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LIBRARY
VOLUME 2 : NUMBER 45 : NOVEMBER 24, 1984

NOV 2 61984
LEARNING SUPPORT CENTRE CLOSURE
On 1984 November 15, the pilot project Learning Support Centre was closed
despite the excellent efforts of the tutors Gordie Wong and Anne Chow, and the
benefits received by the students who used the service. The apparent and
projected needs of our students were well below the cost/benefit
expectations. Many thanks to all those who assisted in this pilot project.

SAFETY AND FIRST AID

AVOID THE TRIP

YOU DON'T HAVE

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Anyone interested in getting safety films, please contact Linda at First Aid,
Local 227.

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LIBRARY ACQUISITIONS
The following materials are now available in the Library:
The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism
Practical English Handbook for Canadians
Electronic Illusions: a skeptic's view of our
high-tech future
Computers and Life
The Book of Latin American Cooking
Canada's Video Revolution
The New York Times 60-minute Gourmet
How to Get Intimate with your Computer: a ten-step
program for Relieving Computer Anxiety
Assembly Language Programming for the IBM
Personal Computer
The Granville Island Cookbook
Long-Distance Runner's Guide to Training and Racing
Microprocessor Technology
More Chef on the Run
Rogues, Rebels and Geniuses: The Story of
Canadian Medicine
How to write a Cookbook and Get it Published

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
KEC

Division Chairman, College Foundations Division commencing

1985 July 01. Apply in writing no later than 1985
February 01.

KWANTLEN COLLEGE

Electronics Instructor, Technology Centre, Surrey.

Qualifications - Master's Degree with a Ph.D preferred.
Apply in writing no later than 1984 December 05, quoting
Comp. No. 84-040

Part-time Instructors to teach: Introduction to
Programming Language; Fundamental Concepts of Computing;
Computing Projects in the Arts and Sciences.
Qualifications - Master's Degree in Computer Science and
post-secondary teaching experience. Apply in writing no
later than 1984 November 30, quoting Comp. No. 84-039.
Resumes should be forwarded to:
Personnel Department
Kwantlen College
P. 0. Box 9030
Surrey, B.C.

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TELEVISION SERVICES - INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA SERVICES
The availability of prerecorded videocassettes at your friendly neighbourhood
video shop has provoked a number of instructors to use such materials for
classroom instruction. One prevailing and significant opinion holds such
action to be illegal. Please read the following advertisement which has
appeared in a variety of Canadian publications of late:

"For Home Use Only"

Companies, organizations and

Means Just That!
By law, as well as by intent, the

individuals who wish to publicly
exhibit copyrighted motion

prerecorded videocassettes

pictures and audiovisual works
must secure licenses to do so

and videodiscs available in
stores throughout Canada are
for home use only
Sales of prerecorded video
cassettes and videodiscs

do not confer any public
performance rights upon the
purchaser

S 3 of the Copyright Act R S C
1970 c 55 grants (he copyright
owner the exclusive right to

perform the work in public
Accordingly, without a sepa¬

rate licence from the copyright
owner, IT IS ILLEGAL to

This requirement applies
equally to profit-making organi¬
zations and nonprofit institu¬
tions such as hospitals
Purchases of pre-recorded
videocassettes and videodiscs

do not change their legal
obligations
The copyright owner's right to
public'y perform his work, or to
license others to do so, is
exclusive.

If your legal rights were

exhibit pre-recorded video
cassettes and videodiscs in a

violated, you would insist upon
seeking appropriate redress.
So will the undersigned com¬

public place, regardless of

pany which is a member of the

whether or not admission is

charged Ownership of a
pre-recorded video cassette or
video-disc does not constitute

ownership of a copyright
Accordingly, without a sepa¬

rate license from the copyright
owner, it is a violation of

Federal law to exhibit pre¬
recorded videocassettes and

CANADIAN MOTION
PICTURE
DISTRIBUTORS
ASSOCIATION

videodiscs beyond the scope
of the family and its social
acquaintances — regardless
of whether or not admission is

charged Ownership of a
pre-recorded videocassette or
videodisc does not constitute

ownership of a copyright

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(CANADA)

One of the key issues associated with the foregoing stance is whether the
classroom constitutes a public place. There are other issues of equal concern
to educators. Some of these issues can only be resolved at some expense in a
court of law. Most, if not all, will take time to resolve.

Meanwhile, neither the College nor any of its employees can lightly afford to
be placed in jeopardy. Please don't take offence if a staff member of
Instructional Media Services refuses to accommodate your equipment request if
he or she is under the impression that you will be using it to play back what
constitutes, in light of the above advertisement, an illegal tape. He or she
is entitled to protect the College from implication of an illegal act. Motion
picture distributors are doing more than rattling sabres. The Quebec Ministry
of Education recently settled a lawsuit involving video copyright violations
brought to bear against a number of Quebec colleges at a cost in excess of

$10,000,000^
BRUCE Mac LEA

LIBRARY FILM (November 27 at Noon)
"DOCTOR WOMAN: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DR. ELIZABETH BAGSHAW"
Elizabeth Bagshaw was a forerunner of the women's movement. As

one of the first women to practice medicine in Canada, she had to
overcome society's bias against women in medicine. During her

70-year career she helped to instigate change in public opinion
on that issue, as well as the issue of birth control. The film
captures the personality of this remarkable woman through a
contemporary interview and re-enactments of episodes from her

youth. The sepia tones of the re-enactments are in keeping with
the film techniques of the time, giving the viewer a sense of
that period. The film is of special interest to persons
interested in the evolution of women's roles in Canadian society.

SUPPLIES
We have a large supply of plain white 5" X 8" scratch pads in our stationery
inventory. They are available to all departments at a cost of 55i per pad.

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