Quick Links: Searching
The UBC Library's largest collections of videorecordings and DVDs are in the Walter C. Koerner Library, Education Library, Okanagan Library, and Woodward Library. Loan periods are as follows:
UBC faculty, students and staff
3 days, or for items on Course Reserve, 1 day or 2 hoursCommunity Borrower cardholders
3 days, with restrictions
UBC Okanagan users please contact: media.ok@ubc.ca
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
At the UBC Library home page, choose Catalogue to look up call numbers and locations.
1. In Simple Search, click on Set Limits (bottom right of screen):
2. Then, in Item Type, scroll down and click on Videos/Films.
3. Click on Set Limits.
Your limit is now in effect for all searches until you remove it.
Use Keyword (ranked by relevance) to search for videos, DVDs or films.
4. 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.5. Click on Search.
Films
Booking Videos, DVDs and Films
All 16mm films are in storage. For retrieval, go to Media Bookings, Room 283, Walter C. Koerner Library, Monday-Friday, 8am - 5pm.UBC students, faculty and staff
UBC Collection
Only items from David Lam, Koerner, Education, Okanagan and Woodward libraries can be booked. Materials in other UBC Library branches are not available for booking.
UBC students, faculty and staff with valid UBC/Library cards can book UBC Library videos, DVDs or films for individual use or for classroom presentation on a specific date.
A valid UBC/Library Card barcode is required. Please allow five to seven week days for your request to be processed and confirmed. Book early to ensure availability.
In addition, students, faculty and staff can book items from B.C.'s Electronic Library Network media collection. See below for more information.
Submit booking request forms online, or in person at the library that holds the item you wish to book: David Lam Library, Koerner Library, Education Library, Okanagan Library or Woodward 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 Find, then Catalogues of other Libraries, then ELN Media.
At the ELN Media information page, click on connect via the Web 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 may be booked online, or in person. In Vancouver, visit Media Bookings, Room 283, Walter C. Koerner Library. In Kelowna contact media.ok@ubc.ca
Other BC public post-secondary institutions
Please contact the media booking unit at your institution's library to arrange a booking of a UBC Library video, DVD or film.Copyright, Rentals and Personal Copies
Canadian copyright law requires that videos, films and DVDs shown in the classrooms must have non-theatrical Public Performance Rights. (Unlike American law, Canadian copyright law does not include 'education rights'.) Videos/DVDs borrowed from video store or public libraries, or a purchased from a store are for home use only, and - with the exception of titles covered in the feature film licence mentioned below - may not be shown in a classroom. All videos, films and DVDs in the UBC Library and ELN media collections have Public Performance Rights.
Feature Films
UBC has a special institutional Feature Film Public Performance Licence that allows thousands of feature films to be shown at the University for educational purposes without any further payment. The licence does not cover the use of documentary programmes. Any legal copy of a feature film covered by the Licence can be shown at UBC, including videos/DVDs from a video store, public library or personal collection. To determine if a feature film is covered by the Licence, search the online catalogues of the two distributors covered by the Licence:
In addition, each distributor's site provides a list of studios and producers handled by the company. Use these lists to determine if you can use a video/DVD in your classroom.
- Audio-Cine www.acf-film.com
- Criterion Pictures www.criterionpic.com
