the professor’s court to tell you he has PPR or ignore your note. I am assuming your university does not have a policy covering this situation.
Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley & Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu<mailto:kars...@lakeforest.edu> 847-735-5066 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of benr...@usfca.edu Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 2:13 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Question for academic librarians re DVD screenings Hi I'm interested in what, if anything, other academic librarians do if they get wind of a screening of non-PPR dvds that they acquired at the request of a professor -- screenings which are for class curricular use but to which the campus community is also invited (though it's very unlikely that many from outside the class will show up). Do you play cop? Say nothing? Send the professor a note after the fact? Something else? Thanks for your thoughts. Debbie Benrubi University of San Francisco Gleeson Library
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