Copyright Information ~ A WMRLS Website Classic

• Association of Research Libraries (ARL) ~ This organization promotes equitable access to, and effective use of, recorded knowledge.
• CONFU - The Conference on Fair Use ~ Sponsored by ARL
• Copyright Crash Course ~ Includes: a Copyright Crash course, Complying with the DMCA, Fair Use Guidelines and much, much more
•  Copyright Implementation Manual ~ Provided by the Redlands (CA) Unified School District.
• The Copyright Website ~ This site endeavors to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information of interest to everyone.     
• Duration f Copyright ~ When works pass into the public domain
• Fair Use Check List  ~ Developed by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
• Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia ~ eloped during the Conference on Fair Use
• Intellectual Property ~ An international look at copyright issues
• Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) ~ LCA consists of five major library associations that cooperate to address copyright issues that affect libraries and their patrons.
• Permission Template ~ Permission Template for requesting use of copyrighted material
• Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community ~ ©2006  National Association of College Stores

The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

Posted on YouTube and promoted in Library Hotline, November 24, 2008:

"The Center for Social Media is proud to announce the upcoming release of The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education on November 11, 2009. This code is a step-by-step guide to fair use in an academic setting that enables teachers and students who use popular culture to know when their uses are legal.

The Code of Best Practices was created in collaboration with the Washington College of Laws Program on Information, Justice and Intellectual Property and with our new partner Media Education Lab at Temple University. The Code will be released in hard copy in Philadelphia at the Kirby Auditorium on Tuesday, November 11th ..."

Film Programs for Adults ~ WRapper Classic Article

WMRLS WEB WATCH: FILM PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS

On December 9, 2005, WMRLS hosted an Adult Library Programming Roundtable facilitated by Karen Demers and Lisa Downing of the Wilbraham Public Library and Forbes Library (Northampton) respectively. Librarian participants shared a wealth of outstanding program ideas that we have summarized on our WMRLS WorkshopNotes website - http://www.wmrls.org/ce/notes/index.html

A segment of our roundtable program focused upon film programs for adults. The websites that are listed below were recommended by roundtable participants:

Boston Public Library Media Booking Catalog - http://www.bpl.org/catalogs/frame_viscnsl.htm - Searchthe Boston Public Library's Media Collection by subject, keyword, and title. This webpage provides instructionson how to book 16mm films and videocassettes for library and nonprofit group programming.

Film Movement Foreign Films – http://www.filmmovement.com/ – Libraries that subscribe to this servicereceive everything needed to run a monthly film club: a new award-winning film each month on DVD, discussionguides, images, and a press kit.

Movie Licensing USA - http://www.movlic.com/ - Subtitled "show copyrighted movies in your school or library- legally!" Movie Licensing USA provides public performance site licenses to libraries wishing to showhome use only feature films. The license fee is determined by the number of registered patrons that the libraryserves.

National Video Resources (NVR) Film and Discussion Series - http://www.nvr.org/ - NVR sells a completepackage to conduct a library film series on a number of topics including the videos, downloadable support materials,program planner's manual, posters and publicity materials.

Sy Becker's Movie Reviews - http://tinyurl.com/2c94vb - WWLP/Channel 22 MovieReviewer - Western Massachusetts libraries that have hosted programs featuring "Sy Becker's Look At theMovies" have rated his presentations "Two Thumbs Up".

~ Janet Eckert, WMRLS

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