Arts Library Digital Media Reserves Policy

In support of media reserves the Arts Library offers the option of film streaming. Streaming is only one option along with Film and Video Reserves (FVR) other tradition means of media reserves. Here are some guidelines for considering Digital Media Reserves:

1. Streaming is an option in support of UCSD course reserves when:
   1. The enrolled number of students exceeds 50.
   2. The faculty may submit to 10 films per quarter or 20 film clips. Note: Due to limited staff and storage space a title is defined as   being equal to the average length of a feature film. For example, a title that contains 3 videodiscs and is 255 minutes in length would equal 3 titles.

   3. Turnaround time is 2 films per week.
   4. The faculty member must be present for clip creation. Clips will be added to course reserves, and cannot be loaded onto laptops or burned to DVD.
2. Other support issues:
   1. Streaming MPEG 4 RV files are created to play on Flash.
   2. To view films off campus students must use the campus Proxy.
   3. Access to material is through UCSD Libraries' Electronic Reserves.
   4. Films made available through reserves should be owned by the Arts Library. If the Arts Library does not own a particular film, a legal personal copy may be used.
   5. Films will be password protected at the film level. It is expected that faculty will be responsible for distributing these passwords to their students.
   6. Digital files created for reserves are retained by the Arts Library for requested quarter only.

For further information contact Stephen O'Riordan, Film & Video Curator at soriordan@ucsd.edu or 534-7981 or Vickie O'Riordan, Arts Library Technical and Digital Services, voriordan@ucsd.edu, or phone 822-0208.