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Displaying 361 - 370 of 372| Topic | Question | Submission Date | Tag(s) |
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| Email Retention | We are looking to determine if there is a specific time frame for which email must be held. Can we designate in a policy that |
Policy, Record Retention, Public Libraries | |
| Copying VHS/Changing Format/Due Diligence | We have several VHS tapes that our anthropology professors use in the classroom. Our campus will be phasing out VHS as the players break down. |
Copyright, Fair Use, Preservation, VHS, Academic Libraries, Movies | |
| Legal Request | A law practice in is litigating a case. They have contacted us asking for all relevant materials. |
Copyright, Fair Use, Section 108 | |
| Dissertations | We’ve recently had some questions regarding the ability to provide access to dissertations, theses, and other cataloged graduate work. Ho |
Copyright, Photocopies, Section 108, Work-for-Hire, Digitization and Copyright, Dissertations and Theses | |
| Ownership of Employee Created Materials | At a recent WNYLRC webinar, we discussed the ownership of materials generated by library staff. Who owns the massive amount of original w |
Copyright, Trademarks and Branding, Work-for-Hire, Labor | |
| Copying of College Textbook Chapters | Our question concerns the copying of college textbook chapters for students where the required textbook is either backordered by the bookst |
Copyright, Fair Use, Photocopies, Work-for-Hire, Academic Libraries, Digital Access, Textbooks | |
| Sharing Articles | I encountered a situation in which a patron wanted to share an article that I sent to [a not-for-profit organization’s] educational portal. |
Copyright, Section 108, Fair Use, Remote Learning | |
| Microfilming A Current Newspaper | Our local newspaper of record used to microfilm itself (using a third party vendor) for their own use in their private archives. |
Copyright, Newspapers, Section 108, Microfilm, Photocopies, Preservation | |
| Photocopying Music Scores | We have a request from a patron from another state for scans or photocopies of music scores that we own and that are still under copyright. |
Copyright, Fair Use, Photocopies, Music, Section 108, Work-for-Hire | |
| Showing Performance Video to a Sanctioned College Club | The question relates to showing a performance video to a sanctioned college club. |
Copyright, Work-for-Hire, Movies, Academic Libraries, Streaming, Section 110 |