Hello Kathleen, Thank you for responding to my inquiry! We are looking into using aviary. Glad to hear the positive feedback about it. Thanks, Lauren -----Original Message----- From: ARSC Library and Archives Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Kathleen DeLaurenti Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 7:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIB] best practices for reading room access to copyrighted audio We recently adopted Aviary, a new streaming platform with university friendly permissions. It allows your collection metadata to be discoverable online, while leaving institutions in charge of public, on campus, or private access. I feel like it's been a game changer for access to our institutions recordings. http://aviaryplatform.com Best, Kathleen DeLaurenti Peabody Institute On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 5:04 PM Danielle Cordovez < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > At the Library for the Performing Arts, there is a room with players > for the majority of our a/v formats that connects to listening > stations in the main reading room. NYPL also has the Digital > Collections <https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/> site, which > securely streams recordings from catalog terminals without the > internet. Research divisions have the ability to limit where collection materials are heard or viewed. > We only permit access to the materials in our collection to other NYPL > research libraries or onsite here. In circumstances where we can > obtain files for recordings that aren't playable or haven't made it to > Digital Collections, patrons can make an appointment to view or hear > the material on a laptop with locked USB ports > <https://www.amazon.com/Lindy-USB-Port-Blocker-Green/dp/B000I2JWJ0> in > the special collections reading room. > > > I hope this helps! > > > *Danielle Cordovez*|*New York Public** Library f**or the Performing > Arts* > > *Reference Librarian| Music & Recorded Sound* > > 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023 > <https://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa> > > T: 212.870.1705 | [log in to unmask] > > *Follow us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/RodgersAndHammersteinArchivesOfRecordedSound > />, > Twitter > <https://twitter.com/RHA_NYPL>, or Instagram > <https://www.instagram.com/nypl_lpa/>* > > *Inspiring Lifelong Learning* | *Advancing Knowledge* | > *Strengthening Our Communities * > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 11:41 AM Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hmm, interesting tale, but I wonder if it may be out of date by now. > > > > I’m not a library person, and this may be only a California thing, > > but a studio and duplication facility where I worked thru the 80s > > and 90s and > 00s > > at one point had customers sign a form so that we (the studio) > > couldn’t > get > > sued for working with copyrighted material. The boss took it to an > extreme > > by making people sign even if we were duping their own CDs or tapes, > > if they were commercial release copies! > > > > I don’t know if that is still in effect, and the studio is out of > business > > now (due to so many home recordists and streaming) but it is a > > thought… > > > > <L> > > > > Lou Judson * Intuitive Audio > > 415-721-8070 mobile > > > > I'm just a simple sound engineer, nothing more, nothing less. > > -- paraphrase of the Dalai Lama. > > > > > On Jan 16, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Karl Miller > > > <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > From a retired head of the recordings collection at the University > > > of > > Texas...it was about 30+ years ago that we approached the > > University's Office of General Counsel on this question. They issued > > a position statement that they saw no difference between a pubic > > access dubbing facility and a photocopy machine. So, I installed > > two dubbing facilities in the Fine Arts Library...when it was still > > the Fine Arts Library...not the Center for whatever it is that the > > Dean now calls it. We were told > that > > we did not need to monitor those dubbing facilities and that if a > > patron choose to violate the law, it was up to them and that we, the > > Library, could not be held liable in the event of that violation, > > > >> This message is from an external sender. Learn more about why this << >> matters at https://links.utexas.edu/rtyclf. <<