Lorraine it would really depend on if you purchased VHS/DVD that came with contractual restrictions and certainly some films were sold with the agreement that they not circulate. I would suspect that these were almost exclusively non fiction works but only way to know would be the original sales agreement. Circulating legally purchased films would normally be considered part of the "right of first sale" which allows stores, libraries, Netflix to loan or rent them but a contractual agreement would supersede that.
Also if a film were purchased with PPR rights those rights are almost always limited to the purchasing institution. Back in stone ages when I did some PPR sales, the titles could be loaned but never for public showings but each company has/had different contracts Good luck Jessica On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Wochna, Lorraine <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello (again), > > > > We are revisiting our circulation policies on DVD/VHS, as it has been MANY > years since they have been updated. We are part of a consortium, OhioLINK, > and we have chosen not to circulate our collection. > > > > Other libraries in state have made other choices and many do circulate. I > think there was/still is a time when some distributors did not want their > films loaned via OhioLINK, although I am not completely sure of the > reasoning. > > > > My goal is to try and find a way to help circulation/acquisitions/cataloging > deal with this in the most efficient way. Perhaps there is a distributor > that does not want us to loan state wide, somehow we have to deal with that > in the cat record. Perhaps we make a blanket rule that all PPR does not > circulate. Not sure how distributors feel about this as well. > > > > I know some of you are in consortiums and I am curious how you deal with > loaning video. Or even if you are not! > > > > Thanks for your help, as always, > > lorraine > > > > lorraine wochna > > African American Studies, English Lit, Performing Arts Librarian > > Alden Library, 2nd floor > > Ohio University > > Athens OH 45701 > > W 740-597-1238 > > CHAT WITH ME: http://libguides.library.ohiou.edu/prf.php?account_id=7943 > > MAKE APPT: http://ohiou.libcal.com/appointment/2001 > > [image: small card lorraine] > > > > > > 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.
