ERIC Number: EJ1178238
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-May
Pages: 24
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Buy, Borrow, or Steal? Film Access for Film Studies Students
Rodgers, Wendy
College & Research Libraries, v79 n4 p568-591 May 2018
Libraries offer a mix of options to serve the film studies curriculum: streaming video, DVDs on Reserve, and streaming DVDs through online classrooms. Some professors screen films and lend DVDs to students. But how do students obtain the films required for their courses? How would they prefer to do so? These are among the questions explored using data obtained by surveying students at one Canadian university as well as faculty and librarians at ten Canadian universities that offer film studies programs. The study finds that more students are engaging in digital piracy than using the Library Reserve desk and that faculty and librarians must contend with formats, licenses, and copyright to provide effective, legal access. The paper recommends that libraries increase streaming options, collect DVDs for preservation, digitize DVDs when legally possible, screen films in class, investigate social screening spaces, and lobby industry and government for changes to law and practice.
Descriptors: Films, Film Study, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, College Students, College Faculty, Librarians, Surveys, Foreign Countries, Copyrights, Library Services, Library Materials, Legal Responsibility, Academic Libraries, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Preferences, Information Retrieval
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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