Vol. 4, No. 1 Spring 2007

Digital Media Services

• Shared, controlled, digital access is the driving principle behind our services. Some digital media candidates are not intended to be shared resources, hence departments or individual faculty may be better served by other departments or facilities. We seek digital media projects that support the principles of shared, controlled access.
  


• If we own the analog media and whole works are required for instructional use, we will seek copyright permission from the copyright holder for digital format conversion.
  


• If we secure copyright permission, we will retain records of that permission. If only short "clips" are required by faculty for teaching purposes, we will digitize analog media under the provisions of the T.E.A.C.H. Act (text of complete bill here) and "Fair Use" as defined under title 17 of the U.S. Code.
  


• We will produce "clips" (short segments) from media titles for faculty use.
  



• If there are "orphan" works, that is, media titles for which it is not possible to secure copyright permission, we will, if need be, create archival copies for future use and preservation purposes, or for when rights can be secured.
  



• We will digitize non-copyrighted media for faculty and institutional use, as requested or identified. Digital Media Services makes case-by-case decisions on a per title basis.
  


• We will create a digital media repository for both colleges, with browsing and search functions, using OCLC's CONTENTdm software for metadata description, thumbnails and retrieval.
  


• We will incorporate digital rights management for controlling access to our digital media, again, with CONTENTdm.