Thank you, Jessica. I suppose we can also make a case based on age and use that items in our collection are deteriorating. Our problem is that most of our patrons don’t have a VHS player at home; there are none in our classrooms. The material, as a result, is not being used. Those that are consist of off-beat titles that aren’t the major candidates for publishers to migrate forward to a more popular media. These, and the so-called “orphan works”, will be our biggest challenge in clearing permissions to reformat.
Best, Karen From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 2:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Copyright searches for videotape Well at the risk of being jumped on VHS does not fit the copyright code definition of an obsolete format so unless you document that every VHS you are weeding is literally in the process of deteriorating not just a pain in the neck to use the law does not let you make digital copies. I have VHS copies that are 30 years old and just fine and would a lot worse if I transferred them to digital format. On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Brown, Karen E <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear colleagues: The University at Albany, SUNY, is in the process of weeding VHS materials held in our general collection, all of which was commercially produced. Regarding those titles for which a more current format is not available we will need to obtain copyright clearance before we consider reformatting. We are wondering if there are other educational institutions that have worked through a project such as this that have “video copyright searching” documentation tools or data that they would be willing to share to assist us. Thank you in advance for your input and advice. Best, Karen E.K. Brown Head, Preservation Department University at Albany Libraries 1400 Washington Ave, Room SL 310 Albany, NY 12222 Tel. (518) 437 3923<tel:%28518%29%20437%203923> 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.
