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Number: LS-3
Title: Audio-Visual Materials
Cancels: May 8, 2002
Approved: June 22, 2005
Review: June 22, 2007
I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
To establish the criteria for borrowing and the
responsibilities for maintenance of audio-visual materials
and equipment.
II. DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES
A. LS-3 Circulation and Loan Rules
B. Department Director - The Brevard County Library
Services Director.
C. Film Library -The collection of video cassettes
contained at the Central Brevard Library and Reference
Center. Videos owned by Film Library have public performance
rights and can be booked in advance.
D. Film Librarian - The staff member responsible for
the Film Library.
E. B.C.L. - Brevard County Libraries.
F. Chapter 70 and Chapter 230, Code of Ordinances
of Brevard County.
G. Form BCLS-18, Audio-Visual Report.
III. MAINTENANCE AND BORROWING CRITERIA
A. Maintenance of Audio-Visual Materials.
1. The Film Library shall be maintained at a designated
location to be determined by the Department Director.
2. Film Library personnel shall inspect and clean
all videos upon return to the Film Library.
3. Charges for overdue, lost or damaged videos,
sound recordings and equipment shall be in accordance
with the most current fee resolution adopted by the
Board of County Commissioners.
B. Borrowing Criteria
1. An individual must be 18 years of age or older
and possess a valid Brevard County library card to
be eligible to borrow videos from the Film Library.
2. All individuals with a valid library card may
borrow all other videos.
3. A request for videos from the Film Library may
be initiated in person or by telephone and must be
made no less than 48 hours before the loan.
4. The following responsibilities shall be outlined
to the patron by personnel at the library lending
the materials before the materials leave the library.
a. Three (3) videos shall be allowed per patron
per request.
b. Audio-visual materials shall not be shown for
commercial purposes, paid admission, or on television.
c. The patron is responsible for adhering to copyright
laws and/or public performance regulations.
d. If a video is damaged, patron should stop the
tape at that point and remove it from the VCR without
rewinding so staff knows where damage has occurred.
e. The library is not responsible for damages that
may occur to equipment in the playing of library video
tapes. The library is not responsible for any additions
or other alterations to the original video.
f. Videos shall be rewound and returned in the proper
case.
V. RESERVATION OF AUTHORITY
The authority to issue or revise this procedure
is reserved to the Library Services Department Director.
Catherine J. Schweinsberg
Library Services Director
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