Library:Videos-and-Films
The UBC Library’s largest collections of video recordings and DVDs are in the Walter C. Koerner Library, Okanagan Library, and Woodward Library. Loan periods are as follows:
| UBC faculty, students and staff | 7 days, or for items on Course Reserve, 1 day or 2 hours |
| Community Borrower cardholders | 7 days, with restrictions |
Community Borrowers: Please note that many videos and DVDs cannot be borrowed by community cardholders due to licensing restrictions or because they are on Course Reserve.
Searching for Videos, DVDs and Films
In the UBC Library Catalogue:
- In Simple Search, in the “Filter by Location/Item Type/Language” drop down list, select “Format: Videorecording“.
- Enter your search. If you know the title of the video, DVD or film, enter it. If you don’t know an exact title, enter keywords. Use quotation marks to enclose a phrase.
- Click on Search.
Related Guides to Videos, DVDS and Streaming Video at UBC
The following guides provide more information about videos, dvds, and streaming video at the UBC Library
2. Streaming Media at UBC Library
BC’s Electronic Library Network Media Collection
UBC students, faculty and staff with valid UBC/Library cards can book items in BC’s Electronic Library Network Media (ELN) catalogue of media held in B.C. colleges and universities.
To search the ELN catalogue, at the UBC Library home page, choose Indexes & Databases. Search for Outlook Online and click on the link and then Begin
At the Outlook Online information page, click on Connect to Resource and then Begin.
At the Outlook search page, click on the box beside ELN Media Cat, and then enter your search terms in the Search For box.
ELN Media materials can be booked online.
Copyright
The Canadian Copyright Act permits instructors to perform any film or other cinematographic work in the classroom, as long as the work is not an infringing copy and was legally obtained. Instructors can also screen films outside of the classroom, provided that the screening is on campus, that the purpose is for education or training, and that the audience consists mainly of students, faculty, or any person who is directly responsible for setting a curriculum for UBC.
If any of these requirements are not met, then a film must include non-theatrical Public Performance Rights (PPR) in order to be shown in a public space on campus. If you wish to screen a film in a residence common room for entertainment purposes, for instance, then you need to use a copy of the film that included PPR.
Do not be concerned if a video borrowed from the Library has a label stating one of the following:
- For home use only.
- Home use only. Not for use in the classroom or public place.
- Home use only. Licensed for education use at UBC.
- Home use only. Licensed for public performance at UBC.
Under the Copyright Act as amended by Bill C-11, these videos can be used for educational purposes.