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High Demand AV Material

High demand AV material can be indexed within the 'Reserve Collection' option of the catalogue. This enables students to book material for up to a week in advance. Contact AV Services staff if you refer students to AV materials as core course requirements.

Television Programmes Recorded

All off air recordings are made and issued under the conditions of the Copyright Act 1994 and Screen rights licence.

Selected television programmes are recorded off air to support teaching requirements. These programmes are only copied for retention in the Collection.

All free to air terrestrial channels are received, but current affairs and news programmes are not generally copied. Teaching staff should contact AV Services staff to recommend the recording of a programme.

AV Services do not provide a general recording or duplicating service. These services are available in the West CAL, Union Street, or University of Otago College of Education AV Unit, Owheo Building, Union Street.

Ordering New AV Material

Recommendations for any new audiovisual materials should be referred to the Assistant Librarian at AV Services. Publishers' catalogues on various subjects are available on request.

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Using AV material in teaching

Loan of AV Material for Use in Teaching

Copyright and performance rights restrict where AV material can be used and to whom it can be screened.

University of Otago staff involved in teaching or research may borrow AV material for use in venues on the University campus for the purposes of course preparation, research, and for screening to University staff and students only.

AV material is due back by closing on the day it is borrowed. Longer loan periods for Staff using AV material may be approved for course preparation by prior arrangement (Contact the Library 8:30am - 5pm weekdays).

Booking material in advance is recommended to help to ensure that the material is available when required. AV material can be booked by library staff at any of the Lending or Reserve desks. Bookings can also be made via 'phone or email.

University of Otago students, with written permission from course supervisors, may apply to borrow material for use away from the Library. An application may be approved only when the purpose of borrowing is for the screening of AV materials for teaching purposes (class presentations) to university students within the University campus.

Copyright and Copying

Equipment is available for copying music onto audio cassette tape. Any copying must be within the parameters of the Copyright Act 1994. For details of these parameters please refer to the notice posted with the equipment. There is no equipment available for the copying of videocassettes.

Copyright and performance rights may restrict use of some materials if you are not a University of Otago student or staff member.

Depositing Your Own Material

When depositing your own material in the Library for distribution to students please keep in mind that if this material is a duplicate of an original item that has been published then the Library also requires written permission from the copyright holder authorizing the duplication. In addition the Library can only hold and distribute material from free to air television broadcasts originating in New Zealand.

Last revised: 10 May, 2011