Academic Classroom VCR Support Ends at Winter Break

Academic classroom VCR support will end in approximately eight weeks. Any remaining classroom VCRs will be removed at that time.

VCR/VHS based materials will need to be updated to a newer format immediately. The Pickler Media Library has been replacing many of the educational and feature film VHS titles with DVD format media. To replace VCR/VHS based materials contact Sharon Hackney at 660.785.7366 or shackney@truman.edu.

The ITS Service Center and the Learning Technologies staff can also provide guidance to anyone needing to make their VCR based academic materials available in DVD format. There are many issues present when dealing with copyrighted materials, including copyright law, the TEACH Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ITS and the Learning Technologies staff can provide the best legal solution for existing VCR based materials.

After winter break, a VCR player will be available in the Pickler Library classroom, PML 103, as a group media viewing room. This room can be reserved to play VHS tapes.

For questions, contact the ITS Service Center at 660.785.4544.