From: Larry A. Nielsen

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

To: Deans

Academic Department Heads

Vice Provosts

Date: 2/8/07

Subject: Accessibility of MP3 Files of NC State Class Lectures

CC: Executive Officers' Group

Please distribute the following message to all faculty and teaching assistants in your units. Thank you.

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As NC State increasingly utilizes technology to enhance teaching and learning, we must do so in compliance with applicable laws and university policies. To this end, I am requiring that any faculty member who creates MP3 files or other audio or video recordings of their lectures and offers them through a commercial vendor must also provide a copy to the Library (contact Carolyn Argentati, Assoc. Vice Provost & Deputy Director of Libraries).

The Library will provide free access to the file through its electronic reserve system to the students currently enrolled in the class. The Library also has MP3 players and other media players available for loan, so students without a player can borrow one and access the files. This procedure is permissible under the University copyright regulation (REG 01.25.03 see section 5.3.1.2), which includes a University shop right to these materials.

Thank you for your commitment to making the best learning opportunities available to each of our students.