[videolib] The Social Life of Urban Small Spaces

[Hoff,Lisa]

Hi All,
I'm looking for some guidance on this one. I think I already know the answer, but I wanted to reach out to the experts on this list first. We have removed the film The Social Life of Urban Small Spaces in VHS format from our collection. A number of our faculty have inquired about a streaming version that they can access for instruction. They have said that they used to be able to find it on the web, but aren't able to anymore. We have the ability to convert the VHS to digital and host it on our media server, however, the film is available for purchase in DVD format on this website: http://www.directcinema.com/category/215/452 making that a copyright issue (right?). The wrench is that the DVD (which I think the faculty could live with) is not Closed Captioned. Our campus policy is that any media used in instruction must be captioned. We have the ability to caption in digital format through our media server, but that would be back where we started. Ideally, I'd like to jump from VHS to digital and have it closed captioned, but want to make sure that's on the up and up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance! Please feel free to respond off thread.
Lisa


Lisa Hoff
Librarian/Assistant Professor
SUNYLA 2nd Vice President and Campus Delegate
Coulter Library C240G
Onondaga Community College
4585 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse, NY 13215
315-498-2340

[Brian W Boling]

Hi Lisa,

I licensed streaming rights for this title from Direct Cinema. Your best
option would be to contact them for rights and then caption the film on
your local server.

Hope this helps,
Brian Boling

Brian Boling
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Temple University Libraries
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Post by Hoff,Lisa
Hi All,
I’m looking for some guidance on this one. I think I already know the
answer, but I wanted to reach out to the experts on this list first. We
have removed the film* The Social Life of Urban Small Spaces* in VHS
format from our collection. A number of our faculty have inquired about a
streaming version that they can access for instruction. They have said that
they used to be able to find it on the web, but aren’t able to anymore. We
have the ability to convert the VHS to digital and host it on our media
server, however, the film is available for purchase in DVD format on this
website: http://www.directcinema.com/category/215/452 making that a
copyright issue (right?). The wrench is that the DVD (which I think the
faculty could live with) is not Closed Captioned. Our campus policy is that
any media used in instruction must be captioned. We have the ability to
caption in digital format through our media server, but that would be back
where we started. Ideally, I’d like to jump from VHS to digital and have it
closed captioned, but want to make sure that’s on the up and up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance! Please feel free to respond off thread.
Lisa
Lisa Hoff
Librarian/Assistant Professor
SUNYLA 2nd Vice President and Campus Delegate
Coulter Library C240G
Onondaga Community College
4585 West Seneca Turnpike
<https://maps.google.com/?q=4585+West+Seneca+Turnpike+%0D%0A+Syracuse,+NY+13215&entry=gmail&source=g>
Syracuse, NY 13215
<https://maps.google.com/?q=4585+West+Seneca+Turnpike+%0D%0A+Syracuse,+NY+13215&entry=gmail&source=g>
315-498-2340
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The obvious question would be: Are there students in the class who would
need the closed-captioning?

If not, could your administration make an exception to the policy?

Paul Kauppila

Post by Hoff,Lisa
Hi All,
I’m looking for some guidance on this one. I think I already know the
answer, but I wanted to reach out to the experts on this list first. We
have removed the film* The Social Life of Urban Small Spaces* in VHS
format from our collection. A number of our faculty have inquired about a
streaming version that they can access for instruction. They have said that
they used to be able to find it on the web, but aren’t able to anymore. We
have the ability to convert the VHS to digital and host it on our media
server, however, the film is available for purchase in DVD format on this
website: http://www.directcinema.com/category/215/452 making that a
copyright issue (right?). The wrench is that the DVD (which I think the
faculty could live with) is not Closed Captioned. Our campus policy is that
any media used in instruction must be captioned. We have the ability to
caption in digital format through our media server, but that would be back
where we started. Ideally, I’d like to jump from VHS to digital and have it
closed captioned, but want to make sure that’s on the up and up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance! Please feel free to respond off thread.
Lisa
Lisa Hoff
Librarian/Assistant Professor
SUNYLA 2nd Vice President and Campus Delegate
Coulter Library C240G
Onondaga Community College
4585 West Seneca Turnpike
Syracuse, NY 13215
315-498-2340
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