Hi videolib, For those of you at an institution where your repository includes moving image assets, e.g., MFA thesis films, are you using in-house systems or commercial solutions?
Please feel free to respond off list. I am also happy to anonymously compile responses and share with others after. Regards, Laura Laura Jenemann Media, Film Studies, and Dance Librarian George Mason University 703-993-7593 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 2:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Digital Repository & copyright Using YouTube disclaimer as a catchall seems sloppy to me (and very questionable on “legally sound”). Providing contact info in case someone contests something you’ve posted is good, but the library needs to have used common sense and believe they acted in good faith when the posted the item. For posting anything other than university promotion videos, it’s going to be best to have permission –either by confirming that permission was granted at time of recording or asking now-- before posting in a public repository. I noticed you also mentioned archives. Repositories and archives will usually have different policies since function is different (current research versus historical documents). Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | 507-389-5945 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: My university is considering creating a digital repository. It will include faculty and students' scholarly works, theses, dissertations, archive, etc. Eventually it will include AV materials about the university. does anyone have experience with this project? How do you deal with copyright issues? I've noticed some universities are modeling their copyright statement based on YouTube's saying that we digitize and post all materials and if someone has the rights to a work posted and does not want the work be accessible freely by all can contact us and we will remove it from the repository. Is this a legally sound practice?
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.
