What is an offair broadcast?

• Offair broadcasts are television and radio programs broadcast received in Australia after the 29th January 1990
• Offair broadcast material is collected under our Screenrights licence to support the teaching and research by staff and students of the University of Queensland.

Broadcast sources

• The main channels recorded are ABC1, ABC2, Seven, Nine, Ten, SBS1, and SBS2
• Additionally, programs from Foxtel, ABC24, ABC3, Go!, GEM, Seven Two, Seven Mate, One HD, Eleven, Briz31, and Radio can be recorded on a pre-broadcast request basis
• A weekly television highlights email is available upon request, please ask us to add you to the list

Requesting an offair broadcast

Can I request an offair broadcast?

• If you are an academic or a research higher degree student you may request offair broadcasts for your teaching and research.

How do I request an offair broadcast for my teaching and/or research?

• To request an offair broadcast for your teaching and research send an email with all the broadcast information: channel, date, time, title etc. to offairs@library.uq.edu.au

What happens next with my request?

• Offair broadcasts requested for teaching will be added to the UQ Library collection. Check the library catalogue for availability
• Offair broadcasts added to the collection, depending on original source, will be available in the following mediums: DVDs (video), CDs (audio) and streaming video or audio
• Offair broadcasts requested for research will only be provided when the requestor supplies an external hard drive or DVDs

Requesting a conversion from VHS to DVD/Video stream

• Offair recordings available in the library, broadcast after the 29 January 1990, on VHS can be converted to a DVD or video stream by the Multimedia Service.
• Offair recordings broadcast prior to the 29 January 1990, have the possibility of being converted under section 200AB of the Copyright Act but strict conditions need to be met. Contact the Multimedia Librarian for further assistance.
• Commercial VHS/DVD material cannot be converted to other formats. However under special circumstances it maybe possible. Contact the Multimedia Librarian for further assistance.

Copyright and Offair Broadcasts?

• For more information about Copyright please visit - Copyright at UQ
• For more information about Screenrights please visit - Screenrights
• If further information is still required contact Multimedia Services.

External institutions and Document Delivery

External institutions

• Institutions (Universities, TAFE, Schools) that are signatories to the Screenrights licence can request for copies of offair broadcasts in the UQ Library collection.
• A cost recovery processing fee applies to any requests for copying.
• To request an offair broadcast for your institution send an email with broadcast information: item call number, channel, date, time, title etc. to offairs@library.uq.edu.au

Document Delivery

• Offair recordings are not available through document delivery. A copy can be made for your institution.
• For further information on audiovisual lending visit - Document Supply.