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I would like to find out if our privacy policy is appropriate or if we =
are being unnecessarily cautious. When a video is checked out to =
Instructor A, and Instructor B comes to check out the same video while =
Instructor A has it, we do not tell Instructor B who has it. Because =
both instructors are probably using the same video in each of their =
classes, although not necessarily on the same day at the same hour, we =
will call Instructor A to ask if s/he can return the program early so =
Instructor B can also use it. This works well for us 99% of the time. =
Also, most instructors know that they can reserve videos to assure their =
availability at a given time. Today I had an "Instructor B" who was more =
than a little aggravated that we had checked out "his" video (one he =
requested we purchase years ago) to an "Instructor A" and would not tell =
him who has it. We have been trying to contact "Instructor A" for =
several days (he's an adjunct, so is difficult to contact), but to no =
avail. Instructor B challenged our privacy policy and inquired if the =
"library privacy act" applied to academic media libraries. I said that =
it did, but would ask other academic media libraries about their privacy =
policies. Are we being too rigid about who knows what someone else has =
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Thanks in advance for your input.
Gail B. Fedak
Manager, Instructional Media Resources
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
phone 615-898-2740
fax 615-898-2530
email gfedak@mtsu.edu
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