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Video Collection


The UO Library has about 10,000 items in video format (videotapes and videodiscs) which cover all disciplines. Most of these materials are located in the Reserve and Video Room of the Knight Library. The 16mm film collection is housed in Media Services.

The primary purpose of the materials in the Video Collection is for support of classroom instruction or face to face teaching. Most of the titles in this collection have been purchased at the request of faculty to support instructional activities.

Don't see a title that we ought to have? Please make a request using the video request form.

 

Borrowing Policy

UO faculty and GTFs may place videos on reserve for their courses. These reserve items must be viewed in the library. However, if they are needed for classroom viewing, faculty and GTFs may borrow them for five hours (or they may authorize one of their students to check them out and deliver them to the classroom. (The student remains responsible for the videos until they are returned to the library.)

Video collection material which is not on reserve or has not been booked for classroom use may be checked out by UO faculty, students, and staff. These items may also circulate via Summit and Interlibrary loan. All others must view the materials in the library.

Loan periods:

  • Faculty and GTFs: 3 days, plus one renewal. Maximum six items at any time. Fines: $3/day
  • UO graduate and undergraduate students and classified staff: 3 days, no renewals. Maximum three items at any time. Fines: $3/day.

Copyright

Materials in the Video Collection are protected by copyright regulations. In all cases, the University of Oregon Libraries complies with applicable legal restrictions found in the U.S. Copyright Law and with any unique terms and conditions that accompany the purchase of certain videos and DVDs. Whenever possible, the University of Oregon Libraries attempts to purchase videos or DVDs with public performance rights.

Having public performance rights maximizes the ways the UO community may view videos or DVDs. Public performance rights typically allow videos to:

  • be viewed by individuals and groups in a variety of UO campus settings including viewing in a classroom, in the Libraries, or in other University buildings when no admission is charged.
  • be placed on Reserve for checkout to undergraduates.
  • be circulated outside the Libraries subject to library policies and procedures and any other terms and conditions of use dictated by the copyright holder(s).

Because the University of Oregon Libraries has not purchased the public performance rights for many of the titles in the Video Collection, use is limited to "face-to-face" teaching situations. Face-to-face teaching implies use in a classroom where students and teachers are in a classroom together viewing the video. All other showings of videos and DVDs require the acquisition of public performance permission from the holder of the rights.

It is the responsibility of the user, not the Libraries, to investigate the procurement of such rights. Procuring public performance rights may incur a fee. The Libraries will provide reasonable assistance to help users identify the distributor and/or producer who may hold the rights to videos or DVDs. Users can consult a reference librarian for assistance.

Users may consult the following websites for information about those producers and distributors who commonly provide public performance rights and those who almost never grant public performance rights. Please note: These lists are not comprehensive. Also, even the companies that often sell some materials with public performance rights may not sell all of the their titles with such rights. When in doubt, the Libraries advise users to consult the company directly.

Additional copyright information:

Maintained by: Laura L. Willey, lwilley@uoregon.edu
Last Modified: 01/17/2008