What he does for himself is not an issue but the copyright law is very clear that a copy has to be part of libraries own collection in order to be legally transferred to digital copy and clearly this copy is not .The library can not use a personal copy and transfer it and while I suspect someone would suggest it, the law is clearly for material that the library has acquired not some quickie "donation" to skirt the law.
Not every film ever released on VHS ( or DVD) is going to be available for a library or institution to use. It is the legal equivalent of bringing in an out of print ( but not out of copyright) book and asking you to make photocopies for him to pass out to students and to also make a photocopy for the library to put in the collection. Jessica On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Rosen, Rhonda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I have a faculty member who owns the VHS copy of this title and > wants to put it on DVD. I don’t see it available for purchase in DVD and I > can’t find a copyright holder. If anyone has any info on this title, I’d be > thrilled to follow it up. Otherwise, I am thinking he can make a > preservation DVD copy for himself? And, he wants to make another copy for > the library for circulation also. > > (personally, I’m not sure what the quality of the tape is going to be, but > that’s another story…) > > --Rhonda > > *Anton Chekhov's The three sisters* > *as staged for the Actors Studio Theatre on Broadway by Lee Strasberg /* > > Geraldine *Page*; Shelley *Winters*; Sandy *Dennis* > > 1965 > > *English* [image: Visual Material] Visual Material : Videorecording : [image: > VHS tape] VHS tape 2 videocassettes (VHS) (166 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. > > [S.l. : s.n.], > > A dramatization of Anton Chekhov's play of the same title, about three > well-educated, cultured sisters suffering from boredom and meaninglessness > in their dull, provincial environment. > > > > > > Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian > William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University > One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 > [email protected] 310/338-4584| > http://library.lmu.edu > > > > 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.
