from:"Chris Lewis"

Re: [Videolib] So Long, VCR. We Hardly Knew You (Were Still Around) : All Tech Considered : NPR

2016-07-22 Thread Chris Lewis

I could write a small book on our processes and in fact have an article I
am hoping to get published on the technical setup we are using and it
includes the basics on selection and prioritizing. I don't want to scoop
myself just yet by attaching it here but will once it's been accepted. I'm
happy to have a phone conversation with you, Meghann.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:50 PM, Meghann Matwichuk <mtw...@udel.edu> wrote:

> Thanks for sharing this, Sarah.
>
> "The tapes might not disappear for a while, though. They still hold on in
> some smaller video rental stores (RIP
> <http://www.npr.org/2010/03/30/125331410/blockbuster-struggles-to-stay-in-movie-rental-game>),
> thrift stores, home collections, schools
> <http://www.avclub.com/article/even-yale-university-getting-vhs-collecting-216176>,
> libraries, and among immigrants
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/nyregion/for-some-new-york-immigrants-vhs-is-king-for-movie-rentals.html?_r=1>,
> too. After all, some programs are still only available on VHS, and
> converting the tapes to DVD takes time and effort."
>
> "Time and effort" -- big understatement, eh?  At any rate, this goes a
> long way towards making some of my past hesitation about considering VHS as
> Section 108 Replacement candidates territory passé, and a good opportunity
> for review.  Would any of you be willing to share some of your procedures
> for working with creating replacement copies for OOP VHS?  Are you doing
> this on a request-by-request basis, or going through VHS in your collection
> methodically to do so?  I know there are some big initiatives along these
> lines out there (AU, Tisch, etc.).  Curious to know how folks are working
> with this issue, practically speaking (and with all due respect to
> copyright law, of course).
>
> Happy Friday,
>
> --
>
> Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
> Associate Librarian
> Coordinator, Film & Video Collection
> Morris Library, University of Delaware
> 181 S. College Ave.
> Newark, DE 19717(302) 831-1475https://library.udel.edu/filmandvideo
>
>
>
> On 7/21/2016 8:28 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey wrote:
>
> http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/07/21/486889433/so-long-vcr-we-hardly-knew-you-were-still-around
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
> distributors.
>
>
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
>


-- 
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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
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Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Chris Lewis

I've discussed that paradox with our university counsel and he said that
"portions" takes precedence over the part that says "an amount
comparable..." so that's what we follow though I really doubt any copyright
holder would ever pursue a case against a university because a professor
used a 30-minute episode of All in the Family (via a password-protected CMS
limited to her students for a limited amount of time) instead of a
15-minute segment.

Regarding fair use, most of the episodes of All in the Family are
unavailable for licensing hence there is little impact on the market. The
intention of the copyright law is to make work available by giving the
copyright holder a right to profit from it but if that isn't happening the
law doesn't protect the right to keep the work from being used just for the
hell of it. It sounds like three of the four fair use factors are
sufficiently satisfied in this case enough so that I would probably take my
chances on the "amount" factor.


On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Peter Shirts <pshi...@hawaii.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Chris, thanks; I do not believe the TEACH act excludes dramatic or
> fictional works, either.
>
> Just to clarify the "reasonable and limited portions" statement from the
> TEACH Act. Unlike fair use, which specifically has a "whole or part"
> argument, the TEACH Act's use of limited portions has little to do with
> whether the program is presented in whole. Instead, "reasonable and limited
> portions" refers to "an amount comparable to that typically displayed in
> the course of a live classroom setting." Again, if you could show one or
> two TV show episodes within 50–80 minutes, depending on how you define a
> classroom session, it is my understanding you can justify it under the
> TEACH Act.
>
> Peter
>
> Peter Shirts
> Music and Audiovisual Librarian
> Acting Department Head, Sinclair Library
> University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
> 808-956-5425
> pshi...@hawaii.edu
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Andrew Horbal <ahor...@umd.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bryan,
>>
>> In my personal and (just to be clear, since I haven't mentioned it yet in
>> this thread) non-lawyer opinion, that would depend on how the episode is
>> being used by the instructor. It seems likely to me that a television
>> episode will most often be used in such a way that it should be considered
>> an independent work, not a portion of a larger work (the season):
>> individual episodes typically have writers, directors, and titles, for
>> instance. As I've hopefully outlined, this is not necessarily determinative
>> when considering whether or not the use is fair.
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Griest, Bryan <bgri...@glendaleca.gov>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Which circles us back around to “what is the definition of a ‘complete
>>> work’?” in the case of a television series?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
>>> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Chris Lewis
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 17, 2016 12:21 PM
>>> *To:* Videolib
>>>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There is no prohibition in the TEACH Act from using dramatic or
>>> fictional works. There is however a prohibition against using complete
>>> works as it specific mentions"reasonable and limited portions".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:56 PM, Jessica Rosner <maddux2...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The TEACH ACT does not cover works of fiction like a TV show. Those are
>>> covered by standard "fair use' which again per recent rulings does not
>>> cover whole works or any lengh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Peter Shirts <pshi...@hawaii.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm surprised that no one has mentioned justifying this use of one
>>> episode not by fair use, but under the TEACH Act, which was specifically
>>> designed for online classes. The TEACH Act, while not as expansive as the
>>> educational exemption, transfers at least some of the education exemptions
>>> to an online course scenario. See a summary on U of Minnesota's site.
>>> <https://www.lib.umn.edu/copyright/teach-act>
>>>
>>> It seems to me that one or two episodes (depending on the episode
>>> length, so as to not be longer than a class typical f

Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Chris Lewis

gt;> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
>>>> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 7:32 AM
>>>> To: Videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
>>>> Subject: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?
>>>>
>>>> Would like some feedback on the following scenario:  The complete first
>>>> season of All in the Family is part of the library's media collection.  A
>>>> TV writing faculty member wants to show a single episode to students
>>>> enrolled in an online course.  The faculty member would borrow the DVD from
>>>> the  Library, take it to media/instructional services and ask that it be
>>>> digitized and uploaded to an internal streaming service so that it could be
>>>> streamed via a course management system.
>>>>
>>>> However, if this TV writing faculty member wants to stream more than
>>>> one episode, then the fair use analysis would weigh against fair use, and
>>>> they would need to seek streaming rights.
>>>>
>>>> And speaking of streaming rights for TV series, does anyone have any
>>>> tips on how to proceed?
>>>> Thank you, Collectively Wise Ones.
>>>> Maureen
>>>>
>>>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>>>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>>>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>>>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>>>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>>>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>>>> producers and distributors.
>>>>
>>>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>>>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>>>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>>>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>>>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>>>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>>>> producers and distributors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Jessica Rosner
>>>> Media Consultant
>>>> 224-545-3897 (cell)
>>>> 212-627-1785 (land line)
>>>> jessicapros...@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>>>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>>>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>>>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>>>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>>>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>>>> producers and distributors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>>>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>>>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>>>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>>>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>>>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>>>> producers and distributors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew Horbal
>>>
>>> Head of Learning Commons
>>>
>>> 1101 McKeldin Library
>>>
>>> 7649 Library Ln.
>>>
>>> University of Maryland
>>>
>>> College Park, MD 20742
>>>
>>> (301) 405-9227
>>>
>>> ahor...@umd.edu
>>>
>>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>>> producers and distributors.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
>> producers and distributors.
>>
>>
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
>


-- 
Chris Lewis  American University Library  202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Chris Lewis

Swank licenses some of the episodes for streaming though just a selection.

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Maureen Tripp <maureen_tr...@emerson.edu>
wrote:

> Would like some feedback on the following scenario:  The complete first
> season of All in the Family is part of the library's media collection.  A
> TV writing faculty member wants to show a single episode to students
> enrolled in an online course.  The faculty member would borrow the DVD from
> the  Library, take it to media/instructional services and ask that it be
> digitized and uploaded to an internal streaming service so that it could be
> streamed via a course management system.
>
> However, if this TV writing faculty member wants to stream more than one
> episode, then the fair use analysis would weigh against fair use, and they
> would need to seek streaming rights.
>
> And speaking of streaming rights for TV series, does anyone have any tips
> on how to proceed?
> Thank you, Collectively Wise Ones.
> Maureen
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>



-- 
Chris Lewis  American University Library  202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

[Videolib] Crowdsourcing needed: Are there still VHS players being manufactured by any other companies besides Funai?

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Lewis

I'd like to locate the highest quality player that is still being
manufactured, to possibly justify that it is still not suitable for safe
playback of out-of-release, not-on-DVD, aging yet unused VHS content.

-- 
Chris Lewis  American University Library  202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] due date slips for av material?

2016-03-24 Thread Chris Lewis

We stopped giving out printed due date receipts at least five years ago.
They can still be printed on request. There was probably some griping at
the time but nothing that rose to the level of making us reconsider the
decision. Borrowers seem to have become accustomed to checking their
accounts online for due dates.

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Hooper, Lisa K <lhoop...@tulane.edu> wrote:

> Greetings everyone and apologies for cross-posting,
>
>
>
> We are exploring the idea of going paperless and doing away with due date
> slips for books. Before extending this to media materials, I’m curious to
> know if any of you with circulating CD and/or DVD collections have already
> abandoned the due date slip and, if so, how you inform patrons about due
> dates and how this has worked to get materials returned on time.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> -lisa H.
>
>
>
> Head Music and Media Librarian
>
> Tulane University
>
> 504.314.7822
>
> @lkHMusLibrarian
>
>
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
>


-- 
Chris Lewis  American University Library  202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

[Videolib] Paramount Vault - How did this slip past my radar?

2016-03-04 Thread Chris Lewis

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzMVH2jEyEwXPBvyht8xQNw
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
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working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

[Videolib] Fwd: AMIA 2015 | Presentations Online

2016-01-27 Thread Chris Lewis

Thought I would share this in case it might inspire any VRT members to join
the Association of Moving Image Archivists and attend this year's
conference in Pittsburgh, Nov. 9-12.

-- Forwarded message --
From: AMIA Office <a...@amianet.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:17 PM
Subject: AMIA 2015 | Presentations Online
To: Christopher Lewis <cle...@american.edu>

Dear Christopher,

Presentations from the 2015 conference are now online
<http://www.amiaconference.net/2015-conference-presentations/>.  We will
continue to post presentations as we receive them from the speakers.

If you were a speaker and are willing to share your presentation, we would
like to upload your powerpoint, video, images, notes or narrative (anything
you're willing to share) to the Conference website. And if you have already
uploaded it - please send us a link so we don't miss it.  We will only
upload what you provide, but do hope you will consider it for those who
weren't able to attend your session(s). With so much good programming, it
was impossible for everyone to see everything they wanted to see.

Once again our thanks to you for attending, we look forward to seeing
you in Pittsburgh!

*www.AMIAConference.net*
<http://www.amiaconference.net/2015-conference-presentations/>

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preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
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[Videolib] Are any videolibbers in libraries that use Kaltura .....

2015-11-30 Thread Chris Lewis

and if so do you know if you use Shibboleth for user authentication - or if
you aren't sure will you share a contact name of someone at your
institution who would know?

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relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

[Videolib] Betamax is dead, long live VHS!

2015-11-10 Thread Chris Lewis

That is one long tail.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/10/betamax-dead-long-live-vhs-sony-end-prodution


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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?

2015-11-03 Thread Chris Lewis

For me, the only equivalent for a DVD purchase is a streaming video with
in-perpetuity rights that we can host locally. We have many VHS tapes and
DVDs from companies like Carousel, Films Inc., and LAVA that have gone out
of business - but we can still use their titles because we own a tangible
version. That wouldn't be the case if the only option was to license a
streaming version hosted by the distributor.

I understand that this is the direction the studios are headed because the
average person has adapted to using Netflix, iTunes. etc. but teaching
needs are different and specialized documentaries (or features) that are
perfect for a given class may be used regularly long after a distributor
has gone out of business. It's just the way that classes get taught. Some
professors figure out a lesson plan and more or less set it on autopilot
for a couple decades.  So my hope was that independent educational
distributors would be at the tail end of the DVD weaning process.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Miller <jmil...@icarusfilms.com>
wrote:

> Dear Videolib friends
>
>
>
> As many of you know Icarus Films has been helping to build, and currently
> has over 300 titles on, Docuseek2, to provide colleges and universities
> streaming access to our collection over the internet.
>
>
>
> Yes, we continue to invest in producing and releasing DVDs of the same
> titles. And, as streaming usage increases, selling fewer and fewer of them.
>
>
>
> It is making me wonder if we should stop selling DVDs altogether, not
> producing them at all for new films, and not ordering any more once we sell
> the last one of an older one.
>
>
>
> What do you think would happen if we did that?
>
>
>
> How many of you would definitely NOT buy or use a film that a professor or
> collection development librarian wanted to have, if it was ONLY available
> via streaming?
>
>
>
> I’m serious in asking this question, I think it may be time to take a
> (perhaps) drastic step, and not another small incremental one.  What do you
> think?  Thanks!
>
>
>
> Curiously yours,
>
>
>
> Jonathan Miller
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jonathan Miller
>
> President
> Icarus Films
>
> 32 Court Street, 21st Floor
>
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
>
>
>
> www.IcarusFilms.com <http://www.icarusfilms.com/>
>
> http://HomeVideo.IcarusFilms.com <http://homevideo.icarusfilms.com/>
>
>
>
> Tel 1.718.488.8900
>
> Fax 1.718.488.8642
>
> jmil...@icarusfilms.com
>
>
>
> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as
> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
>

-- 
Chris Lewis  American University Library  202.885.3257
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?

2015-11-03 Thread Chris Lewis

Speaking for myself, I live with what I can get. Not always happy about it
but the vicissitudes of the marketplace kinda dictate it. If the price is
too high or the terms too restrictive, we go without.

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Jonathan Miller <jmil...@icarusfilms.com>
wrote:

> My question though is: What if you can’t get the DVD?
>
>
>
> And if we only offer a 1 or 3 year license (Say for the sake of argument),
> and professor wants to use a film – what do you do?
>
>
>
> JM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Hutchison, Jane
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 03, 2015 4:09 PM
>
> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?
>
>
>
> I concur with Jo Ann and Chris.  Perpetuity for streaming or life of file
> format.  DVDs for those titles we can't get streaming.
>
>
>
> Regards, Jane Hutchison
>
> William Paterson University
> --
>
> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu <
> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> on behalf of Reynolds, Jo Ann <
> jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 3, 2015 3:12 PM
> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?
>
>
>
> For UConn also, the only equivalent of a DVD purchase is streaming video
> with perpetual rights, or at the very least, life of file format. Chris’
> comments on how DVDs are used is classes is the same here.
>
>
>
> The cost of licensing a stream for short terms is just too prohibitive. It
> limits the amount of new material we can purchase to have to pay for the
> same material over and over again. We just don’t have the budget for it.
>
>
>
> Jo Ann
>
>
>
> Jo Ann Reynolds
>
> Reserve Services Coordinator
>
> University of Connecticut
>
> Homer Babbidge Library
>
> 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR
>
> Storrs, CT  06269-1005
>
> 860-486-1406 voice
>
> 860-486-0584 fax
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [
> mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
> <videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu>] *On Behalf Of *Chris Lewis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 03, 2015 12:08 PM
> *To:* Videolib
> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?
>
>
>
> For me, the only equivalent for a DVD purchase is a streaming video with
> in-perpetuity rights that we can host locally. We have many VHS tapes and
> DVDs from companies like Carousel, Films Inc., and LAVA that have gone out
> of business - but we can still use their titles because we own a tangible
> version. That wouldn't be the case if the only option was to license a
> streaming version hosted by the distributor.
>
> I understand that this is the direction the studios are headed because the
> average person has adapted to using Netflix, iTunes. etc. but teaching
> needs are different and specialized documentaries (or features) that are
> perfect for a given class may be used regularly long after a distributor
> has gone out of business. It's just the way that classes get taught. Some
> professors figure out a lesson plan and more or less set it on autopilot
> for a couple decades.  So my hope was that independent educational
> distributors would be at the tail end of the DVD weaning process.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Jonathan Miller <jmil...@icarusfilms.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Videolib friends
>
>
>
> As many of you know Icarus Films has been helping to build, and currently
> has over 300 titles on, Docuseek2, to provide colleges and universities
> streaming access to our collection over the internet.
>
>
>
> Yes, we continue to invest in producing and releasing DVDs of the same
> titles. And, as streaming usage increases, selling fewer and fewer of them.
>
>
>
> It is making me wonder if we should stop selling DVDs altogether, not
> producing them at all for new films, and not ordering any more once we sell
> the last one of an older one.
>
>
>
> What do you think would happen if we did that?
>
>
>
> How many of you would definitely NOT buy or use a film that a professor or
> collection development librarian wanted to have, if it was ONLY available
> via streaming?
>
>
>
> I’m serious in asking this question, I think it may be time to take a
> (perhaps) drastic step, and not another small incremental one.  What do you
> think?  Thanks!
>
>
>
> Curiously yours,
>
>
>
> Jonathan Miller
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jonathan Miller
>
> President
> Icarus Films
>
> 32 Court Street,

Re: [Videolib] DVD circulation data reports?

2015-08-28 Thread Chris Lewis

Hey Anna,

We have seen a steady decline though our circulation is still pretty
strong. I will share a thumbnail snapshot when I have the chance to compile
it.

My impression is that the primary influence on our circulation data is the
impact of Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, and bit torrent. Our streaming
databases make a dent in documentary DVD use but the most pronounced drop
is in feature film and mass-market documentary use.

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Anna Simon ajs...@georgetown.edu wrote:

 Hey-yo,

 Does anyone know of a study, white paper, chunk of data out there that
 outlines DVD circulation trends? Ours are down, but I'd like to show
 comparative data for other schools showing that this is a general trend.

 Also, for anyone wondering, over the past academic semester our DVD circ
 stats hover around 800/month for a residential undergrad population of
 7,600 and a combined enrollment of 18000.
 http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/col_info_popup.asp?ID=131496 We have
 an open browsing collection.

 [image: Library-logo-ES.png]
 *Anna Simon *
 Collection, Research  Instruction Librarian
 Art, Film, and Museum Studies
 202-687-7467
 ajs...@georgetown.edu
 Ars Hoya: GU Art Blog https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/ajs299/


 Georgetown University
 Lauinger Library
 37th  O Sts. NW
 Washington, DC 20057

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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-Member-L] Survey of filmmakers, producers and researchers using archival moving image collections

2015-08-07 Thread Chris Lewis

-- Forwarded message --
From: Laura Treat laurajtr...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 10:36 AM
Subject: [AMIA-Member-L] Survey of filmmakers, producers and researchers
using archival moving image collections
To: amia-mem...@listserve.com

Hello all,

The University of North Texas Libraries is currently studying how
filmmakers, producers, and footage researchers discover, access, engage
with, and reuse archival moving image collections. We plan to use the data
gathered in this and subsequent phases of research to shape our access
tools and inform  outreach on behalf of our moving image collections.

This anonymous survey represents the first phase of our research and we
hope that you will take the time to complete it. We estimate that it will
take approximately 15 minutes to complete. The survey will be available
from August 04 – 18.  Follow this link to participate:
https://unt.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eeuS4NGoecfeiLH

Please feel free to share the link with colleagues who may be interested in
participating. If you are interested in participating in a follow-up
interview, please provide your contact information within the survey. If
you have any questions about the survey or our research, please do not
hesitate to contact us off-list: laura.tr...@unt.edu

Thank you for your time and support.

Laura Treat, Moving Image Preservation Librarian

Julie Judkins, Principal Archivist

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[Videolib] Anyone purchased Harvard Business Review CD-ROMs for circulation?

2015-07-27 Thread Chris Lewis

A kerfuffle has arisen in my library about whether the right of first sale
still applies toward the purchase of HBR case studies on CD-ROM if there is
no additional license agreement accompanying the purchase. I had assumed
that if a library orders copies and HBR fills the orders, there's an
understanding that the items will circulate like other library books and
videos. Have any of you run into any legal static regarding HBR case
studies on CD-ROM? BTW I am aware that they limit the length of time the
case studies can be used so my question is just whether even
time-restricted library circulation is permissible.

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Re: [Videolib] Turning to the collective wisdom - videos on voter suppression

2015-06-17 Thread Chris Lewis

Better late than never, eh?

Murder, spies  voting lies : the Clint Curtis story
So goes the nation : a true story of how elections are won and lost
Uncounted : the new math of American elections

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:20 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote:

  I have a faculty member looking for videos on efforts that might be
 described as War or Attack on voting rights.

  We have already identified The Dawn, Counting on Democracy, and No
 Umbrella, plus a couple Bill Moyers programs.  And we have Gerrymandering.

  Other suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you.

  -deg

  deg farrelly
 Media Librarian/Streaming Video Administrator
 Arizona State University Libraries
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[Videolib] In anticipation of Preservation Week, a short article on VHS preservation at American University

2015-04-23 Thread Chris Lewis

http://www.american.edu/library/news/vhs_preservation.cfm

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[Videolib] Has anyone had contact with Criterion Pictures recently? Not Criterion Collection. Criterion Pictures

2015-04-20 Thread Chris Lewis

We were going to give them a try this year but lately I can't get in touch
with anyone there.

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Re: [Videolib] Has anyone had contact with Criterion Pictures recently? Not Criterion Collection. Criterion Pictures

2015-04-20 Thread Chris Lewis

What we are considering is their database package. 1000+ titles for a pilot
year. If any videolibbers are currently subscribing to that and can give me
any offline feedback on their customer service I would be grateful.

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey 
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu wrote:

  Yes, I had contact with Brian Fox recently to arrange a screening. There
 are others from Criterion who are not so great at answering emails (imho).



 Sarah



 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner
 *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2015 2:17 PM
 *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Has anyone had contact with Criterion Pictures
 recently? Not Criterion Collection. Criterion Pictures



 Actually my guy says you want Brian Fox who handles DC (and worked at
 Swank for Many years) Tell him I said HI



  brian@geemedia.com



 On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu
 wrote:

  Yep, quite recently.  Cary Haber is my rep with Criterion Pics USA.  His
 email address through January was ca...@criterionpicusa.com , although I
 notice that more recently it’s been cha...@globaleagleent.com .



 Phone number for him is 800-890-9494x224





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 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Chris Lewis
 *Sent:* Monday, April 20, 2015 2:04 PM
 *To:* Videolib
 *Subject:* [Videolib] Has anyone had contact with Criterion Pictures
 recently? Not Criterion Collection. Criterion Pictures



 We were going to give them a try this year but lately I can't get in touch
 with anyone there.


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[Videolib] This ought to put a know in your stomach - The Simpsons will no longer be releasing new seasons on DVD

2015-04-09 Thread Chris Lewis

Not so much as a comment on the Simpsons but the future of the DVD format.

http://www.avclub.com/article/simpsons-will-no-longer-be-released-dvd-217796


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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-L] latest film accessory news

2015-03-30 Thread Chris Lewis

This is kind of cool so I wanted to share.

-- Forwarded message --
From: ed Poole e...@learnaboutmovieposters.com
Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 1:06 PM
Subject: [AMIA-L] latest film accessory news
To: ami...@lsv.uky.edu


 Greetings All,

Sue has just released our latest edition of the LAMP Post - Film Accessory
News.

This issue has some great auctions coming up, changes this year to Cinevent
and several articles that should be of interest: Celebrating Tennessee
Williams; The making of Lone Wolf 1917, who was like the James Bond of the
teens and 20s; and a look at Hiawatha, the first all native American film;
and Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr help Louisiana.

*http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/lagniappe/lamppost/Newsletter.pdf*
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/lagniappe/lamppost/Newsletter.pdf

Til next time,

*ed Poole*

*film accessory researcher*

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*MoviePosterDataBase.com*

*HollywoodOnTheBayou.com* http://www.hollywoodonthebayou.com

*MovieStillID.com*

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Re: [Videolib] 60 Minutes Archive

2015-03-25 Thread Chris Lewis

The Alexander Street Press 60 Minutes collection covers 1997-2014 so
wouldn't include the 1978 program mentioned in the email.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote:

 I was running through some old, deleted VideoLib digests looking for
 something else when I came across Chris McNevins' post and Barb Bergman's
 response.

 Just in case other list members have not heard, the 60 Minutes collection
 is now distributed by Alexander Street Press.  My understanding is that
 they have every episode (minus a few that were involved in litigation,
 etc.)

 So if you are looking to replace 60 Minutes tapesŠ.

 Sorry, I don't know details about availability of single titles.

 -deg

 deg farrelly
 ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
 Arizona State University Libraries
 Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
 602.332.3103




 On 1/16/15 12:02 PM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu
 videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote:

 Yes, I just had to find out how to purchase a recent program (one that
 that's online, but that's another story...). Here's what I received:
 
 60 minutes is licensed by CBS News.  Email
 foot...@cbsnews.commailto:foot...@cbsnews.com.
 Response came from -- Montas, Maria mont...@cbsnews.com
 
 Barb Bergman | Media Services  Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota
 State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945
 |barbara.berg...@mnsu.edumailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu
 
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
 [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris McNevins
 Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:02 AM
 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 Subject: [Videolib] 60 Minutes Archives
 
 Hi Folks,
 
 Does anyone have contact info for CBS News/60 Minutes Archives?  We're
 looking to replace the following DVD:
 
 The music of Auschwitz
 Author: John
 Tiffin
 http://uconn.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ATiffin%2C+John.qt=hot_auth
 or; CBS
 News.http://uconn.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACBS+News.qt=hot_author;
 Carousel
 Films.
 http://uconn.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACarousel+Films.qt=hot_auth
 or
 Publisher: New York : Carousel Film  Video, [200-?]
 Note: Originally produced on the television program 60 minutes: c1978
 Edition/Format: [cid:image001.png@01D0317C.AE40EA60]  DVD video : English
 Database: WorldCat
 Summary: A former inmate of the concentration camp, Auschwitz, reflects
 on the music made there during World War II. She discusses how the music
 provided comfort to newly arrived detainees, entertainment to German
 soldiers, and, after liberation, entertainment to liberating troops.
 
 Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Please contact me off list.
 
 Cheers!
 
 Chris McNevins


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[Videolib] What has become of Direct Cinema Ltd?

2015-03-18 Thread Chris Lewis

The websites are gone. Anyone have a status report?

http://www.directcinema.com/
http://www.directcinemalimited.com
https://vimeo.com/user1843760


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Re: [Videolib] What has become of Direct Cinema Ltd?

2015-03-18 Thread Chris Lewis

Thanks for the insights.

I did manage to find an active site for Direct Cinema Ltd.
http://www.docshorts.com/catalog

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Jo Ann Reynolds 
jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu wrote:

  Some of their titles may still be available from Alexander Street video.


 https://www.academicvideostore.com/search?f%5B2%5D=field_video_publisher%3A7307




 https://www.academicvideostore.com/search?f%5B2%5D=field_video_publisher%3A7306



 Best,

 Jo Ann



 Jo Ann Reynolds

 Reserve Services Coordinator

 University of Connecticut

 Homer Babbidge Library

 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR

 Storrs, CT  06269-1005

 860-486-1406 voice

 860-486-0584 fax









 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Rosen, Rhonda
 *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 12:54 PM
 *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] What has become of Direct Cinema Ltd?



 Wow! Crazy….I talked with them maybe 6 mos. ago …they are located not far
 from our university….

 Rhonda



 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [
 mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Chris Lewis
 *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2015 9:15 AM
 *To:* Videolib
 *Subject:* [Videolib] What has become of Direct Cinema Ltd?



 The websites are gone. Anyone have a status report?

 http://www.directcinema.com/
 http://www.directcinemalimited.com
 https://vimeo.com/user1843760


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[Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in academic libraries

2015-03-16 Thread Chris Lewis

I know the general trend is declining based on the growth of
Amazon/Netflix/iTunes and YouTube but I'd like to get some numbers for
comparison to our trend locally.

If you are willing to share and prefer to do it privately I will
reciprocate.

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Re: [Videolib] US distributor/availability of The Square?

2015-03-16 Thread Chris Lewis

It's on Netflix streaming and I think it may be an exclusive - not yet on
DVD.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote:

  Looking for a DVD copy in Region 0 or 1 of Noujaim's The Square
 http://www.kaleidoscopehomeentertainment.com/content/detail3.asp?ID=275title=The-Square

  Not listed on Amazon.  I have written Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment
 twice.

  Any leads from the list?

  Thanx in advance.

  -deg

  deg farrelly
 ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
 Arizona State University Libraries
 Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
 602.332.3103

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[Videolib] Fwd: AMIA Supplier Directory!

2015-02-20 Thread Chris Lewis

The new AMIA supplier directory is here! The new AMIA supplier directory is
here!
-- Forwarded message --
From: AMIA Office a...@amianet.org
Date: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 7:04 AM
Subject: AMIA Supplier Directory!
To: cle...@american.edu

  *AMIA Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of Services and Suppliers of
Audiovisual Media.  *

The AMIA Supplier Directory is an online publication intended as an
international resource guide for anyone working with audiovisual media.
Available to anyone through the AMIA website
http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001xtvVLS1mdu6JuZ6ZzSi8Ak2ogEBcvJKdrPXb152y6MlsCxiaSLG8JtYsqbPkkbt03mxblCjYNMyRRAMhGmoPa-3sumpaUXqy3dDAuDVOyTLo-nsw-UWcEB3r9y7834UBK_aICMWOHk96jB_eesg6Dm1QjvGm6-d1pl5hzjMz3rU=c=Ni-jWwqF2VCI6SvSiKWIoT1fTc52pG4h88Cka35vPzcgdhQwnytOwQ==ch=eicFKLedeRkjUwoR6FTU0K73SH1AiLY7GkUDbDChNvD6xtkDzeVV8w==,
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Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

2015-01-29 Thread Chris Lewis

Hmmm. Before this spins out of control, I'll correct myself and add that it
is okay to make a preservation copy from someone else's videotape if yours
has been damaged beyond repair or lost or stolen.

Jessica, to the best of my knowledge gifts from faculty members are legally
obtained copies unless they have been expressly prohibited from transfer in
their purchase agreement.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com
wrote:

I think the paper trail is especially important to show the library
purchased a legal new copy back in the day and did not for instance
transfer a copy from an instructors own collection.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

I suppose that could happen and if so a worn-out tape or a paper trail
leading back to it's purchase might be necessary to prove that your
preservation DVD was made from a legally obtained copy and not from another
library's copy.

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

Hi Chris,

So you are saying that if anyone challenged us, which is fairly
unlikely, we would by Section 108 need to show the worn or damaged VHS tape?

*From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Chris Lewis
*Sent:* Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:36 AM
*To:* Videolib
*Subject:* Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

I think it's good form to keep the original VHS as evidence if you are
invoking Section 108 to justify making a copy of a deteriorating original.
I don't think this is required by law though given that Section 108
preservation copies can also be made to replace lost or stolen recordings.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

So, a situation has come up at my library...
We have lots of VHS tapes. Over the past couple of years I have been
replacing old VHS tapes with newly purchased DVD copies and if I couldn't
find a source, making a DVD copy. In the past, I have often cavalierly
gotten rid of the old VHS tape since we no longer have the playback units
in our classrooms. However, In my old age, I'm beginning to think I
shouldn't have gotten rid of the VHS, but rather kept them as archival
masters.

It has been suggested that it is ridiculous to keep these items as VHS
tapes and that it would be better to keep a digital copy of the VHS tape
and load it onto our Kaltura digital video storage platform as digital
masters. Therefore all the VHS tapes could be tossed and we would have the
digital masters forever...Is this legal under the copyright guidelines, or
do we have to keep the VHS as the archival master?

Rhonda
Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian
William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University
One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659
rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 310/338-4584|
http://library.lmu.edu

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Jo Ann Reynolds [
jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 9:16 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] old vhs tapes

At the University of Connecticut this is the process we follow. Since it
is labor intensive and time consuming we invoke section 108 sparingly.

1. Determine if the VHS is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen.

2. Document damage, deterioration. This checklist developed by
Kenneth Crews useful for ensuring i's are dotted and t's are crossed.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/files/2009/10/copyrightchecklist108preservation.pdf

3. If found to be damaged/deteriorating, conduct due diligence
search for evidence of new VHS or DVD for sale at a reasonable price. We
use this checklist (Creative Commons license),
http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/handle/1961/16025

4. If no new VHS or DVD is found for sale then a DVD is made from
the VHS.

5. The VHS goes to our archive and does not circulate.

6. The DVD goes on permanent reserve. The case is clearly marked,
Section 108 Copy: In Building Circulation Only. This material was
reproduced under the provisions of Section 108 of United States Copyright
Law and may be protected by copyright. For use at UConn Libraries only.
No InterLibrary Loan. Does not include public performance rights but may be
used in the classroom. Preservation copy of Archival VHS. Not to be used
outside of the Library.

7. The catalog record includes this statement, For Use at UConn
Libraries only. No Interlibrary Loan. Does not include public performance
rights but may be used in the classroom. And the permanent location is
Sec108 Copy (Reserve). The catalog record for the VHS indicates the
location as Sec108 Original (@Dodd), our archive.

Best,
Jo Ann

Jo Ann Reynolds
Reserve Services Coordinator
University

Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

2015-01-29 Thread Chris Lewis

I agree that your scenario is a very muddy area since the law doesn't
expressly prohibit sneaky behavior such as what you describe. I'll share
this with our legal counsel when I get a chance to get his take.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com
wrote:

I think it would depend on timing of gift Chris. If faculty donated at
time it was in print I don't see a problem but since section 108 says used
copies are not suitable replacement for a damaged copy I think you would
have a hard time justifying a professor coming in now with a 15 year old
tape so you can add it to the collection and then claim it needs to be
transferred to DVD for preservation.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

Hmmm. Before this spins out of control, I'll correct myself and add that
it is okay to make a preservation copy from someone else's videotape if
yours has been damaged beyond repair or lost or stolen.

Jessica, to the best of my knowledge gifts from faculty members are
legally obtained copies unless they have been expressly prohibited from
transfer in their purchase agreement.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Jessica Rosner
jessicapros...@gmail.com wrote:

I think the paper trail is especially important to show the library
purchased a legal new copy back in the day and did not for instance
transfer a copy from an instructors own collection.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu
wrote:

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

Hi Chris,

So you are saying that if anyone challenged us, which is fairly
unlikely, we would by Section 108 need to show the worn or damaged VHS
tape?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

It has been suggested that it is ridiculous to keep these items as VHS
tapes and that it would be better to keep a digital copy of the VHS tape
and load it onto our Kaltura digital video storage platform as digital
masters. Therefore all the VHS tapes could be tossed and we would have
the
digital masters forever...Is this legal under the copyright guidelines, or
do we have to keep the VHS as the archival master?

At the University of Connecticut this is the process we follow. Since
it is labor intensive and time consuming we invoke section 108 sparingly.

1. Determine if the VHS is damaged, deteriorating, lost or
stolen.

4. If no new VHS or DVD is found for sale then a DVD is made
from the VHS.

5. The VHS goes to our archive and does not circulate.

6. The DVD goes on permanent reserve. The case is clearly
marked, Section 108 Copy

Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

2015-01-29 Thread Chris Lewis

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote:

Hi Chris,

So you are saying that if anyone challenged us, which is fairly unlikely,
we would by Section 108 need to show the worn or damaged VHS tape?

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

At the University of Connecticut this is the process we follow. Since it
is labor intensive and time consuming we invoke section 108 sparingly.

1. Determine if the VHS is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen.

4. If no new VHS or DVD is found for sale then a DVD is made from
the VHS.

5. The VHS goes to our archive and does not circulate.

Best,
Jo Ann

Jo Ann Reynolds
Reserve Services Coordinator
University of Connecticut
Homer Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR
Storrs, CT 06269-1005
860-486-1406 voice
860-486-0584 fax

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:27 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] old vhs tapes

Hi all,
We are , like many of you, replacing old VHS tape content with DVDs or
streaming when possible. What are you doing with the VHS tape? Keeping it
or discarding it? Or putting it on a digital master for safekeeping?
Thanks,
Rhonda

Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian William H. Hannon Library |
Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200

Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

2015-01-27 Thread Chris Lewis

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu
wrote:

At the University of Connecticut this is the process we follow. Since it
is labor intensive and time consuming we invoke section 108 sparingly.

1. Determine if the VHS is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen.

4. If no new VHS or DVD is found for sale then a DVD is made from
the VHS.

5. The VHS goes to our archive and does not circulate.

Best,
Jo Ann

Jo Ann Reynolds
Reserve Services Coordinator
University of Connecticut
Homer Babbidge Library
369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR
Storrs, CT 06269-1005
860-486-1406 voice
860-486-0584 fax

Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian William H. Hannon Library |
Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA
90045-2659
rhonda.ro...@lmu.edumailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 310/338-4584
tel:310%2F338-4584|
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[Videolib] Fwd: Fwd: Looking for theatrical version of The Godfather

2015-01-06 Thread Chris Lewis

-- Forwarded message --
From: Phil Salvador phils...@american.edu
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: [Videolib] Looking for theatrical version of The Godfather
To: Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu
Cc: libmediaft libmedi...@american.edu

The Coppola restoration set should be the theatrical version. They're
thinking of The Godfather Saga, a separate DVD set where all three movies
are re-edited into chronological order.

Phil Salvador
Media Specialist
American University Library
(202) 885-3470

From:Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu
To:libmediaft libmedi...@american.edu,
Date:01/06/2015 11:24 AM
Subject:Fwd: [Videolib] Looking for theatrical version of The
Godfather
--

Do any of you know the answer to this question offhand?

-- Forwarded message --
From: *Stanton, Kim* *kim.stan...@unt.edu* kim.stan...@unt.edu
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:34 AM
Subject: [Videolib] Looking for theatrical version of The Godfather
To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu 
*videolib@lists.berkeley.edu* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

 Hi all,

It may have been all the eggnog that fried my brain, but I can’t seem to
figure this out. A faculty member needs the theatrical versions of The
Godfather I and II. She says “not the box set, it changes the chronology
and adds extra scenes.” There are several versions for sale but nothing is
screaming that it’s the original theatrical version.

Is the Coppola Restoration (DVD release 2008) what I’m looking for?
*ASIN: **B0018CMJSU*
http://www.amazon.com/Godfather-Coppola-Restoration-Marlon-Brando/dp/B0018CMJSU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8qid=1420556773sr=8-2keywords=godfather+II+dvd

Thanks!

Kim

Kim Stanton

Head, Media Library

University of North Texas

*kim.stan...@unt.edu* kim.stan...@unt.edu

P:*(940) 565-4832* %28940%29%20565-4832

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Re: [Videolib] Looking for video on honor killings

2014-12-04 Thread Chris Lewis

Also:
Stoning of Soraya M (feature film)
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=9024113

Dishonorable killings
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=14076504

Quest for honor
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=11827288

Mutluluk (feature film)
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=7738699

Price of honour
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=13844621

Outlawed in Pakistan
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=13223573

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Hutchison, Jane hutchis...@wpunj.edu
wrote:

  We have the ABC News documentary, A Matter of Honor which was aired Feb.
 16, 1999 on Nightline.  Would like to see if there is a more recent title,
 or if not, perhaps getting a DVD of this VHS title for our collection.
 Suggestions?



 Thanks, Jane



 Jane B. Hutchison

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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-Member-L] AMIA Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual Media

2014-11-13 Thread Chris Lewis

-- Forwarded message --
From: Beverly Graham bgra...@amianet.org
Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 5:59 PM
Subject: [AMIA-Member-L] AMIA Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of
Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual Media
To: amia-mem...@listserve.com amia-mem...@listserve.com

 The newest edition of AMIA’s* Supplier Directory: A Global Directory of
Services and Suppliers of Audiovisual **Media is now available.*

The AMIA Supplier Directory is a new online publication intended as an
international resource guide for anyone working with audiovisual media.
Available to anyone through the AMIA website (www.AMIAnet.org
http://www.amianet.org/), the Directory is updated quarterly.

You can find the new AMIA Supplier Directory here:
www.amianet.org/node/1244

The goal is to create as comprehensive a resource as possible to serve the
AV archives community.  So if  you are a supplier, service provider,
association, or other organization serving those who work with audiovisual
media, you are invited to add your listing to the directory.  More
information is available at www.amianet.org/node/1213 . You do not need to
be an AMIA member to be listed.

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distributors.

[Videolib] I'm interested in gathering feedback on digital file backup systems that are being used by libraries for video preservation files

2014-10-21 Thread Chris Lewis

We've considered Amazon Glacier  and are about to do a small-scale pilot
with them but we're also considering a local backup system using RAID
arrays. Ultimately we hope to have a system for both dark storage and ready
access storage.

I think I asked a similar question of the list about a year ago and got the
impression that there wasn't a lot of activity occurring on this front at
least in libraries. If anything of this kind is happening at your
institution but not in the library I would appreciate getting the names of
any contacts whose brains I can pick.

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distributors.

Re: [Videolib] VHS to DVD guidelines

2014-10-21 Thread Chris Lewis

Cindy,

In regard to streaming, we follow the TEACH Act guidelines so don't have a
more detailed check list per se. Though if the portions requested add up to
more than about half of the total, we suggest that the AU Counsel Office's
copyright specialist vet it. That's never happened though - to the best of
my knowledge. Our first step is to look for a license for streaming. We
don't consider the TEACH Act option unless a copy can't be licensed.

In regard to VHS to DVD. If an out-of-release VHS has been reserved for a
class need, we will make a DVD preservation copy, whether or not a
professor has requested the conversion. I know this doesn't follow
everyone's interpretation of Section 108 but I'm willing to stand by it to
insure that important content doesn't just disappear and become unusable
for the purposes for which the distributors intended it to be used. Too
many irreplaceable tapes have been damaged in the past few years to risk
leaving them in circulation. The issue is not so much tape degradation
(though there is clearly evidence of that in high-use tapes) but equipment
malfunctions sometimes combined with operator error.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Badilla-Melendez, Cindy 
cbadill...@stthomas.edu wrote:

  Hello everybody,



 I am wondering if anyone has some kind of guidelines for when a prof want
 to cover a VHS to DVD or to Stream. If want to share. It is not necessary
 and answer to convert everything



 Guidelines in terms of:

 1.  Check if available on DVD

 2.  Check if available in databases, etc.

 3.  If this is yes, go here

 I don’t want to reinvent the wheel



 Thanks

 Cindy

 __

 Cindy Badilla-Meléndez, M.L.I.S
 Media/Music Resources Librarian
 O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library,
 University of St. Thomas
 Mail #5004, 2115 Summit Ave,
 St Paul, MN 55105
 phone (651) 962-5464

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Re: [Videolib] request for ideas

2014-10-02 Thread Chris Lewis

Part three of Robert Hughes's Shock of the New series  Trouble in
Paradise covers that era -
here's a description from our VHS record
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=531868

On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Nina Riddel n...@icarusfilms.com wrote:

  Hi Elizabeth,



 We have three films that might help:



- *Eileen Gray* http://icarusfilms.com/new2007/eg.html - The
reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time;
thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of
the Modern.



- *Regular or Super* http://icarusfilms.com/new2005/regu.html - A
lovely introduction to Mies van der Rohe, one of the 20th century's most
influential architects, and a stimulating examination of modernism and
urban environments.



- *Sotsgorod: Cities For Utopia*
http://icarusfilms.com/new99/sotsgoro.html - Uncovers the secret
history of Western architects who moved to the Soviet Union in the 1920s
and 30s, to design the huge new industrial cities being built across
Siberia and the steppes.





 Nina Riddel

 Sales Associate

 Icarus Films

 718-488-8900

 n...@icarusfilms.com



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related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
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Re: [Videolib] request for ideas

2014-10-02 Thread Chris Lewis

Part four rather.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

 Part three of Robert Hughes's Shock of the New series  Trouble in
 Paradise covers that era -
 here's a description from our VHS record
 http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=531868

 On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Nina Riddel n...@icarusfilms.com wrote:

  Hi Elizabeth,



 We have three films that might help:



- *Eileen Gray* http://icarusfilms.com/new2007/eg.html - The
reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time;
thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of
the Modern.



- *Regular or Super* http://icarusfilms.com/new2005/regu.html - A
lovely introduction to Mies van der Rohe, one of the 20th century's most
influential architects, and a stimulating examination of modernism and
urban environments.



- *Sotsgorod: Cities For Utopia*
http://icarusfilms.com/new99/sotsgoro.html - Uncovers the secret
history of Western architects who moved to the Soviet Union in the 1920s
and 30s, to design the huge new industrial cities being built across
Siberia and the steppes.





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[Videolib] 16mm film titles - for any takers - institutional or private

2014-09-19 Thread Chris Lewis

The only caveat is you have to arrange pickup:

Life and Time of Judge Roy Bean  SF66.1 NOVA Asteroids Dinosaurs  Day in
the Country   Diamonds of the Night  Laurel  Hardy Monkey Business M48  Day
the Earth Stood Still / War of the Worlds M49  Gold Rush 15  Capricious
Summer FF7.1  Cluney Brown Jennifer Jones   Les MistonsAge of
Alaska #31  The
Benny Goodman Story part 4  The Benny Goodman Story part 3  The Benny
Goodman Story part 2  The Benny Goodman Story part 1   Zero for Conduit   Final
Reel: Grey Gardens   Power and the Land










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[Videolib] Does anyone have an old Latin American Video Archive (LAVA) catalog they would be willing to digitize and share?

2014-09-15 Thread Chris Lewis

Unfortunately I didn't keep one and am now kicking myself as I think it
might be a handy tool for helping with searches for section 108 VHS
preservation needs. Obviously LAVA is just one of many that would be useful
to have available (Films, Inc. and Carousel are obvious choices too).

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Re: [Videolib] do any academic libraries out there share your media collections with faculty teaching at external program locations?

2014-09-05 Thread Chris Lewis

We've done it in a few cases but not for ten videos, maybe three or four,
though we bought duplicates for anything that got regular use. If it were
to come up that ten titles were needed and they were all feature films
available on Amazon, I would buy the batch.


On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu
wrote:

 Hi Everyone,
 A faculty member wants to borrow 10 DVD and VHS titles for the fall
 semester, for use at our L.A. campus.
 We've never had a request like this before, as the program is relatively
 new.
 I don't like the idea of 1. tying up stuff for an entire semester (usual
 length of loans to our faculty is 2 weeks)
 2. shipping this stuff across the country
 Some of these titles could be leased from Swank, but if we set that
 precedent, it could run into big bucks!
 What do you all do/think?
 thanks,
 Maureen

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[Videolib] Heads up! The AMIA conference is Oct. 8-11 in Savannah, GA

2014-09-03 Thread Chris Lewis

Registration is happening now.

A couple workshops of note:

* Wednesday Morning:Workshop: A/V Tech Basics for non-engineers *
The workshop will focus on providing a good technical basis, in plain
English, for those who do not already have audiovisual engineering
training. The goal is to allow non-technical people of all types to have a
good, basic grasp of the technologies, concepts and terms involved in
audiovisual recording and reproduction in general, digitization of
audiovisual materials, and what is involved in file-based workflows,
metadata and long-term data archiving once materials are digitized. People
who attend the workshop will walk away with a good, operating grasp of the
technologies involved, de-mystifying the terms and concepts audiovisual
archivists face every day at institutions large and small to know what
materials they are looking at, how to handle their preservation, how to
plan for their digital conversion, and have a functional knowledge of the
terminology and concepts required to write grants and contracts for digital
conversion and storage of audiovisual materials.


* Wednesday Afternoon: Workshop: Preserving Your Audio and Video Assets:
The Essentials *
 What do you need to know to protect the video and audio materials in your
collection? If you want to preserve these valuable assets, you really need
a basic understanding of the media…what is unique about it, how it should
be handled, how to evaluate its condition, and what concepts and decisions
need to be applied to preserve the content for future generations. The
workshop will start with an overview of tape structure, proper
handling/storage procedures, obsolescence considerations and evaluation
techniques needed to assess and protect what you have in your collections.
This will include pictorial guides to identifying tape types, rate danger
from obsolescence and standardized procedures to evaluate if tapes are safe
to play or copy. The workshop will then review popular digital file
options, digital storage options, essentials for choosing and dealing with
digitization or storage vendors, how to determine when digitization or
storage can be done in-house and, finally, options for metadata and content
retrieval.

http://www.amiaconference.com/

Here's the page of fees. Non-members can register for single day (or full
conference) attendance and can also register for single workshops.
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[Videolib] Bookmark this: AVPreserve Papers and Presentations resource list

2014-08-26 Thread Chris Lewis

I've just discovered this cool list of articles, white papers, and
conference presentations about video preservation that's collected by the
consulting firm AVPreserve.
http://www.avpreserve.com/avpsresources/papers-and-presentations/

I was looking for an article about checksum algorithms and came across
several other useful articles that I think will be of interest to the
dabblers among us - including Tools for Smaller Budgets
http://www.avpreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AVInsider_OpenSourceTools_DigiPres.pdf

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[Videolib] Fwd: A quick summary of answers to my question about the uploading of large video files to AWS/Glacier

2014-08-08 Thread Chris Lewis

This is in regard to a question I asked to the AMIA member list. I thought
there are probably a few video librarians who are starting to get
interested in this stuff as well so I'm forwarding it. Nothing too in depth
but some useful info.

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From: Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu
Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:15 PM
Subject: A quick summary of answers to my question about the uploading of
large video files to AWS/Glacier
To: amia-mem...@listserve.com

 First thanks to those who replied to my query. Your comments were very
useful.

My original question:  Are any of you using Amazon Glacier for archiving
uncompressed video files?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) options for large video file storage are Simple
Storage Services (S3) and Glacier. S3 is the more expensive of the two as
it’s intended for frequent access and can be used to host websites. Glacier
is for long-term storage of files that are infrequently accessed. The
uploading question would seem to apply to both.

For transferring large uncompressed files to either, using FTP is a little
iffy. One respondent said that she couldn’t complete a 59.5GB file upload
using FTP because the connection was resetting itself every 24 hours. Her
organization also experienced repeated failures for files larger than that.
Another respondent described success transferring much larger files so
testing would be warranted before ruling out FTP as an option.

Options besides FTP that were recommended were RSYNC, a Unix tool for
mirroring files that can resume interrupted transactions.  Transmit, and
Filezilla were also recommended. In all cases the target server must
recognize the given protocol for it to work.

Amazon also has an option called AWS DirectConnect where a fixed connection
between datacenters can be set up. One respondent mentioned that her
organization was setting up such a connection and offered to report on the
experience when it was up and running.

Finally Amazon has an option called AWS Import where a hard disc can be
mailed to them though they charge a handling fee (~$70) every time they
touch a drive.

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[Videolib] Fwd: The Reel Thing: Los Angeles - Opening August 21st!

2014-08-04 Thread Chris Lewis

This might be of interest to VRT members in the Los Angeles area. If you
have an interest in the technical aspects of film restoration, The Real
Thing XXXIII will be the place to be in a few weeks.

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Subject: The Reel Thing: Los Angeles - Opening August 21st!
To: Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu

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On August 21st, The Reel Thing XXXIII opens with a reception, a
presentation, and a premiere screening of the 4k restoration of *The Day
The Earth Stood Still*

With more topics, speakers and screenings still to be announced, the
program includes:

*Preliminary topics:*

   - Speed of the Cinema I – Proto-History
   - Speed of the Cinema II – The Digital Projection of Silent Films
   - Audio Restoration in the Age of 4K
   - A Holistic Approach to Digital Preservation – Data on Film
   - *Stormy Weather* – Restoration of Audio for a Musical Feature
   - Restoration of *The Apu Trilogy*
   - Large Format Scanning and Recording
   - Restoration of Dictabelt Recordings: *The Bing Crosby Project*
   - Color Fidelity  Extended Dynamic Range in Color Separations

 *Premiere screenings:*

   - *The Day the Earth Stood Still* – New 4K restoration courtesy of 20th
   Century Fox
   - US premiere of the new 4K restoration of Sergio Leone’s western* A
   Fistful of Dollars*. The presentation will include rare outtakes.

*Speakers include:*

   - Bill Baggelaar – Sony Pictures Digital Productions
   - Jonathan Erland – Composite Components Company
   - Bob Heiber – Deluxe Media – Chace Audio
   - Schawn Belston – 20th Century Fox
   - Jim Houston – Starwatcher Digital
   - Andrea Kalas – Paramount
   - Michael Pogorzelski – Academy Film Archive
   - John Polito – Audio Mechanics
   - Chris Reynolds – Deluxe Media – Chace Audio
   - Andrew Oran – FotoKem
   - Lee Kline – Criterion Collection
   - Davide Pozzi – L’Immagine Ritrovata
   - Brian Bartelt – Poste Haste Digital
   - Alex Hernandez – Colorworks
   - Bjørn H. Brudeli – Piql Preservation Services

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[Videolib] Fwd: The Reel Thing: Los Angeles - August 21-23, 2014

2014-06-20 Thread Chris Lewis

The Reel Thing, as you can see, is a symposium about film preservation
technology. It's an event organized by the Association of Moving Image
Archivists but is registration is open to non-members as well.

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[Videolib] The 2014 AMIA directory of services and suppliers of audiovisual media is now available free online

2014-05-27 Thread Chris Lewis

http://www.amianet.org/sites/all/files/Supplier%20Diretory%20-%202014.02Final.pdf

It's a very handy thing to have as you plan your audiovisual archive
projects.



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Re: [Videolib] Warner Archive Collection

2014-04-17 Thread Chris Lewis

I hesitated at first based on common DVD-R playback issues of players when
the Warner Archive first appeared but we have seen those issues pretty much
disappear in newer players. So we have said damn the torpedoes. As
Jessica said you don't have much choice if you want/need the films.


On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Josh Moorman josh.moor...@nyfa.eduwrote:

 Hi Everyone,

 I was wondering what your experience has been with discs from the Warner
 Archive Collection. I have run by several titles from this series and all
 of them appear to be DVD-Rs created on demand, which frankly is a concern
 of mine for playability and lifespan of the discs. Are my concerns
 unfounded or should we stay away from titles in this series? Thanks in
 advance!

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 *Robert K. Hartman Library*
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[Videolib] Permanent link to the VHS Distributor/Copyright Search Log form for Section 108 needs

2014-03-21 Thread Chris Lewis

http://aladinrc.wrlc.org/handle/1961/16025

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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-Member-L] AMIA Scholarship and Internship Applications are now available

2014-03-11 Thread Chris Lewis

A good opportunity for any staff who are in library school and interested
in working in film/video preservation.

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Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:31 PM
Subject: [AMIA-Member-L] AMIA Scholarship and Internship Applications are
now available
To: amia-mem...@listserve.com amia-mem...@listserve.com

AMIA believes that the education and training of moving image archivists is
essential to the long-term survival of our moving image heritage.

This year three student scholarships will be offered:  the Sony Pictures
Scholarship, the Universal Studios Preservation Scholarship, and The Rick
Chace Foundation Scholarship.

In addition, the Image Permanence Institute Internship in Preservation
Research will offer a student who is committed to the preservation of
moving images the opportunity to acquire practical experience in
preservation research.

For further information, deadlines and applications, please visit the AMIA
web page:  http://www.amianet.org/programs-and-initiatives/scholarships

Application deadlines are May 19th.

AMIA believes that the education and training of moving image archivists is
essential to the long-term survival of our moving image heritage.

This year three student scholarships will be offered:  the Sony Pictures
Scholarship, the Universal Studios Preservation Scholarship, and The Rick
Chace Foundation Scholarship.

In addition, the Image Permanence Institute Internship in Preservation
Research will offer a student who is committed to the preservation of
moving images the opportunity to acquire practical experience in
preservation research.

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[Videolib] A pitch for the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)

2014-03-07 Thread Chris Lewis

It's a given that most of us on this list are sitting on substantial
collections of VHS tapes. Thanks to the efforts of Howard Besser, Walter
Forsberg, and others it has become evident just how endangered those
collections are and the proportion of VHS content that is irreplaceable.

It seems that there are a few directions one can go with this situation.
Some have taken to discarding their VHS collections. Others have shipped
them to offsite storage or otherwise shunted them aside and are passively
letting time takes its toll as they gradually disintegrate into bits.
Another approach is to develop a plan to digitize the content and protect
it for future use.

Getting started with a preservation program need not be an overwhelming
thought. This is where I think it's worth considering joining the
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). As their name suggests they
are a group dedicated to the preservation of moving image media, both film
and video, and whereby film preservation might have once seemed like a
niche field the rapid growth of VHS collections coupled with the
instability of the media and the disappearance of VHS players suggest to me
that having a little bit of video preservation know-how on staff is
essential for almost any library (especially academic libraries).

AMIA is a great organization to be a part of when learning the nuts and
bolts of archival video preservation. Their members come from a wide range
of areas and are a good group to network with to gain technical knowledge.
The most important event on the AMIA calendar is their annual conference.
This year they will meet in Savannah, GA October 8-11. One month before the
National Media Market. They also have a newsletter and an active blog.

Annual membership dues are:
$110 individual
$60 student
$300 non-profit institutional
$600 for-profit institutional

I don't mean to bend your ear too much so here are the links to learn more
about the organization and the conference.

http://www.amianet.org
http://www.amiaconference.com/

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Re: [Videolib] UltraViolet

2014-02-24 Thread Chris Lewis

Maybe we should have read the fine print but we have been giving them away
as prizes for trivia contests on our blog and Facebook pages. I figured
that would be covered under the right of first sale.


On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Michael May m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us wrote:

 At my public library, rather than destroy the codes, we're thinking about
 occasionally giving these away to patrons via random drawings on Facebook
 and Twitter, maybe once each month in bundles of 5 or 10 titles. Winners
 would have to come to the library in person to pick up the actual paper
 slips. Assuming state and local laws and Facebook terms of service allow
 this, would this be a good idea? -Mike

 Michael May
 Carnegie-Stout Public Library


 -Original Message-
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly
 Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 8:04 PM
 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 Subject: [Videolib] UltraViolet

 We've seen on the list some discussion of Blu-Ray beforeŠ and the bundling
 of a standard DVD with a Blu-Ray in the initial release of some feature
 films.  But now as I'm doing my annual order of the Academy Award
 nominated films DVD purchasesŠ I am seeing UltraViolet and/or a digital
 copy also being bundled for a large number to titles.

 In some cases it appears to be the only way to get the standard DVD.

 I'm curious (but not yellow - a reference to my earlier post) what other
 video librarians are doing about UltraViolet and digital copies being
 bundled with DVDs

 How are you handling this change in distribution?  (Sorry, I am not
 interested in Blu-Ray discussion, just digital copy and UltraViolet)

 Thanx for your thoughts.

 -deg

 deg farrelly, ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
 Arizona State University Libraries
 Hayden Library C1H1
 P.O. Box 871006
 Tempe, Arizona  85287-1006
 Phone:  602.332.3103


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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-Member-L] Two Internship Opportunities: Los Angeles

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Lewis

, and
helping to improve the

collection and interview descriptions on Oscars.org.



The intern will be expected to commit to a 4 day a week schedule for 8
weeks in the summer of

2014, to be scheduled at the mutual convenience of the intern and staff.



*To Apply**: *Please download The Academy Summer Internship Application (
http://www.oscars.org/about/employment/internship.html) and send the

completed form to inte...@oscars.org. Please list job requisition *#PRO002 *on
the application

where indicated.

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[Videolib] Fwd: [AMIA-Member-L] Two (More) Intern Opportunities: Los Angeles

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Lewis

Is it appropriate to forward film/video-related job/internship
opportunities to Videolib?

-- Forwarded message --
From: Laura Rooney lroo...@amianet.org
Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:03 PM
Subject: [AMIA-Member-L] Two (More) Intern Opportunities: Los Angeles
To: AMIA-Member-L amia-mem...@listserve.com

 *Job Summary: *

*Technical Service Department Internship *

The intern works under the supervision of the library’s Head of Technical
Services, with special projects

assigned and supervised by the Cataloging Librarian. The duties of the
intern may include but are not limited

to: accessioning, cataloging and circulating library materials (books,
periodicals, etc.); cataloging in Voyager

ILS, ContentDM and other databases. This internship also supports and
performs clerical tasks that support

the life cycle of library materials managed by the Technical Service
Department.

 *Job Requirements*

• Enrollment in an ALA-accredited MLIS program or relative combination of
film studies program and

library work experience.

• Experience with ExLibris Voyager system or other integrated library
system (ILS).

• Knowledge of national cataloging standards; in particular, application of
RDA, AACR2, LCSH, and

MARC21 formats for bibliographic and authority data.

• Attention to detail and orderly work habits.

• Must be self-motivated, dependable, and efficient.

• Pleasant personality and ability to work independently and as a team
member.

• Practiced in handling fragile materials.

• Able to lift and move moderately heavy boxes.

• Must be able to perform all tasks related to processing materials from
receipt to shelving to weeding.

• Other clerical and processing duties assigned as needed

• Fluent English-language communication skills.

* Preferences*

• Experience scanning materials according to national standards for
preservation.

• Capable of working with foreign language materials.

• Familiarity with preservation techniques and condition assessment.

*To Apply**: *Please download The Academy Summer Internship Application (
http://www.oscars.org/about/employment/internship.html) and send the
completed form to inte...@oscars.org. Please list job requisition *#LIB0002
*on the application where indicated.

*Job Summary: Special Collections Intern*

The summer intern for Special Collections will gain hands-on experience
working with a large

collection of soundtracks, primarily in the form of LP records. The intern
will rehouse, arrange,

and help describe the recordings that span the years from 1950 to 2012. The
intern may receive

basic training for the care and cleaning, both by hand and machine, of disc
recordings.

*Reports to: *Archivist and Manager, Special Collections

*Duties and Responsibilities*

• Remove non-archival enclosures and arrange and rehouse recordings in
acid-free

containers

• Confirm recording details, including film title, composer, label name,
and label number,

against an Excel spreadsheet provided by the donor

• Correct and/or add information to the spreadsheet, as needed

• Depending on the background, experience, and interest of the candidate,
hands-on training

may be provided for basic care and cleaning, both by hand and machine, of
disc recordings

and digitizing material for patron and staff requests

*Qualifications and Requirements*

• College student attending an accredited undergraduate or graduate program

• Overall 3.0 grade point average

• Minimum one year of study toward degree in related field

• Previous work or internship in a library or archive environment a plus

*Personal Characteristics*

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work independently

*Physical Demands*

• Must be able to sit and stand for periods in excess of 2 hours; stooping,
ability to lift up to 20

lbs.

*To Apply**: *Please download The Academy Summer Internship Application (
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Re: [Videolib] Screening budgets

2014-02-19 Thread Chris Lewis

Hey Laura,

Unofficially no. But situations have cropped up where we purchased a Home
Use copy and then a screening was arranged so we split the cost of a PPR
copy. We don't have a budget to support screening rentals and I don't
support that idea - not from an acquisitions budget anyway.

Is it just me or are campus screenings starting to become quaint reminders
of times gone by? They still occur regularly here at AU yet I don't think
anyone attends them. Does anyone have success stories to the contrary? I'd
like to get marketing tips.



On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Laura Jenemann ljene...@gmu.edu wrote:

  Hi again,



 I have another related question:



 Are any academic libraries funding PPR specifically for film screenings
 outside the classrooom?  In other words, where the primary use of the film
 is going to be for a one-time screening, rather than a classroom use.



 Regards,



 Laura



 Laura Jenemann

 Film Studies/Media Services Librarian

 George Mason University

 703-993-7593

 ljene...@gmu.edu



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[Videolib] I'm looking for leads on finding distributors of Portuguese-language films for campus screenings

2014-02-12 Thread Chris Lewis

Has anyone had any luck licensing titles on PAL for campus screenings? I'm
assuming those distributors don't have rights to distribute in the US but
perhaps I'm wrong.

The titles in question are:
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation - City Lights Pictures distributed in
the US but they seem to have disappeared - despite the film being on Amazon
Instant.

Linha de Passe - various overseas distributors (Paramount Films do Brasil
and VideoFilmes do the theatrical distribution in Brazil where the film was
made).


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?
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Re: [Videolib] Paramount ceases releasing movies on film

2014-01-30 Thread Chris Lewis

Perhaps someone can educate me on how digital projection works. Didn't most
theaters switch over to digital projectors several years ago? I had assumed
that they didn't project 35mm film.

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote:

I missed this news last week. Figure others may have missed it too.

Anchorman 2 is the last Paramount movie to be released on 35mm film.
Wolf of Wall Street first to be distributed digitally.

http://usaherald.com/33066/paramount-goes-digital-first-studio-stop-releasing-movies-film
/

deg farrelly, ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Hayden Library C1H1
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006
Phone: 602.332.3103

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between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] Is there a listserv or good online forum where video catalogers congregate?

2014-01-08 Thread Chris Lewis

Many thanks to all for the helpful replies. OLAC seems to be the place to
be.


On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

 I'm forever frustrated by the varying use of subject headings employed in
 cataloging videos especially for foreign language films and hope to turn
 our catalogers on to to some expert opinions.

 --
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 American University Library
 202.885.3257





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[Videolib] Is there a listserv or good online forum where video catalogers congregate?

2014-01-07 Thread Chris Lewis

I'm forever frustrated by the varying use of subject headings employed in
cataloging videos especially for foreign language films and hope to turn
our catalogers on to to some expert opinions.

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Re: [Videolib] Tricky fair use question regarding streaming video databases

2013-12-20 Thread Chris Lewis

I dug up the contract with TV News Archive and it stated right up front
that the database content was not restricted from Fair Use and there are
also no harsh warnings about downloading. I suspect this is an exceptional
case though and rooted in the special circumstances of the creation of the
TV News Archive as a not-for-profit archive created expressly for
historical research.


On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.comwrote:

 It was my understanding that in general streaming was not supposed to be
 downloaded, that both technology and the contract should prevent it.

 Is the material in question ONLY available on a streaming database? No way
 to get it off a physical copy? Otherwise I suspect it would violate most
 streaming agreements. All the ones I have seen require the institution to
 take all steps to prevent downloading.


 On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 2:25 PM, John Streepy john.stre...@cwu.eduwrote:

  This may be an instance where contract law may out weigh your fair use
 rights.  I would say you have to check with the contract regarding the
 licensed database, and look for any prohibitive language.  If your
 university signed a contract to get access to the database, that will trump
 the fair use rights of the person making the documentary.

 my two cents backed up only from what i have gleaned from following the
 list serve.

 regards and happy holidays

 jhs


 John H. Streepy

 Library-Government Publications
 James E. Brooks Library
 Central Washington University
 400 East University Way
 Ellensburg, WA  98926-7548

 (509) 963-2861
 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Documents

 Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory.
 All part of being a librarian -- James Turner Rex Libris

 Transitus profusum est nocens!





  Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu 12/19/2013 11:10 AM 

 This is a theoretical scenario at this point though will happen if the
 University Counsel can be convinced the proposed event is protected under
 Fair Use and doesn't violate other laws such as the DMCA.

   The question is whether a short clip from a licensed database can be
 downloaded and used in a documentary if it favors the four Fair Use factors?

   The database in question is the Television News Archive though the
 question could be applied to others as well.

   My thought is that if a streamed video can be downloaded then it would
 have to be limited to private use and nothing more including Fair Use. But
 honestly I have no confidence in that stance.


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[Videolib] Tricky fair use question regarding streaming video databases

2013-12-19 Thread Chris Lewis

This is a theoretical scenario at this point though will happen if the
University Counsel can be convinced the proposed event is protected under
Fair Use and doesn't violate other laws such as the DMCA.

The question is whether a short clip from a licensed database can be
downloaded and used in a documentary if it favors the four Fair Use factors?

The database in question is the Television News Archive though the question
could be applied to others as well.

My thought is that if a streamed video can be downloaded then it would have
to be limited to private use and nothing more including Fair Use. But
honestly I have no confidence in that stance.

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Re: [Videolib] Isle of Flowers on DVD?

2013-10-23 Thread Chris Lewis

It is available in its entirety on dailymotion on several pages including
here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xyf8dv_isle-of-flowers-jorge-furtado-1989_tech

Their not legal copies of course.


On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.comwrote:

 I think there is still a lot of educational stuff available only on DVD-R.
 If well made it should not cause a big problem.


 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Gisele Genevieve Tanasse 
 gtana...@library.berkeley.edu wrote:

 We got a DVD-R copy about 6 years ago from this source...

 http://www.casacinepoa.com.br/os-filmes/produ%C3%A7%C3%A3o/curtas/ilha-das-flores

 It's better than nothing and has helped take the burden off our Icarus
 VHS.  I believe it's a legal copy, since it is legit distributor-- it's
 just a bummer that it's a DVD-R and some faculty have reported problems in
 laptops.  Ours plays well in NTSC players and has English / Spanish /
 Portuguese / French language.

 If someone gets a new copy, I would be grateful to hear if it seems like
 a better quality/commercial grade DVD now.

 Gisele


 Gisèle Tanasse

 Media Resources Center
 150 Moffitt Library #6000
 University of California
 Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
 PH: 510-642-8197
 BCAL: nerdpo...@berkeley.edu


 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.eduwrote:

 I was trying to find that a while ago and couldn't come up with
 anything, so if someone does find it, I'd like to know also!
 Rhonda

 -Original Message-
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp
 Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 8:31 AM
 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 Subject: [Videolib] Isle of Flowers on DVD?

 Oh collective wisdom, does anyone know of a source for Jorge Furtado's
 short documentary on DVD?  We have a VHS copy, but would like a DVD copy--.

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Re: [Videolib] Untold history of the United States

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Re: [Videolib] Collecting student film productions

2013-10-14 Thread Chris Lewis

We collect thesis films/videos that are from the MFA program in the School
of Communication - one copy for Archives and a circulating copy. We've also
added a few other odds and ends - for instance, a collection of short
documentaries about the 2008 New Hampshire primary that were made as a
class project. These are all streaming but usually we just keep DVD
copies.  Here's the catalog record for the New Hampshire project:
http://catalog.wrlc.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=7384226


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Stanton, Kim kim.stan...@unt.edu wrote:

  Hi all, 

 ** **

 Do any of you actively collect films produced by the students at your
 institution that were made as part of a class assignment?  I’m thinking
 specifically of final finished works that come out of your Film Department
 or a thesis film (from any discipline). 

 ** **

 Thanks,

 Kim 

 ** **

 Kim Stanton

 Head, Media Library

 University of North Texas

 kim.stan...@unt.edu

 P: (940) 565-4832

 F: (940) 369-7396

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Re: [Videolib] Want to show off your subject guide

2013-10-09 Thread Chris Lewis

Here's one of ours:

http://subjectguides.library.american.edu/film_television?hs=a


On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:16 AM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) 
jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote:

  Hi All,

 ** **

 Does anyone have a subject guide for their video collection that they’d
 like to share?  I’d love to steal your excellent ideas.

 ** **

 Cheers,

 ** **

 Matt

 ** **

 __ ** **

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 Media and Collections Librarian

 Clemons Library

 University of Virginia

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 434-924-3812

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Re: [Videolib] Untold history of the United States

2013-09-23 Thread Chris Lewis

I will check with Peter Kuznick who teaches here at AU.


On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote:

 Oh I know. I need NTSC.  Any idea? Thanks.

 ** **

 Farhad Moshiri, MLS, Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate

 Audiovisual  Music Librarian

 University of the Incarnate Word

 4301 Broadway - CPO 297

 San Antonio, TX 78209

 210-829-3842

 ** **

 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
 videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Sarah E. McCleskey
 *Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2013 10:51 AM
 *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Untold history of the United States

 ** **

 You can get it on DVD in PAL format from amazon uk

 ** **

 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oliver-Stones-Untold-History-United/dp/B00C66D9FO*
 ***

 ** **

 Sarah

 ** **

 *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [
 mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.eduvideolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu]
 *On Behalf Of *Moshiri, Farhad
 *Sent:* Monday, September 23, 2013 11:24 AM
 *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 *Subject:* [Videolib] FW: Untold history of the United States

 ** **

 Second try! Does anyone know the answer? Thanks.

 ** **

 Farhad Moshiri, MLS, Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate

 Audiovisual  Music Librarian

 University of the Incarnate Word

 4301 Broadway - CPO 297

 San Antonio, TX 78209

 210-829-3842

 ** **

 *From:* Moshiri, Farhad
 *Sent:* Monday, September 09, 2013 8:17 AM
 *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 *Subject:* Untold history of the United States

 ** **

 Does anyone know when the Untold History of the United States will be
 released on standard DVD? I can only see the Blu-Ray and I could not find
 the information on the DVD release. Thanks.

  

  

 Farhad Moshiri, MLS, Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate

 Audiovisual  Music Librarian

 University of the Incarnate Word

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Re: [Videolib] Untold history of the United States

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Re: [Videolib] Films on Demand - trouble

2013-09-03 Thread Chris Lewis

The Innernet is slow this morning generally but I can get to Films on
Demand and a video did open and play.


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Sarah E. McCleskey 
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu wrote:

 Anyone else having trouble accessing Films on Demand today?



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[Videolib] Who does non-theatrical rentals of Apocalypse Now (Paramount)?

2013-08-27 Thread Chris Lewis

I'm pretty green on non-theatrical rentals but have learned that Swank
doesn't carry Paramount titles.

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Re: [Videolib] Who does non-theatrical rentals of Apocalypse Now (Paramount)?

2013-08-27 Thread Chris Lewis

Many thanks Jessica and Suzi. I appreciate the crowd sourcing,


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.comwrote:

 Alas Suzi Paramount does not own it and thus you can't license it.
 Paramount only ever had limited home video rights. Chris I would try
 Zoetrobe, they will take theatrical dates and they do own it. I was not
 100% sure before but I checked. Just no one ask about BLADE RUNNER that one
 is worse.


 On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Suzanne Hitchon s...@criterionpic.comwrote:

 Those can be secured via Criterion Pictures USA who picked up the
 Paramount Contract.  Feel free to reach out to me directly is you need
 further information.
 Suzi
 s...@criterionpic.com

 From: Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu
 Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 Date: Tuesday, 27 August, 2013 3:15 PM
 To: Videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
 Subject: [Videolib] Who does non-theatrical rentals of Apocalypse Now
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 I'm pretty green on non-theatrical rentals but have learned that Swank
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Re: [Videolib] Poisoned Waters - Captions?

2013-08-02 Thread Chris Lewis

Just popped our copy in and the closed captions are functioning. I know
it's going to be used in the Fall but you can borrow it for now if you need
it.


On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Laura Jenemann ljene...@gmu.edu wrote:

 Hi List,

 Does anyone know for certain if their DVD of Poisoned Waters has captions?

 I'm referring to the PBS film here:

 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/poisonedwaters/

 Can't get the captions on Mason's copy to work for some reason, even
 though I see the option in Mac's DVD Player.

 Thanks for the help!

 Laura


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 George Mason University
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[Videolib] Does anyone on the list subscribe to the SHOAH Foundation video database?

2013-08-02 Thread Chris Lewis

I see that a few universities have access but having just heard what a
subscription involves, cost and  technical requirements, I wonder how it is
being managed at other libraries.


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Re: [Videolib] Does anyone on the list subscribe to the SHOAH Foundation video database?

2013-08-02 Thread Chris Lewis

Thanks for your replies (so far). A colleague fielded this for me last week
when I was out of town and he reported that we would need to host and serve
the files locally and the storage space needed would be between 10TB up to
135TB. Yes TB! That's when I became a bit amused. I can't imagine any of
you, save Anthony maybe, are streaming locally on this scale. So if you
aren't making the whole thing available for instant access do you have
someone handling user requests for specific interviews on demand?
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[Videolib] Is anyone subscribing to the Pro Sound Effects online library and if so has it been cost effective?

2013-06-03 Thread Chris Lewis

Sound effects get used routinely here at AU but I have doubts that online
access to effects would increase substantially enough to justify the higher
cost.  We already have a decent sized collection of effects on CD and I
rarely get requests to add it to it. So in a given year I may or may not
spend anything on additional effects. Any insights would be appreciated.

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Re: [Videolib] media guides and supplements

2013-05-08 Thread Chris Lewis

Ours rarely get checked out but they're all noted in the catalog records so
for now we're keeping them. The ones that accompany VHS tapes get bundled
with the tapes when they go off to storage.


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote:

  Hi everyone,

 So I am all about spring cleaning these days….we have tons of guides and
 supplements that are never used.  What do you do with all of these items?
 Do you keep them on the shelf or do you

 Have any kind of policy stating that you will keep them for xxx amount of
 years or what?

 Seriously, these rarely get checked out –are they worth it?

 ** **

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Re: [Videolib] streaming video usage stats

2013-04-17 Thread Chris Lewis

Sarah,

We've been providing streaming videos for close to ten years now and still
the usage doesn't exceed that of our DVD collection but then again there
are very few feature films available so it's not apples to apples.  That
said if it's content that you also have on DVD I probably wouldn't cancel
but would contact the vendor and renegotiate before renewing. If you have
usage numbers in hand you can decide what it's worth to you and make an
offer. I've found most vendors to be willing negotiators on streaming
pricing.

Chris Lewis


On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey 
sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 One of my streaming subscriptions is getting very low usage.  I mean, VERY
 low.  I have records for the titles in our online catalog with links to the
 streaming site, and also have put stickers on the corresponding DVDs to let
 people know that these are available in streaming.  Am I doing something
 wrong?  Is there anything else standard I should be doing to make these
 accessible to our patrons?  Is it time for me to consider dropping this
 subscription?  It's not particularly expensive but I would really like to
 see more use.

 I initially subscribed to these titles based on reports I generated in our
 system of high-use DVD titles.

 Thanks,

 Sarah

 Sarah E. McCleskey
 Head of Access Services
 Acting Director, Film and Media Library
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Re: [Videolib] Recommendations on DVD scratch/repair machine or system

2013-03-20 Thread Chris Lewis

We've used Disc-Go-Pod machines with much success fro many years. We
have burned out a couple over time but they've been used routinely and
have saved many high use discs.
http://www.discgotech.com/

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Bergman, Barbara J
barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu wrote:
 We found that using a disc cleaning service was a better option for the small 
 volume of DVDs needing serious cleaning.
 We send ours out to RubberDisc.com

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[Videolib] UCLA has announced NewsScape an online archive of newscasts since 2005 from around the world

2013-03-11 Thread Chris Lewis

http://newsscape.library.ucla.edu/

The service is limited to the UCLA community but I don't understand
how this or the Internet Archive's TVNews service or the Television
News Archive are legal. Are newscasts somehow less protected than
other copyrighted works? Neither the UCLA or Internet Archive site say
anything about agreements with the news networks.

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Re: [Videolib] Emails like this

2013-02-18 Thread Chris Lewis

 for the K-12 schools ($150 option). As you 
 continue through the purchasing process, there will be a place for Special 
 Instructions/Comments. In that box, please write approved purchase at high 
 school rate. We also ask that you also please remove the Home Vi!
   deo DVD
 (New Video / Docurama) version from your library catalogue immediately.

 Thank you in advance for your assistance, and please let me know if you 
 have any questions or concerns.


 Mary Hanlin
 Media Collection Development Librarian
 and Adjunct English Instructor
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Re: [Videolib] Chicano! the history of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

2013-02-11 Thread Chris Lewis

Try here:
http://clnet.ucla.edu/community/nlcc/contact.html  or email directly
nlcceme...@aol.com



On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Stockwell, Patricia
patricia.stockw...@ppcc.edu wrote:
 Good Monday afternoon everyone, I have any instructor who wants a copy of 
 this DVD.  I have been looking everywhere and cannot get my hands on a copy 
 of it.  I need to know if it is still available and if so who has it for 
 sale.  Any help would be wonderful.  Thanks  Patricia

 Patricia Stockwell
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 Pikes Peak Community College
 5675 S. Academy Blvd.  Box 7
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Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book

2013-02-07 Thread Chris Lewis

I haven't used it in a while and your note makes me realize we should
discontinue the standing order.

On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon
ac7...@wayne.edu wrote:
 Hi there –

 I’m interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as

 a resource these days.

 Does it get much use?

 Are you receiving it annually?

 Please respond off list.

 Many thanks-

 Diane



 Diane Sybeldon

 Arts and Media Librarian
 Library Liaison for Art and Art History,

 University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance,

 Film Studies and Media Collection

 2210 Undergraduate Library

 Wayne State University

 Detroit, MI 48202

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Re: [Videolib] Streaming process and procedures

2013-01-10 Thread Chris Lewis

Rebecca and Jessica,

First in regard to a hard drive. When we've done this, we provided the
hard drive (actually shipped directly from Amazon to the distributor)
and then loaded and mailed to us. That way we have a backup
non-networked drive that can be stored away for a doomsday scenario.

Regarding expertise on campus, we're pretty much the source. We use
Handbrake and it's done by a full-time staff person though we've
trained a couple others as well. Most of our knowledge has come from
online research and informal info sharing.

Have you tried using Mac the Ripper instead of Handbrake?



On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com wrote:
 If you don't mind a follow up question. Nearly all the films I work on/sell
 streaming rights on have been done by providing DVD and letting school
 digitize it. I have a new important one ( more on that later) and at least
 in theory I could provide the digital file probably on an HD which I would
 need returned. The thing is I can't do this if there are special or
 different specs for different systems. What would work for libraries.

 Also why are you having issues doing it in house with DVD. Is it a question
 of formatting or something in the technology of the physical DVD you are
 getting?


 Would appreciate any input on or off list

 Jessica


 On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Oling, Rebecca rebecca.ol...@purchase.edu
 wrote:

 Over the past couple of years, it has become part of my job to track down
 and purchase streaming rights as needed for online and hybrid courses (or if
 there is a strong pedagogical reason to do so in other cases).



 Sometimes, I am able to secure an actual digital file from a vendor.
 However, sometimes, I am told I can rip it from the DVD myself so long as I
 have secured the rights to do so.  Always, there is an understanding that
 our library does this in a fairly limited way in credit bearing courses only
 and always in a password protected environment.  In our case, we use Moodle
 and host videos through Moodle via a Kaltura server (which allows us to set
 a beginning and end date for the files we provide—another level of control
 to reassure vendors).



 In the past, I’ve used Handbrake to produce the digital files (mp4) from
 the DVDs and have had few-no issues.  However, lately, I am stymied every
 time and in every conceivable setting I choose.  I feel like I am shooting
 in the dark since I have no training in this.



 My questions for the list are:



 1.   What do you use to rip digital content from a dvd?

 2.   Who does that work –librarian?  Student worker, etc?

 3.   Who supports the process? I.e., does computing services on your
 campus handle this?  Do you have someone you turn to when there is a
 problem?

 4.   Have you had any training in this?  If so, from where?



 Thanks for your input!



 Rebecca





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[Videolib] I need feedback on online video platforms for higher ed - American U is looking at alternatives to our homegrown system

2012-12-19 Thread Chris Lewis

Our primary candidates are Sharestream, Kaltura, Ensemble, and Polycom
products. If your university is using any of these or others, I'd like
to know about it for comparison shopping.  Also a word or two about
your experience would be valuable.

We already use Panopto for lecture capture so aren't looking for that
kind of system. Rather our focus is more on licensed collections,
student productions, live events such as graduations and visiting
speakers, and archived university-produced video.

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Re: [Videolib] I'm trying to find a home for a few dozen 16mm films of older features and shorts

2012-12-18 Thread Chris Lewis

Thank you for the replies. A home for the collection has been found.

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:
 I'm told the films are in excellent condition - from the collection of
 the manager of a noted DC repertory theater.  From what I can tell
 most of these have been released on DVD.

 The one stipulation is that they have to go to a 501c institution.

 Except a few that may be PD, most won't have pub performance rights
 conferred.  I don't have an electronic version of the list but among
 the dozens of titles are: Dames (Busby Berkeley); Horsefeathers;
 Killer Ape; Metropolis; Monkey Business; The More the Merrier; Triumph
 of the Will; and shorts including: La Jetee; Regen (Ivens); Sex Life
 of a Polyp (Benchley)

 I'm afraid it's an all or nothing deal. No cherrypicking. Shipping
 will be negotiated.

 Any takers?
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[Videolib] Film reference challenge: Where can I find the box office take for the musical 1776? IMDB, Boxofficemojo, and Variety all came up dry

2012-11-13 Thread Chris Lewis

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Re: [Videolib] Film reference challenge: Where can I find the box office take for the musical 1776? IMDB, Boxofficemojo, and Variety all came up dry

2012-11-13 Thread Chris Lewis

Good idea. I'll do that. Thanks, J.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote:
 I came up empty too but if you can access  variety itself you can try
 following the weekly chart. It opened 11/9 1971 in NYC and 11/17 across the
 country. See if you can just find it on the weekly chart and follow it till
 it stops.

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Re: [Videolib] Film reference challenge: Where can I find the box office take for the musical 1776? IMDB, Boxofficemojo, and Variety all came up dry

2012-11-13 Thread Chris Lewis

Super, Phil. Thanks. I'll pass it on.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:02 PM, Philip Hallman phall...@umich.edu wrote:
 Hello,

 According to Variety, Wednesday, January 9, 1974, page 19, --Big Rental
 Films of 1973, the rentals to date for 1776 were $2,800,000.


 Phil Hallman


 On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

 Good idea. I'll do that. Thanks, J.

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 wrote:
  I came up empty too but if you can access  variety itself you can try
  following the weekly chart. It opened 11/9 1971 in NYC and 11/17 across
  the
  country. See if you can just find it on the weekly chart and follow it
  till
  it stops.
 
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Re: [Videolib] Pre-checking of DVDs

2012-10-15 Thread Chris Lewis

I'd venture that most discs that fail in a classroom are failing for
reasons other than what a disc check machine will catch - as Gary
suggested.

So here are the precautions we have taken:

DVD-Rs are a big problem - so we keep track of the rooms where
problems occurred and the AV folks have tested the players in those
rooms. DVD-Rs are a big problem in older players so are replaced if
there's evidence of playback problems. A field test of players using
DVD-Rs is done once a year or so.

If you have to burn a preservation copy on a DVD-R, use the slowest
burning speed and archival quality DVD-R blanks. Not sure if this
solves any issues but it does lessen the possibility of software
failure.

We have had a huge problem with the plastic tattletape doughnut
labels. They seem particularly finicky in laptops. Many have been
laboriously removed as needed. We stopped putting them on discs
probably seven years ago but we still have a few thousand in
circulation.

Our desk staff visually inspect and clean DVDs on the way in and on
the way out - with a microfiber cloth (and spray if needed).

Over the last few years we've purchased duplicates of hundreds of
high-use low cost videos and if both copies are on the shelf I don't
object if a user wants to take them both for a three hour period.

Many of the more expensive documentaries we have also been able to buy
as streaming video.

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Mary Lou Neighbour mneig...@mc3.edu wrote:
 Again, I am appealing to the collective wisdom of the list.  We have just
 been asked by faculty if there is software to check on the “playability” of
 dvds.



 The situation is that a film history adjunct played one of our copies of
 Rear Window at the weekend, and evidently our copy stopped playing in the
 middle of the film.  The adjunct had brought his own copy and so the class
 was saved.  But he is asking how this situation can be prevented in the
 future.  He was suggesting that our AV staff preview every film he is to
 show!



 Of course, we cannot do this for every dvd used by our faculty.  However,
 the head of the Communications Dept. asked if there is a software that does
 pre-checking in a timely fashion.  He actually asked, “And short of playing
 every film, is there a way we can quickly determine if a disk or any files
 are damaged? I seem to recall some software for PC computers that quickly
 checked the files for errors or scratches.”



 Is anyone familiar with this software or any other way of quickly checking
 if dvds are playable?



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Re: [Videolib] docu on activist working in a non-US context

2012-10-10 Thread Chris Lewis

Just Do It focuses on British activists:
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Do-Emily-James/dp/B007PSY34O/ref=sr_1_2?s=movies-tvie=UTF8qid=1349880193sr=1-2keywords=just+do+it

Also McLibel
http://www.amazon.com/McLibel-Helen-Steel/dp/B000A59PR4/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tvie=UTF8qid=1349880270sr=1-1keywords=mclibel

Bullfrog has Crossing the Stones
http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/cross.html

There's at least a couple films on Greenpeace and Czech Dream, the
film about the guys who set up the fake store in the Czech Republic.

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Jeffrey Pearson jwpea...@umich.edu wrote:
Hello video liberators. An instructor requested Ai Weiwei: Never
Sorry but that won't be out until december, so he then requested any
alternatives, a rich documentary that focuses on an activist working
in a non-US context. Any ideas? It's driving me crazy that I cannot
think of anything. I know there's plenty.

Thanks,

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[Videolib] Can't locate a distributor for a screening of Y Tu Mama Tambien.

2012-10-08 Thread Chris Lewis

It's from 20th Century Fox which is handled by Criterion Pictures but
a rep there said they don't have it. Have any of you been successful
renting it for a campus screening and if so from whom?

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Re: [Videolib] Can't locate a distributor for a screening of Y Tu Mama Tambien.

2012-10-08 Thread Chris Lewis

Thank you all. We'll get in touch with IFC. Doesn't Swank handle IFC?
I checked the Swank page first but couldn't it there.

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com wrote:
 Jessica,

 You're probably right based on the info below, but most contracts to larger
 companies with bigger advances are for fifteen years these days. It's a
 buyer's market. As for what I lost in Vegas, only my honor and dignity.

 Dennis


 On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote:

 Per my previous email I think their rights have likely expired Dennis. The
 DVD was released through MGM in 2002, there has been no release since then
 and the only blu ray is out in the UK. This leads me to believe their rights
 expired especially since they did license titles to Criterion in the last
 few years and this not one of them. I doubt the contract was more than 10
 years. However they ARE the place to get some information on the current
 rights holder.

 PS how much did you lose in Vegas?

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 It was distributed by 20th Century Fox in Mexico but it was released by
 IFC Films here in the States. They should still have it.

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 On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote:

 It's from 20th Century Fox which is handled by Criterion Pictures but
 a rep there said they don't have it. Have any of you been successful
 renting it for a campus screening and if so from whom?

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Re: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a class? If so, how does it work?

2012-03-20 Thread Chris Lewis

Thanks to all. We've done much of what is mentioned. The problems
generally center on OP titles or films that are on PAL where we can't
get additional copies quickly. Again it's needed for situations that
are unannounced and unanticipated and may crop up on a Sunday
afternoon before a Monday morning class.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Susan Weber swe...@langara.bc.ca wrote:
 We have also purchased multiple copies of inexpensive titles, where there
 are
 several instructors using the same film.  We mark 1 copy as 3-hour loan, and
 let the
 other copy go to the instructor for showing in class ( if that's the way
 they've
 designed their course).
 We also have a small theatre which seats 8, and large screen viewing carrels
 that
 seat 4 (with headphones) so if a few people wish to watch it
 together, they can.

 Susan


 On 19/03/2012 7:00 PM, Chris Lewis wrote:

 Thanks, Victoria. The reason I brought this up is because I was
 reviewing Standard Operating Procedures and our rather elaborate
 system for alerts and texting waiting students. It's most definitely
 an added value, above and beyond, but some professors just ignore the
 pre-planning part and the students pay for it. The desk staff like a
 challenge so they came up with the system. We do suggest group
 viewings and lobby professors but there are still situations.

 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:27 PM, CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk wrote:


 Hi Chris,

 In that case we might suggest that the professors ask the students to
 organize themselves for a group viewing  in the Library(we have some group
 viewing rooms that can fit up to 12 people in them).

 We also might do manual hold, where we take down the name of the student
 and when the video in question is returned, call or text the student next
 in line and let them  know they have 15 minutes to pick it up after the
 call or text, or else lose that chance.

 But the other thing is to also acknowledge that this problem is created by
 the professors not informing the Library of their needs in time. So while
 you do what you can to solve it, don't take it to heart. Instead, call or
 email the profs before next term and ask them what they will need next
 term, to try and prevent it happening again.

 -Victoria
 HKUST Library





 Actually I'm referring to videos that are already reserved or
 restricted to in-house use. We have cases where three professors
 teaching the same course, without notifying us, have told their
 students to watch a given title in a given week. Typically the
 students start streaming in the day before class and there are
 frequent turn-aways. So some type of simpler hold system would be
 nice.

 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw)
 jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote:


 Hi Chris,

 We would probably just put it on reserve and let them watch it in the
 library.

 Cheers,

 Matt


 -Original Message-
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
 [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis
 Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:54 PM
 To: Videolib
 Subject: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for
 situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a
 class? If so, how does it work?

 We have a somewhat cumbersome (15 step) system that involves a feature
 in the circulation system and text messages. It's too complex to
 remember when needed and I think someone surely has developed a simpler
 intuitive system.  Anyone?

 --
 Chris Lewis
 Media Librarian
 American University Library
 202.885.3257

 For latest Media Services News:
 Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


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 as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
 of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
 producers and distributors.

 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
 issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
 control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
 libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
 as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
 of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
 producers and distributors.


 --
 Chris Lewis
 Media Librarian
 American University Library
 202.885.3257

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Re: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a class? If so, how does it work?

2012-03-19 Thread Chris Lewis

Actually I'm referring to videos that are already reserved or
restricted to in-house use. We have cases where three professors
teaching the same course, without notifying us, have told their
students to watch a given title in a given week. Typically the
students start streaming in the day before class and there are
frequent turn-aways. So some type of simpler hold system would be
nice.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw)
jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 We would probably just put it on reserve and let them watch it in the library.

 Cheers,

 Matt


 -Original Message-
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
 [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis
 Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:54 PM
 To: Videolib
 Subject: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for 
 situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a class? 
 If so, how does it work?

 We have a somewhat cumbersome (15 step) system that involves a feature in the 
 circulation system and text messages. It's too complex to remember when 
 needed and I think someone surely has developed a simpler intuitive system.  
 Anyone?

 --
 Chris Lewis
 Media Librarian
 American University Library
 202.885.3257

 For latest Media Services News:
 Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


 Please think twice before printing this e-mail.

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 relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
 preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
 related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
 working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
 between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
 distributors.

 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
 relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
 preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
 related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
 working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
 between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
 distributors.



-- 
Chris Lewis
Media Librarian
American University Library
202.885.3257

For latest Media Services News:
Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


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preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
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working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a class? If so, how does it work?

2012-03-19 Thread Chris Lewis

Thanks, Victoria. The reason I brought this up is because I was
reviewing Standard Operating Procedures and our rather elaborate
system for alerts and texting waiting students. It's most definitely
an added value, above and beyond, but some professors just ignore the
pre-planning part and the students pay for it. The desk staff like a
challenge so they came up with the system. We do suggest group
viewings and lobby professors but there are still situations.

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:27 PM, CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 In that case we might suggest that the professors ask the students to
 organize themselves for a group viewing  in the Library(we have some group
 viewing rooms that can fit up to 12 people in them).

 We also might do manual hold, where we take down the name of the student
 and when the video in question is returned, call or text the student next
 in line and let them  know they have 15 minutes to pick it up after the
 call or text, or else lose that chance.

 But the other thing is to also acknowledge that this problem is created by
 the professors not informing the Library of their needs in time. So while
 you do what you can to solve it, don't take it to heart. Instead, call or
 email the profs before next term and ask them what they will need next
 term, to try and prevent it happening again.

 -Victoria
 HKUST Library



 Actually I'm referring to videos that are already reserved or
 restricted to in-house use. We have cases where three professors
 teaching the same course, without notifying us, have told their
 students to watch a given title in a given week. Typically the
 students start streaming in the day before class and there are
 frequent turn-aways. So some type of simpler hold system would be
 nice.

 On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw)
 jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote:
 Hi Chris,

 We would probably just put it on reserve and let them watch it in the
 library.

 Cheers,

 Matt


 -Original Message-
 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
 [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis
 Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 12:54 PM
 To: Videolib
 Subject: [Videolib] Procedure question: Do you have a hold queue for
 situations when multiple students need to watch a given title before a
 class? If so, how does it work?

 We have a somewhat cumbersome (15 step) system that involves a feature
 in the circulation system and text messages. It's too complex to
 remember when needed and I think someone surely has developed a simpler
 intuitive system.  Anyone?

 --
 Chris Lewis
 Media Librarian
 American University Library
 202.885.3257

 For latest Media Services News:
 Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


 Please think twice before printing this e-mail.

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 control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
 libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
 as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
 of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
 producers and distributors.

 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
 issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
 control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
 libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
 as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
 of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
 producers and distributors.



 --
 Chris Lewis
 Media Librarian
 American University Library
 202.885.3257

 For latest Media Services News:
 Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
 Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
 Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


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 control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
 libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
 as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of
 communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
 producers and distributors.




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 relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
 preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
 related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective 
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 between libraries,educational institutions

Re: [Videolib] anybody out there know of good sources for copyright free music, suitable for student productions?

2012-03-13 Thread Chris Lewis

The Canary Collection is still around. But their clips are
royalty-free, not copyright-free. They have samples online.

http://www.fotosearch.com/the-canary-collection/



On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Maureen Tripp
maureen_tr...@emerson.edu wrote:
 We have some old CDs of “theme music”, but are wondering what’s out there
 these days—
 Thanks, as always!

 Maureen Tripp
 Media Librarian
 Iwasaki Library
 120 Boylston Street
 Boston, MA 02116
 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu
 (617)824-8407




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 preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
 related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
 working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
 between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
 distributors.




-- 
Chris Lewis
Media Librarian
American University Library
202.885.3257

For latest Media Services News:
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia


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Re: [Videolib] Website for DVD release dates?

2012-02-10 Thread Chris Lewis

Movies Unlimited's New Releases section is far from comprehensive and
reflects what Jessica mentioned but at least it's something to browse.
It goes up to June 2012.

http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/wn.asp

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Nadia Gabriel nadp...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hello,

 I work in an library that purchases French movies released on DVDs in the
 US.
 It is often frustrating to see that a DVD was released in France but not yet
 on this side of the pond... and not to know when/if it will be.

 Do you know of a website that lists DVDs release dates?
 If not, and in general, is there another way to find out whether and when a
 DVD will be released? (IMDB sometimes has the information but not always)

 Merci!

 Nadia

 Nadia Gabriel
 Librarian at Alliance Française de Washington


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-- 
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American University Library
202.885.3257

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Re: [Videolib] NMM

2012-01-26 Thread Chris Lewis

Why Las Vegas? Two words: Dig This
http://www.digthis.info/

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Maureen Tripp
maureen_tr...@emerson.edu wrote:
 But why oh why is it always (well, past few years) in Las Vegas?

 Maureen Tripp
 Media Librarian
 Iwasaki Library
 120 Boylston Street
 Boston, MA 02116
 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu
 (617)824-8407




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 between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
 distributors.




-- 
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Media Librarian
American University Library
202.885.3257

For latest Media Services News:
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Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
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Re: [Videolib] How many checkouts before a video starts giving problems?

2011-12-09 Thread Chris Lewis

I don't think there's a rule of thumb here except that DVD-Rs are the
most susceptible to damage. We have many DVDs that have circulated
150x and are still going without complaint.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Foster, Jennifer fost...@uhv.edu wrote:
 I have been in this position for just under three years, and recently, I
 have started seeing more DVDs give out (skip, hang up, etc.) after fewer
 checkouts. Right now I have 2 different videos that have been checked out 16
 and 17 times respectively. Both have issues that make them unwatchable. We
 visually check every DVD when it comes back, and if it looks like it might
 be scratched, we clean it and watch it to see if it works.



 What are others’ experiences in this regard? This is a non-scientific
 survey, but I am sure I am going to start being questioned so I’d like to
 know what others see.  Thanks!



 Jennifer Foster

 Media Librarian

 Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

 361.570.4195

 http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu




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 distributors.




-- 
Chris Lewis
Media Librarian
American University Library
202.885.3257

For latest Media Services News:
Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com
Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/76uk7vr
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Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie

2011-11-22 Thread Chris Lewis

 Rosner
 Media Consultant
 224-545-3897 (cell)
 212-627-1785 (land line)
 jessicapros...@gmail.com


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American University Library
202.885.3257

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Re: [Videolib] Films On Demand Statistics

2011-11-16 Thread Chris Lewis

Just looking at the most recent month, our usage data is off about 70%
from the same period last year so there appears to be a possible
change in how usage is being counted. If anything I'd expect growth
from last year. There are definitely more classes using it this year.

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Woolard, David W. woola...@erau.edu wrote:
 Hello,



 For those libraries that subscribe to or own Films On Demand titles have any
 of you noticed a significant decline in your usage statistics over the last
 few months?    Our monthly statistics took a huge drop in August, decreasing
 88% from the previous month of July, and have continued to drop steadily.
 Prior to August, our usage statistics have always been stable with slight
 increases compared to the previous year so this quite an anomaly for us.
 I’m really baffled by this but would love to know if anyone else has
 experienced a similar situation with their FOD titles.



 Thanks,



 David



 



 David Woolard

 Worldwide Media / Reference Librarian

 Hunt Library

 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University



 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd.

 Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900

 Tel: 386-226-6101 | Fax: 386-226-6368



 woola...@erau.edu | library.erau.edu



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American University Library
202.885.3257

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