[LM_NET] TARGET: ELEM videos/dvds and copyright

["georgena_w@netzero.net" <georgena_w@NETZERO.NET>]

I will be a brand new librarian in an elementary school next year after 11 of 
teaching junior high reading.  I need some advice on videos/dvds and copyright.  
After reading Carol Simpson's COPYRIGHT FOR SCHOOLS, I know that showing videos for 
"rainy day recess" is in violation of copyright.  What if other librarians in the 
district suggested that I buy some videos for just this purpose?  My principal 
hasn't directly told me to purchase videos for this same purpose, but I have the 
feeling she would approve of rainy day videos being shown.  Have any of you refused 
to have videos of "non-educational" value in your library?  How did it go over with 
the principal and teachers?

Thanks,

Georgena Watson, librarian
Valley Ranch Elementary
Porter, Texas 77365
georgena_w@netzero.com

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