I would send the prof a respectful note, letting them know that there are rights issues involved when a video is screened outside the classroom, and offer to help clear the rights for their screening. I think that it is my duty as the overall manager of the media collection to inform our users about rights and ownership. Many times, they will plead innocence and be very willing to correct their lack of knowledge.
I don't think saying nothing is the appropriate way to deal with this situation. Our administration would want us to "do the right thing", and my role is to help to facilitate that. Susan Weber Media Librarian Library T 604.323.5533 swe...@langara.bc.ca <mailto:Susan Weber <swe...@langara.bc.ca>> Langara. <http://www.langara.bc.ca> On 17/02/2014 12:13 PM, benr...@usfca.edu wrote: > 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 > > > > 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. > 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.
