Thank you for the additional perspective, John -- and to all who've
added to this conversation over the past several days. The blog posting
you link to
<http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/07/28/planning-for-musical-obsolescence/>
does a great job of outlining what's at stake here, for both video and
music librarians. The DCWG feedback is very valuable, too. I agree
that there are some really pernicious forces at work here that are not
likely to dissolve in near future (understatement of the year award?).
I think many of us are used to dealing with requests on a title-by-title
basis -- big picture this is overwhelming, but in the title-by-title
realm, it may be that we can push some awareness / advocacy that
trickles up. It's worth at least a solid push, and the feedback of
other librarians and our vendor colleagues is crucial to the effort.
Towards that end, Meredith and I are working on details for a conference
call in the coming days that should give those of us who can attend an
opportunity to sketch out first steps with, hopefully, an initial
'product' (advocacy letter?) not far behind. Stay tuned, all!
Best,
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Coordinator, Film & Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
https://library.udel.edu/filmandvideo
On 12/3/2016 5:52 PM, John Vallier wrote:
The optimist in me hopes DuVernay’s advocacy for non-profit screenings, and
Netflix’s apparent agreement to facilitate such use, will kick-start a new .edu
friendly approach to provide access to restrictively licensed content. However,
my more realistically grounded experience with trying to negotiate with
Amazon.com, Universal Music Group, and Apple for .edu access to online-only
music, gives me reason to doubt a new trend is in the works (e.g., see
http://bit.ly/1k5QpEZ). I hope I’m wrong.
I like the idea of working with ALA’s Digital Content & Libraries Working Group
(DCWG), creators of the “ebook license scorecard.” While they focus on the e-book
issue, their charge isn’t limited to print. That said, they probably won’t focus on
audio/video unless we advocate. When ALA Mid-Winter was last in Seattle (2013), I
went to the DCWG meeting and spoke up about the online-only media issue. Carrie
Russell (Director, ALA Program on Public Access to Information) and Cliff Lynch
(CNI) were there, and both (among many others) have been very supportive of raising
awareness about the issue—-and seeking a range of solutions (e.g., not just paying
increasingly unaffordable licensing costs).
Erika Linke and Carolyn Anthony are now DCWG co-chairs.
Do we need our own scorecard for streaming media providers, even if they
already provide .edu access?
I’m glad to see so many riled up about this issue. Advocacy leads to change!
- John
………………………………
John Vallier
Head, Distrib Media Svcs
Affl Asst Prof, Ethnomusicology
U of Washington Libraries, Media Lab+Arcade
http://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/vallier
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