The Multi-media Library contains videos covering a wide variety of topics.

APS teachers and staff can search the catalog by topic, title, or curriculum area to find the best resource for their students. Materials can be ordered over the phone or online, and delivered and returned through inter-office mail.

Collection Access: Materials circulate to all APS staff. Circulation privileges are also available by special agreement.

Scheduling Videos: guidelines for scheduling multi-media.

Showing Videos in the Classroom

Videos must be age-appropriate and curriculum related.  To legally show the video under Educational Fair Use, you have to be able to answer YES to all five of the following questions:

1)      Is the showing for non-profit educational purposes?

2)      Is it happening in a school classroom or similar place?

3)      Are only instructors and students involved (i.e. no parents, except normal classroom volunteers, in classroom)

4)      Is it a legally acquired copy (e.g. from library collection)

5)      Is it being used in face-to-face teaching activities.

(source: Simpson, Carol. Copyright for schools : a practical guide. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Books, 2005. Print.)

If you can't answer Yes to all five questions, then showing the video is probably a copyright violation.  Exceptions are if you've acquired written permission from copyright holder, the copy has public performance rights attached, or your school has purchased a blanket public performance license.

For more information on APS policies regarding using videos in the classroom, see the Use of Videos and Films procedural directive.

If you need a sample parental permission form, you can download one here:

• Sample Parental Permission Form

Contact Christina Tullar at (505) 848-8880 or Ray Maseman at (505) 848-8882 with any questions.