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Hi, At the University of Plymouth, we are carrying out a review of how we record material from off-air sources - we call this OARS (Off-Air Recording Service). At the moment, it is done in-house with a dedicated member of staff supplying material for all four sites; only the four terrestrial channels are use under the ERA (Educational Recording Agency) licence. With the forthcoming changes likely to affect off-air recording ie the effect of digital TV, I would be grateful if relevant people could answer the following questions and return to me at: [log in to unmask] I will summarise answers for the list. The review group would be very interested and grateful for the following information: 1a. Does your institution provide an off-air recording service? If so, 2a. How long has this been in operation? 2b. Is this done in-house? 2c. By external contract? 2d. By combination of 2b/2c? 2e. If done in-house, is it by dedicated staff and what is their designation? Eg, technician, information assistant, etc. 2f. If by external contract, the average cost per recording? 2g. Where is the service based structurally and physically within your institution? [Eg, do Production Services (if have these) carry out the operation? Or is it based within an Audio-Visual service?] 3. Do you have an ERA licence scheme in operation? 4a. If you record in-house? 4b. Do you use VHS? 4c. Or another system? 4d. Are recordings set up in advance? 4e. Or are recordings made at time of transmission? 4f. Do you bill (make a charge) to the requesting dept/customer for tapes etc? 4g. If not, who carries the cost of the service? 5. Are you affected by any copyright issues with an off-air recording service? 6a. Where are the final recordings stored? 6b. Are these recordings available for both staff and students? 6c. Are the recordings placed under the Dewey or other catalogue protocol? 6d. Do you assess how often tapes are used? 6e. Do you cull recordings from time to time? 6f. If so, are the tapes re-used? Or are they disposed? 7.Any comments, other information you feel may be helpful: Thank you for your time. My email is: [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Regards from: Clive Anscott University of Plymouth Senior Media Technician Douglas Avenue Exmouth Devon United Kingdom EX8 2AT. Tel: (01395) 25 5356 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ********************************************************************** Ann Armstrong, Senior Subject Librarian (Education), Information & Learning Services, University of Plymouth, Douglas Avenue, Exmouth, EX8 2AT Tel: 01395 255346 E-mail: [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************