From: Dung-Lan Chen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:01:18 +0000 We started tracking films we purchased that have public performance rights (PPR) included in the price we were asked to pay a couple years ago. Our acquisitions policy has been we don't buy PPR if it's gonna cost us extra to get it but a lot of documentary films we buy do have PPR included in the educational/institutional pricing, so it's a good idea to make notes of it particularly since not all expensive documentary purchases include PPR. The way we've been handling it is that we (Acquisitions staff) would include a note "PPR obtained" in the PO line item and this note would be printed on a work slip when the item is received. The work slip and the item would then travel to Cataloging and Our Catalog Librarian would add a note "Public performance rights obtained" in 590 field of MARC which is visible in our catalog record. We didn't go back to retroactively make the same note for documentaries we purchased earlier prior to starting this process as it would involve a lot of work and staff time which we don't have. We don't particularly keep track of PPR agreement. A lot of time, it's just a brief statement on the invoice or an indication on the price to say PPR is included. If there is a separate sheet about PPR, we keep it together with the invoice. We haven't had a single request asking for the PPR agreement since the process started. Also the vendor/company websites where we acquired the films often include a session about PPR regardless if PPR is part of the education pricing, so we refer to those sites directly if needed be, too! Thanks, Dung-Lan ********************************************* Dung-Lan Chen Bibliographic Services/Acquisitions Librarian Lucy Scribner Library Skidmore College 815 N. Broadway Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Voicemail: 518-580-5511 Fax: 518-580-5541 Email: [log in to unmask] ********************************************* -----Original Message----- From: Jessica Harris <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:13:10 -0800 Hello! I have a couple questions regarding public performance rights and how they're managed at other libraries. If you have a moment to answer the following, I'd be very grateful & would be happy to summarize responses for the list. Does your library keep track of which DVDs they've purchased with public performance rights (PPRs)? If so, where? (for instance, via order records, ERM, etc.) Does your library keep a copy of all agreements? What about passive or click-through PPR agreements (are they printed out/saved as a PDF)? Thank you, ------ Jessica Harris, Head of Electronic Resources & Serials Santa Clara University Library 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053 [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] (408) 554-5356