at UNB Libraries Fredericton
Our film holdings, in both VHS and DVD formats, are intended to serve the teaching and learning objectives of
various University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University departments and faculty members.
Featured Resource
contains
more than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming
video - more than 500 hours in all.
Finding Films
Search Quest directly Go to Quest's "Advanced Search" screen and
include a "words or phrase" value of "[videorecording]" among search criteria.
A note on locations:
- Most films located in the Harriet Irving Library are identified in Quest by the location
designation "HIL-CIRAV", located on the first floor, past the main stairwell. A small collection of older, educational
films is located on the 4th floor with the location designation "HIL-AV4".
- The Government Documents, Data, and Maps department, located on the third floor of the Harriet
Irving Library, also has a small collection of films with the location designation "HIL-GOV" or "HIL-GOVCD".
- Films with a location designation of "ENG-AV" are located in the stacks of the Engineering Library
in Head Hall (C-15).
- Films with a location designation of "WCL-VIDEO" are located at UNB Saint John's Ward Chipman
Library. UNB-F students, staff, and faculty may request such items via Document Delivery.
Item Reserves/Bookings
Instructors who wish to reserve films for classroom viewing are asked to complete the Film booking request form to request that films be booked in the Quest catalogue for specific classroom dates. We ask that, whenever possible, requests be made one week in advance of the intended pickup date. Films do not circulate one week prior to the date of a booking.
To ensure a film's availability for individual study, instructors should consider placing it on course reserve.
Instructors who intend to place personal or departmental films on reserve with the intention that they be viewed in
the library must ensure that public performance rights have been obtained. Content emanating from television and other broadcast sources must meet
. Clearance for placing non-library audivisual items on
reserve must be obtained from Josh Dickison, UNB Libraries Copyright Officer (email: jjd@unb.ca / tel: (506) 447-3378).
Circulation Policies
Circulation, reserve, and retrieval policies for films follow our standard circulation policies.
Effective January, 2007, the circulation policy for films available from HIL-CIRAV, HIL-GOV, and HIL-GOVCD (and soon
ENG-AV) has changed to a one week loan with one renewal for all patrons.
Viewing Stations
Three combination DVD/VHS stations for in-house viewing of films are available for student use. One of these
stations is located in a study room, and as such can accommodate open discussion in tandem with film viewing. All
stations are located in the basement of the Harriet Irving Library and can be booked at the Commons Service (formerly
Circulation) desk.
The Media Lab (CETL) in Marshall d'Avray Hall also
provides equipment and space for viewing films in VHS, DVD, and 16mm formats.
Note that, in compliance with Canadian copyright law, films viewed with library equipment must
include public performance rights.
Public Performance Rights
In accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act, an educational
public performance license is required to view films in classrooms, libraries, and other campus locations.
UNB maintains educational public performance licensing agreements with Audio
Ciné Films and Criterion Pictures, which enable UNB instructors to
legally show selected films from major North American studios. We also have an agreement in place with the National Film Board and endeavour to purchase public performance rights for single titles
emanating from a variety of sources. Note that these are not entertainment licenses and
therefore do not cover extra-curricular public film viewings.
Catalogue records for films held by UNB Libraries Fredericton indicate educational public performance rights
status with "Access restriction" notes. These notes indicate whether films can be viewed in a classroom or
library setting. Items in with a location code of ENG-AV, HIL-CIRAV, and SCI-AV are physically tagged with stickers to indicate their
educational public performance rights (PPR) status:
- PPR at point of sale (green sticker)
- PPR through Criterion Pictures licensing (yellow sticker)
- PPR through Audio Ciné Films licensing (blue sticker)
- No PPR (red sticker)
The assumption with educational public performance rights is that a
film is part of a course of study and
that no admission fee is charged. All films in the library collection, however, can be viewed by individuals in their
homes.
Given the contingent nature of rights licensing in the film industry, we appreciate questions and concerns about the
public
performance status of particular films. Please contact Josh Dickison (jjd@unb.ca) or Marc Bragdon (mbragdon@unb.ca).
If you plan to show films in the classroom, whether borrowed from UNB Libraries, personally owned, rented locally,
or recorded from broadcast sources, it is your responsibility to ensure that proper rights have been obtained. To show
films for which public performance rights are not in place requires that a transactional license be purchased. In such a case the
requesting individual or department makes arrangements directly with the rights holder.
Please contact Josh Dickison (jjd@unb.ca) or Marc Bragdon (mbragdon@unb.ca) for guidance in this matter.
Collection Development
UNB Libraries have a limited annual film budget for purchasing DVD and VHS formatted films that serve the teaching
and learning objectives of University of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas University departments and faculty
members.
We are now accepting purchase requests for consideration under the 2009/2010 film budget.
Submissions can be made online at:
http://www.lib.unb.ca/requests/film_request_form.php.
There is no deadline for submissions this year.
Materials providing broad curricular support are preferred and given priority in selection to ensure maximum use of
material. Factors that influence collection decisions include:
- Availability and affordability of educational public performance rights;
- Curriculum relevance as demonstrated by faculty requests;
- Balance within existing collection / amount of similar material in the collection;
- Preview by faculty or librarian before purchase;
- Favourable evaluations from standard or specialized review sources;
- Anticipated use;
- Accuracy and currency of production; and
- Available funding.
For items deemed ineligible for funding through UNB Libraries' film budget or requested after the deadline,
there may be other funding avenues. Please consult your departmental liaison librarian.
Getting Help
Questions and special requests should be directed to:
Marc Bragdon
Information Services Librarian
Harriet Irving Library
Email: mbragdon@unb.ca
Tel: (506) 458-7741