Services for Faculty 

All media to be used in courses should be placed on reserve to ensure their availability at class time. Please indicate the viewing date, time and classroom location on the Video/Film Reserve Form. Faculty members should review their list with Linda Reifler-Alessi at Information Desk2 (x6450) to determine the availability and format of items. Call Equipment Issue (x6333) to determine whether or not equipment delivery will be required. Not all classrooms are equipped for all media formats.

The Library will generally purchase a requested media item if it is not in the collection although rentals will be arranged for items that are out-of-print or too expensive. Jerilyn Cavanagh, Library Acquisitions Coordinator (x5025), makes rental arrangements. Rental requests are authorized and paid for by the faculty member’s Division Chair.

Videos are sold with and without “nontheatrical-public-performance rights.” Those shown with the rights usually cost more because of the additional value conveyed in the sale. Section 110(1) of the copyright law allows showing videocassettes labeled "For Home Use Only" in classrooms under the following conditions: Legitimately-made copies may be shown only to teachers and students in face-to-face instruction, in courses given for academic credit, in classrooms or other locations devoted to instruction (e.g. laboratories, gymnasiums, libraries, etc.).

To show a videocassette labeled “For Home Use Only” to a group outside class time, permission must be obtained from the publisher.

Videocassettes labeled "For Home Use Only" may not be shown, without permission from the publisher, under the following circumstances: during entertainment or recreation activities (e.g. recess, lunch-hour, and after-school showings); to an audience which is not confined to the students and faculty assigned to a specific course, (e.g., showings at parents' programs, residence-hall social gathering, or community activities).

For more information, see Copyright Guidelines.