Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration of communication, this time between retired (obsolete) media professionals. Oksana who will have to watch deg's clip when she crosses the border to the U.S. Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 11:17 AM 02/04/2012, you wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls It is with a mix of melancholy, ebullience, slight trepidation, and vast relief that I announce my forthcoming retirement from the University of California Berkeley and the Media Resources Center on June 28, 2012. Today marks my 33rd anniversary with the University, and this year my 36th as a librarian (a fact which seems more than a little surreal to me). Iâve been director of the
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Dennis, (you crack me up as always) John Gilbert had a good voice. He sounded like Edmund Lowe. Bad luck and certain people with grudges made sure his career ended, then again he helped by drinking a tad too much. Gary (who has much better hair than Gilbert) is retiring of his own volition after many years of service but I expect the zaniness (and proximity to Napa) is yet to come. As for Connie, I'm flattered you compare me to her rather than the much less talented Natalie. O. At 03:15 PM 03/04/2012, you wrote: Wow, Oksana, that was wonderful. Does that make you Constance Talmadge and Gary, John Gilbert? Dennis On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Oksana Dykyj mailto:oks...@alcor.concordia.caoks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration
Re: [Videolib] Canadians in the group?
There are a number of us who are waiting to see what copyright reform will bring. Susan Weber is, in my opinion, a Canadian PPR guru. She's at Langara in BC. swe...@langara.bc.ca I can be useful at times too. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Head, Visual Media Resources Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 03:44 PM 23/01/2012, you wrote: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_=_NextPart_001_01CCDA0F.C85B9E98 Just to sate my curiosity are there any of my fellow Canadians in the group? Not that Im not enjoying hearing what everyone has to say, but if I ever have a question about Canadian PPR I dont want to bother everyone if Im the lone Canadian here. Thanks! Megan Megan Anderson, BA (Hons), MLIS Data, Access and Media Librarian Fanshawe College PO Box 7005, 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd London, Ont. N5Y 5R6 (519) 452-4430, ext. 4349 Fax (519) 452-4473 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.
Re: [Videolib] Canadians in the group?
Oh you mean like The Artist? Bill C-11, the Copyright Modernization Act was introduced and had its first reading in the House of Commons last Fall. There's a long, long way to go until it becomes law. In terms of education, if passed, it will finally allow fair dealing which for the purposes of this listserv includes parity with the U.S. in terms of face to face teaching by removing the requirement to pay copyright owners to show films or recordings of broadcasts for educational purposes. http://balancedcopyright.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/rp01185.html This may not pass at all. And there's a huge issue with enforcement of digital locks. Oksana At 04:38 PM 23/01/2012, you wrote: Ha. you are only useful for people looking for long boring, French silent films. What is the status of your copyright reform? On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Oksana Dykyj mailto:oks...@alcor.concordia.caoks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: There are a number of us who are waiting to see what copyright reform will bring. Susan Weber is, in my opinion, a Canadian PPR guru. She's at Langara in BC. mailto:swe...@langara.bc.caswe...@langara.bc.ca I can be useful at times too. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Head, Visual Media Resources Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 03:44 PM 23/01/2012, you wrote: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_=_NextPart_001_01CCDA0F.C85B9E98 Just to sate my curiosity are there any of my fellow Canadians in the group? Not that Im not enjoying hearing what everyone has to say, but if I ever have a question about Canadian PPR I dont want to bother everyone if Im the lone Canadian here. Thanks! Megan Megan Anderson, BA (Hons), MLIS Data, Access and Media Librarian Fanshawe College PO Box 7005, 1001 Fanshawe College Blvd London, Ont. N5Y 5R6 tel:%28519%29%20452-4430%2C%20ext.%204349(519) 452-4430, ext. 4349 Fax tel:%28519%29%20452-4473(519) 452-4473 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) mailto:jessicapros...@gmail.comjessicapros...@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.
Re: [Videolib] I could not resist passing this on. It came from a librarian friend
I don't think there's anything wrong with printing out and collating a Wikipedia entry if it's clearly indicated on the cover that the content of the book is what is available online for free. Some people may want to have the information in a hard copy format without having to print it out themselves. But, the provenance does appear a little too hidden in this case. The back cover claims that a portion of the sales of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation, for all that's worth. Someone should be the first to review it on Amazon, go on Jessica, do it! Oksana Oksana Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 12:37 AM 11/01/2012, you wrote: Pay special attention to the disclaimer Had a disturbing book cross my desk this afternoon at the library: http://www.amazon.com/Lillian-Gish-Handbook-Everything-about/dp/1743040520/ref=sr_1_1?s=booksie=UTF8qid=1326238509sr=1-1 The title is The Lillian Gish Handbook, Everything you need to know about Lillian Gish. Wow! I was very excited until I actually looked at the book. Apparently Ms. Smith has taken Lillian's Wikipedia/Wikimedia page, plus every page from her films, printed them out, and published them as a book. I kid you not. The disclaimer on the first page reads: The content within this book was generated collaboratively by volunteers. Please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by people with the expertise required to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information. Some information in this book maybe misleading or simply wrong. The publisher does not guarantee the validity of the information found here. If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial, or risk management) please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area. EXCUSE ME?! I am in shock. I guess I should be pleased that the author put this disclaimer in at all. We are all aware of books which could use this exact same paragraph. And no, PVG is not the publisher, Tebbo is. She has also written books on Mila Kunis, Sylvester Stallone, Woody Allen, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Lawrence, Cody Simpson, Chloe Grace Moretz, Melissa McCarthy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adam Sandler, Nina Dobrev, Steve Carell, Zooey Deschanel, Alexander Skarsgard, Lacey Chabert, Mayim Bialik, Johnny Galecki, Ryan Gosling, Tom Hiddleston, Claire Danes, Zachary Levi, Will Ferrell, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Pattison, Jeremy Renner, Kristen Wiig, Clark Gable, Ginger Rogers, Elizabeth Taylor, Gerard Butler, Dwayne Johnson, Emma Stone, Ian Somerhalder, Matthew Macfadyen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jame McAvoy, Amber Heard, Burt Lancaster, Liam Hemsworth, Milla Jovovich, Joan Crawford, Judy Garland, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Orlando Bloom, William Holden, Sophia Loren, Kaley Cuoco, Kristen Stewart, Rachel McAdams, Kate Beckinsale, Jason Bateman, Barbara Stanwyck, Julie Christie, Matt Damon, James Dean, Mark Wahlberg, Tom Hardy, Vin Diesel, Shia LaBeouf, Rita Hayworth, Jennifer Aniston, Naomi Watts, Robert Mitchum, Diane Keaton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anna Faris, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Gene Kelly, (BREATHE), Jason Statham, Chris Evans, Walter Matthau, Akshay Kumar, Tom Cruise, Jim Parsons, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Robert Redford, Amitabh Bachchan, Camilla Belle, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Sidney Poitier, Charlie Chaplin, Christian Bale, Spencer Tracy, Ranbir Kapoor, Michell Pfeiffer, Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Mary Pickford, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Olivier, Greta Garbo, Michael Douglas, Frances McDormand, Ingrid Bergman, Eddy Murphy, Ed Harris, Emma Thompson, Christopher Lee, Kirk Douglas, Glenn Close, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid, Henry Fonda, Holly Hunter, Lauren Bacall, Fred Astaire, Humphrey Bogart, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, Vivian Leigh, I can't type anymore as there are over 30+ pages on Amazon. All were written and published in 2011. -- 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.
Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie
It is available on DVD from France. Not subtitled, but available: http://www.amazon.fr/%C3%89toile-sans-lumi%C3%A8re-Mila-Parely/dp/B000ZSX3OC Oksana At 02:07 PM 22/11/2011, you wrote: A footnote worthy of mention I think is the 1946 film Etoile sans lumiere - it the same general story as Singin' In the Rain but it's about the transition to sound in France. Edith Piaf in a rare acting role plays the voice behind the star. Alas not on DVD but worth looking for on TCM. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com wrote: True story. The day I knew I was crazy ( and crazy about movies). I was walking with friends up some stairs in my HS and one made an off hand remark about people, without thinking (because who would do this if they were) I said People, I ain't people. I am a shimmering glowering star in the cinema firma mint. Says so right here. It took me a minute to realize where it came from and to say my friends were startled would be understatement. However to be fair Singin is my 2nd or 3rd favorite film, my favorite is KISS ME DEADLY. I have eclectic tastes. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Tatar, Becky blt...@aurora.lib.il.us wrote: Also my very favorite movie! Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL  60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 7:18 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie and for even more trivia, many of the songs for Hollywood Revue including Singin in the Rain were written by Arthur Freed who later became the producer of many of the top MGM musicals including Singin in the Rain. Some of the film was based on his memories of the early Hollywood musicals. FYI for the record I have seen Singin in the Rain at least 16 times but not for 6 or 7 years. All viewings were on film with an audience. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Williams, Alex O. a...@typecastfilms.com wrote: Along with Singin' In the Rain it might be interesting to show The Hollywood Revue of 1929, available from Warner Archives here: http://www.wbshop.com/Hollywood-Revue-of-1929/1000179896,default,pd.html?cgid= The film was made to showcase MGM's roster of silent stars, introducing them as stars of the new talkies. Some in the film went on to become even bigger stars in the sound era. But many in the film are not well known today, since they failed to make a successful transition to sound. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 actually ends with a big, all-star Singin' In the Rain finale in Technicolor. Alex _ Alex O. Williams Festival Booking Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com wrote: I suspect Singin in the Rain is far better than The Artist for the subject. It is by far the fiction film which covers the subject as its main plot and in some detail and was made by people who actually remember when it happened even if they were not directly involved. Also one the greatest movies ever made. I can actually recite most of the dialogue and lyrics by heart. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Karsten, Eileen kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu wrote: Dear CW, I have a patron who wanted to use the new film The Artist as the basis for a paper. The paper was about the transition in Hollywood from silent film to talkies. Of course, the film is not opening in the US until Nov. 23rd as a limited run. I suggested Singin in the Rain as an alternative. Does anybody have any suggestions for other films? Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu 847-735-5066 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,
Re: [Videolib] Silent to Talkie
What about Show Girl in Hollywood (1930 Mervyn LeRoy). It's available from Warner Archive and stars Alice White as a showgirl who tries to make it big in Hollywood. The great thing about the film is the footage of the early sound equipment and new' way of shooting a musical. It's a really interesting reflexive film and as a bonus, it features silent star Blanche Sweet as a has-been silent film actress whose sound career has dwindled to almost nothing. This film is under-appreciated and as relatively early sound film itself still manages to have the needed distance to make the same kinds of comments Singin' in the Rain made twenty years later. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 11:09 AM 21/11/2011, you wrote: Eileen The film you are thinking of is the wonderful Once in a Lifetime based on the play by Kaufmann Hart . Alas it is has never been available on VHS, DVD etc. On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Karsten, Eileen mailto:kars...@mx.lakeforest.edukars...@mx.lakeforest.edu wrote: Dear CW, My patron has consulted a variety of materials but was looking for a visual representation to refer to in her presentation. Also, somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember another film about this period. The two lead characters went to Hollywood pretending to be vocal coaches. I never saw it and must have read about it. It might not be a good representation and/or available on DVD/VHS. The patron asked for options and I would like to give her more than one. I love Singin in the Rain and think it would be perfect. Sincerely, Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 mailto:kars...@mx.lakeforest.edukars...@mx.lakeforest.edu tel:847-735-5066847-735-5066 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) mailto:jessicapros...@gmail.comjessicapros...@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.
Re: [Videolib] Laserdisc
Gary and Jessica: Here's a question for you: In a hypothetical U.S. situation where an institution has, say, Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film on laserdisc, must they look for and purchase a used set on VHS, since this will likely never be released in a digital format, or can that step be skipped and 108 applied. Just curious in Montreal on a beautiful sunny day. Oksana Concordia University At 02:28 PM 21/09/2011, you wrote: Yeah...dearly departed. I don't think even Jessica would argue (well, then again...we'll see) We've converted a number of ours (e.g. the spectacular Eadweard Muybridge disc from Voyage...unfortunately not as cool without the defunct hypercard interface software for Mac that it was born with). gary Greetings, group; At this point can laserdisc be considered a dead format? Not looking to convert any of our LD's at the moment, but just in case our players start dying... Thanks, Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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.
Re: [Videolib] ILL of Section 108 copies
I would distinguish the production of moving images on 16mm from the distribution/ dissemination of those films. Even our students who still make 16mm films have them subsequently telecineed for the practicality of having them seen. It's clear that very few institutions still purchase 16mm. Even distributors like CFMDC sell DVDs of many films they distribute. We recently bought Joyce Wieland's films on DVD from CFMDC (Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Center). That's one way of keeping her work alive and available for study. I only wish Bruce Conner's family would understand that. Oksana Concordia University At 02:52 PM 21/09/2011, you wrote: They are made new in Japan ( though I think pricey) and dozens of places in the US sell them used. The law says no longer reasonably available in commercial market place, not exclusively new. It is very easy and relatively cheap to get a very good 16mm projector. There are dozens of places in the US that sell and repair them and you are free to order off the web or over the phone. Films themselves are being made in 16mm and many, many venues still show in 16mm some or in a few rare cases all of the time. On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote: If we could step back for a minute to the question of whether 16mm film is obsolete. It's news to me that someone's still manufacturing 16 mm projectors. What company and where can I get one? 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.
Re: [Videolib] FW: [slavcin-l] Help in identifying a film
Yes indeed, it means hurricane in other slavic languages as well. I wonder what the other films were. Oksana At 04:55 PM 20/09/2011, you wrote: Sounds like John Ford's The Hurrican (Uragan means Hurrican in Czech). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurricane_%281937_film%29http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hurricane_%281937_film%29 On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Brewer, Michael mailto:brew...@u.library.arizona.edubrew...@u.library.arizona.edu wrote: Can anyone help? mb Michael Brewer Team Leader for Instructional Services University of Arizona Libraries mailto:brew...@u.library.arizona.edubrew...@u.library.arizona.edu -Original Message- From: Alexander Prokhorov [mailto:axp...@wm.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 12:08 PM To: mailto:slavci...@lists.wm.eduslavci...@lists.wm.edu Subject: [slavcin-l] Help in identifying a film I am working with a collection of labor camp correspondence (the letter in question dates to 1944) in which an inmate reports seeing an American film titled Uragan in the Soviet labor camp in which he is being held. He says that the plot of the film centers on a prisoner who escapes from hard labor and returns to the wife he has not seen in 8 years. During their separation, the wife has had a child. I have poked around some online, but I cannot seem to find anything from the right period that looks like a likely match.Any suggestions for how best to proceed would be very welcome.If at all possible, I would like to identify the film in question. The letters mention screenings of other American films in the camp, including some made as late as 1941. Thanks in advance for any advice or help you can provide. Best wishes, Emily Dr. Emily Johnson Associate Professor Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures Linguistics University of Oklahoma 780 Van Vleet Oval, Room 206 Norman, OK 73019 phone: tel:%28405%29%20325-1486(405) 325-1486 fax: tel:%28405%29%20325-0103(405) 325-0103 mailto:emilydjohn...@ou.eduemilydjohn...@ou.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.
Re: [Videolib] L'Inhumaine
The Bois D'arcy archival restoration dates from 1986. The VHS has excellent visuals and sound (for a VHS). The NTSC copy I have came from a PD distributor. The film is indeed very long but then again how often do we get a chance to see an ensemble production such as this: Paul Poiret did the costume design, Robert Mallet-Stevens did the architectural design, PIerre Chareau was responsible for some of the furniture, Rene Lalique for some of the objects, Fernand Leger designed the sets for the laboratory sequences. Claude Autant-Lara and Alberto Cavalcanti also contributed various design elements. It's a veritable who's who of design in the gestating pre-art deco period right before the 1925 Paris exposition. The film is rather significant historically for this purpose rather than for its narrative. The credits on the restoration indicate that Darius Milhaud did the score for the film in 1925 but that it was subsequently lost and the Bois D'Arcy restoration credits its original musical score to Jean Christophe Desnoux. The producer of the 1986 restoration is La Boite a images, and director Jean Dreville was responsible for the tinting and toning in the restoration. I love this movie: it has a dining room where the eating area is on a kind of moat surrounded by a pool and Jaque Catelain tools around in a beautiful Bugatti. Art Deco heaven to be sure. Oksana At 08:45 AM 23/08/2011, you wrote: Another side note, even if the VHS was produced prior to GATT (1998) taking effect, the score would almost surely be under copyright. You would be surprised how many pirates of films that might be PD then use copyrighted scores. Many years ago Kino was a decent settlement with a company that literally ripped of the Kino version of STEAMBOAT BILL JR which is indeed a PD title. Perhaps the funniest one was a major chain that bought a ripped off version of QUEEN KELLY. The even left the KINO LOGO on the DVD (while putting in a crappy box). On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Shoaf,Judith P mailto:jsh...@ufl.edujsh...@ufl.edu wrote: I have thought about the ins and outs of treating the item as public domain though I didn't think of section 108 because I'm just a language lab, not a library. The first 1/2 hour is in fact available online; last night I watched about 15 minutes of it and found that viewing it in a small window helps with the torn and dirty pages quality Jessica mentions; also, it has a terrific performance of the score (by Milhaud) which I presume dates from a postwar recording/performance (i.e. not PD) and really helps to juice up the strange rhythms of the film. I am not sure I could make a better digital copy from the tape, and NTSC VHS from SECAM VHS is not likely to be much good either. Apparently there was an NTSC copy in the media library, and I think that probably means it was released in the US at some point. Apparently a prof who has left UF took it with her and it is now on its way back. I will look to see whether it's a US release with English subs. The professor's 80's SECAM copy is probably the best option--I assume it is based on the restoration/orchestral performance used to make the online video, but it would be better visual quality. I think that the professor is likely to agree with Jessica about the film being boring--she told me she has never watched the whole thing but wanted to use it for the class because of the subject matter (Paris fashion in the movies). My impression is that the reason the online project only presents the first half hour (about 1/5 of the whole film, I gather) is that this is the bit that has the moderne costumes, sets, and special effects which make the film important. (The other interesting thing is the sci-fi/horror themes!) Jessica, you mentioned a recent restoration, but nobody has said anything about a DVD release. Does anyone know if it has been picked up for release? Has anyone seen the restoration--it would be interesting to know how well it reads in terms of the visuals...? Judy 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) mailto:jessicapros...@gmail.comjessicapros...@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
Re: [Videolib] L'Inhumaine
I bought the tape for my personal research from a guy near the Kino booth at Cinefest, in 1996, I think. O. At 10:36 AM 23/08/2011, you wrote: I thought French films were never PD in Canada or I suppose you just mean you got it from a company releasing PD films in the US? FYI if the VHS came from 86 restoration with a new score ( or even an old one) I don't think it could ever have been PD as opposed to a bootleg of the restoration. Any idea why it is not released even in France? I know you love it and maybe I should give it another try if it plays in NYC ( which it did again recently), but the one time I tried to watch I was so bored I left, which is rare for me. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Oksana Dykyj mailto:oks...@alcor.concordia.caoks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: The Bois D'arcy archival restoration dates from 1986. The VHS has excellent visuals and sound (for a VHS). The NTSC copy I have came from a PD distributor. The film is indeed very long but then again how often do we get a chance to see an ensemble production such as this: Paul Poiret did the costume design, Robert Mallet-Stevens did the architectural design, PIerre Chareau was responsible for some of the furniture, Rene Lalique for some of the objects, Fernand Leger designed the sets for the laboratory sequences. Claude Autant-Lara and Alberto Cavalcanti also contributed various design elements. It's a veritable who's who of design in the gestating pre-art deco period right before the 1925 Paris exposition. The film is rather significant historically for this purpose rather than for its narrative. The credits on the restoration indicate that Darius Milhaud did the score for the film in 1925 but that it was subsequently lost and the Bois D'Arcy restoration credits its original musical score to Jean Christophe Desnoux. The producer of the 1986 restoration is La Boite a images, and director Jean Dreville was responsible for the tinting and toning in the restoration. I love this movie: it has a dining room where the eating area is on a kind of moat surrounded by a pool and Jaque Catelain tools around in a beautiful Bugatti. Art Deco heaven to be sure. Oksana At 08:45 AM 23/08/2011, you wrote: Another side note, even if the VHS was produced prior to GATT (1998) taking effect, the score would almost surely be under copyright. You would be surprised how many pirates of films that might be PD then use copyrighted scores. Many years ago Kino was a decent settlement with a company that literally ripped of the Kino version of STEAMBOAT BILL JR which is indeed a PD title. Perhaps the funniest one was a major chain that bought a ripped off version of QUEEN KELLY. The even left the KINO LOGO on the DVD (while putting in a crappy box). On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Shoaf,Judith P mailto:jsh...@ufl.edujsh...@ufl.edu wrote: I have thought about the ins and outs of treating the item as public domain though I didn't think of section 108 because I'm just a language lab, not a library. The first 1/2 hour is in fact available online; last night I watched about 15 minutes of it and found that viewing it in a small window helps with the torn and dirty pages quality Jessica mentions; also, it has a terrific performance of the score (by Milhaud) which I presume dates from a postwar recording/performance (i.e. not PD) and really helps to juice up the strange rhythms of the film. I am not sure I could make a better digital copy from the tape, and NTSC VHS from SECAM VHS is not likely to be much good either. Apparently there was an NTSC copy in the media library, and I think that probably means it was released in the US at some point. Apparently a prof who has left UF took it with her and it is now on its way back. I will look to see whether it's a US release with English subs. The professor's 80's SECAM copy is probably the best option--I assume it is based on the restoration/orchestral performance used to make the online video, but it would be better visual quality. I think that the professor is likely to agree with Jessica about the film being boring--she told me she has never watched the whole thing but wanted to use it for the class because of the subject matter (Paris fashion in the movies). My impression is that the reason the online project only presents the first half hour (about 1/5 of the whole film, I gather) is that this is the bit that has the moderne costumes, sets, and special effects which make the film important. (The other interesting thing is the sci-fi/horror themes!) Jessica, you mentioned a recent restoration, but nobody has said anything about a DVD release. Does anyone know if it has been picked up for release? Has anyone seen the restoration--it would be interesting to know how well it reads in terms of the visuals...? Judy VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation
Re: [Videolib] L'Inhumaine
The designer on l'Argent is not an internationally known name even though her dresses are indeed beautiful. What about Prix de Beauté (1930) where the clothing is designed by both Chanel and Patou? Oksana At 10:27 AM 23/08/2011, you wrote: One suggestion I may have is to find another French film from the 1920s that fits the bill. One would be Herbier's L'Argent that's available from Masters of Cinema in England. I don't remember the fashions at all, but it stars Brigitte Helm and I am very positive they must have dressed her in the latest fashions. You don't bring in a big star and dress her in rags. And the review photos suggest this: http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/dvd_reviews.php?film_id=15519http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/dvd_reviews.php?film_id=15519 -- Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: mailto:milefi...@gmail.commilefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com http://www.ontheboweryfilm.comwww.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com http://www.exilesfilm.comwww.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com http://www.killerofsheep.comwww.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: http://www.amianet.orgwww.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilmsFollow Milestone on Twitter! 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.
Re: [Videolib] disc storage devices
This may be a solution, if rather than getting new cabinets we re-package into small and thin cases. O. At 08:52 AM 02/06/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_000_EB1E4106A574F649AEED38D97D0273BC66690E70Ex2010Mailstore_ Tom, we also elected to remove discs from their cases so that we could have better theft protection while still keeping the original DVD cases out in the stacks for browsing. We simply invested in a sturdy, multi-drawer cabinet which holds inexpensive slim disc cases like these: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=24943catid=800http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=24943catid=800 . The original DVD cases have a label inside with the disc number, which is also written on the center ring label on the disc itself and added to the record during cataloging. Its low-tech but has worked beautifully for us. Susan at Wabash From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Clifford, Tom Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 8:27 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] disc storage devices Weve been using the Imation Stakka disc storage devices for storing our circulating DVDs, and they are a constant headache. It seems theyre not really capable of handling the volume of use they get here. On reading customer reviews of other comparable devices, it looks like they all have the same issues when put to that kind of use. Our space is very limited, so we need to find an alternative besides having every DVD on the shelf in its case. Im interested in any solutions list members have foundhigh or low tech. Thanks in advance! Tom Clifford Sr. Library Assistant Multimedia Center Rm. G122 Rush Rhees Library (585) 275-3921 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.
Re: [Videolib] I know it's not Friday yet, but...
If it's due in 3 hours, the exasperated person at the desk might answer: Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. Oksana Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 04:38 PM 24/05/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_000_3EB9A297C16B3B45B1C521247994F5D205F6F407mailgcccommongo_ Student: I need help for a paper that's due in three hours. Librarian: I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Walter Lessun, MSLS, MBA Director Learning Resources and Instructional Technology Centers Gogebic Community College High Tech and Affordable: Your Superior Educational Choice http://www.gogebic.edu/library Ex ultione gaudium The information contained in this message (including any attachments) may contain privileged and/or confidential information protected from disclosure by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and/or the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. It is intended solely for the use of the addressee. Any disclosure of this document is strictly prohibited outside the scope of the service for which you are receiving the information. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Timmons, Peter Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:10 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] I know it's not Friday yet, but... Student: I need help finding resources for my paper. This class has been hard. Librarian: YOU SHALL NOT PASS! Peter Timmons MSI Candidate 2012 Public Services ULA University of Michigan -- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Randal Baier [rba...@emich.edu] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] I know it's not Friday yet, but... I think we have a meme here. Shades of Harry. I guess there's always You've got to ask yourself one question, 'do I feel lucky?' ... well, do you punk? Randal Baier -- From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 3:06:43 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] I know it's not Friday yet, but... Guess it's better than You talkin' to me? You talkin' to ME? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. gary handman That is awesome John H. Streepy Media Services Supervisor Library-Media Circulation James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/mediahttp://www.lib.cwu.edu/media Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian -- James Turner Rex Libris Transitus profusum est nocens! Ball, James (jmb4aw) mailto:jmb...@eservices.virginia.edujmb...@eservices.virginia.edu 5/24/2011 9:50 AM *it was suggested by one of my co-workers that any question to the media librarian be answered by a line from a movie. For example: Student: Can you help me find this DVD? Media Lib: My dear sweet child, that's what I d* It's what I lve for. To help unfortunate merfolk, like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to. I'm liking it* M- Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mailto:mattb...@virginia.edumattb...@virginia.edu | 434-924-3812 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edughand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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
Re: [Videolib] Canadian PPR laws and budgets
My situation is pretty much the same as Marilyn's in terms of budget and our Criterion / Audio-Cine licenses. I remember being offered a job in the mid 1990s at a U.S. university where the video acquisitions budget was over $100,000/year. I wonder what it is today... Oksana At 04:52 PM 16/05/2011, you wrote: I don't know what others' media budgets look like - but am interested in knowing. We are paying a lot in order to provide classroom rights for videos to support teaching. Some faculty members are choosing not to show videos in the classroom because of the associated costs. My firm-order video budget is $30,000Cdn/year for a campus of ~25,000 FTE. At an average of $250/video, this buys ~120 titles per year with PPR. In addition, we subscribe to two feature film PPR licenses for our campus which amount to another $20,000+ not including the cost of the videos - often acquired from amazon. These feature film licenses and our video database subscriptions come out of a different budget, not out of my firm-order video budget. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: (403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 2:07 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: Perhaps, some of you can answer this for me. I've always wondered if Canadian AV libraries have bigger budgets than their United States' equivalents and if so, could this be because of the copyright exemption law. I'm not suggesting the US adopt it Canada's restrictions, but I've wondered if there's more respect and even more important, financial support, by Canadian colleges. My theory is that once a college administrator got it into his head that you can buy any DVD for $9.95 at Kmart, that there's no reason to give AV departments the money they really need. Sorry if this is oversimplification or a mistaken theory, but I've been thinking about Catch-22s lately. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: mailto:milefi...@gmail.commilefi...@gmail.com http://www.milestonefilms.comwww.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com http://www.arayafilm.comwww.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com http://www.wordisoutmovie.comwww.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: http://www.amianet.orgwww.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! http://twitter.com/#%21/MilestoneFilmsFollow Milestone on Twitter! On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Marilyn Nasserden mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca wrote: No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed for the election does have something similar to the US educational exemption in it.In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true, i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual use - when classroom use isn't required. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: tel:%28403%29%20220-3795(403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms? - this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary production company such as myself. Thanks On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edughand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular curricula is covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law (Title 117: section 110) and does not require PPR. This exemption applies to home video, as well as other
Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray
Hi Debra, All the Blu-ray players I've ever worked with have played DVDs. Our viewing stations are equipped with Oppo multi-region Blu-ray players that play all Blu-rays and all DVDs. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 08:35 AM 03/05/2011, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=_004_C9E56ED019A65dmandelneuedu_; type=multipart/alternative Hi- What is the current theory on whether it pays to be adding Blu-ray feature films, even when Blu-ray isn't a campus wide standard, or where there are not classrooms dedicated for cinema studies viewing. (Northeastern has at least four Blu-Ray players available for reservation). Also we have no Blu-ray players in the library yet. I'd appreciate hearing about what folks are doing with this conundrum. I am sure there have been conversations about this before, but I wasn't paying attention. Unfortunately Blu-Ray players do not play regular DVDs, a major issue. I'd love to hear from you! Debra Debra H. Mandel, Head, Digital Media Design Studio Northeastern University Libraries 200 Snell Library 360 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 617.373.4902 617.373.5409 fax [] 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. inline: 2019f81c.png 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] Dark Shadows
You take me back, Becky. I used to do the same thing. I guess Dark Shadow was the Twilight of its day. My big revelation was when I discovered that Joan Bennett had actually been a movie star before doing this show! In Canada on the CBC television network we had another show called Strange Paradise which had a similar feel but was more Jane Eyre-ish. Thanks for the memories Oksana At 12:50 PM 04/03/2011, you wrote: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_=_NextPart_001_01CBDA94.AAC36093 We would come home and watch it after school. In the summer, we would get out of the pool at 3:00, dry off, go in and watch the end of One Life to Live before watching Dark Shadows! Those were the days! Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurora.lib.il.us From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy E. Friedland Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 11:29 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Dark Shadows Anyone remember this gem? http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/ Best, Nancy -- Nancy E. Friedland Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies Performing Arts Columbia University 206 Butler Library 535 West 114th Street New York, New York 10027 Phone: 212.854.7402 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] name that film noir
Dear Collective Memory, I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the camera inside a car on a dark and stormy night. The headlights are on and the windshield wipers wipe the opening credits on and off the screen. I can picture it but cannot recall the film. It's not Kiss Me Deadly where the characters are in the car with the camera behind them, pointing at the windshield and the credits rolling a la Stars Wars. Any thoughts? Oksana O. Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada 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] Cool reference question...your assistance?
I vote for Peter Rose's SECONDARY CURRENTS The title credits describe the film as a film noir since it pushes structuralist boundaries as a work that is imageless, that is to say on a black screen, with white subtitles translating the fake foreign language gibberish of the unseen voice-over narrator. I tend to call it a black comedy. I love this film and its emphasis on the sometimes exceedingly funny translations or lack thereof in watching films because we often spend more time reading the subtitles than actually seeing what's on the screen. I remember watching a print of a Russian film with English subtitles (the film's title evades me at the moment, but this was over 30 years ago) and the Russian characters were cursing up a storm evoking what could be done with one's mother etc, while the subtitle read, You scoundrel. I was the only one laughing out loud during the screening. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 11:43 AM 01/11/2010, you wrote: Hi all An ex-Berkeley faculty friend has posed a very cool reference question...I can use your help: I'm looking for examples of films that do interesting things with words, either written or spoken, or (at the other extreme) try to do without words. I've got lots of silent films with title cards I can use, but I am looking for others. Some that come to mind include The Man with the Movie Camera, My Dinner with Andre, and Koyaanisqatsi. Any further suggestions? I'm interested in credits, subtitles, words on sets, dialogue, voiceover, etc. I've come up with Bob Dylan's lyric cards for Subterranean Homesick Blues in Don't Look Back; the meta credits from the movie Stranger Than Fiction; Buster Keaton in Samuel Beckett's Film(1965); and--oddly enough--two Steve Martin Films (LA Story's sentient freeway sign and C.D. Bales' [i.e. Cyrano's] hilarious put-down speech: Let's start with... Obvious: 'scuse me, is that your nose or did a bus park on your face? ) I think Adaptation might have some relevant stuff, but I can't quite remember. What do you say? Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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.
Re: [Videolib] Looking a couple movies
Matt, I've ordered DVDs from Amazon.jp in Japanese with English subtitles, but if you might need to get someone to help out with some of the japanese. I've found Distance there, but I can't tell whether one of the subtitle options is English: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B66IJ4/ Oksana Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 10:57 AM 20/10/2010, you wrote: Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=_000_B0123513FA2C9044B01D2AA5F48BB3261461E30EFCMCCLANEeservi_ Does anyone know where I can find: · Its Only Talk (2005, Ryuichi Hiroki) · Distance (2001, Hirokazu Kore-eda) Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edumattb...@virginia.edu | 434-924-3812 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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Gary, I agree with your assessment of the streaming vs. Blu-ray argument, particularly when it has to do with the question of non-commercial vs. academic use. If the user is simply concerned with content access, streaming will do, but areas like Film Studies are usually concerned with the quality of the image and sound. If I was not supporting Film Studies I would also be questioning the never ending process of repurchasing titles. The Concordia University situation is that we are now getting 2k projectors for the auditoria where Film Studies are taught. We also enthusiastically support 35mm films. Film Studies courses have almost always been taught with a licensed projectionist in a projection booth setting up clips, projecting films and digital media. I have been buying Blu-rays for 3 years now and we have somewhere over 200 titles. My Dean managed to argue for some badly needed capital funds and I have been able to equip my 3 seminar rooms with 65 THX 1080p monitors and all-region Blu-ray players. I'm also in the process of changing the individual viewing stations to make them less institutional and more semi-private with 32 1080p monitors and all-region Blu-ray players. But all this is simply because we have an academic area that requires this and I have been able to successfully lobby for the money (and miraculously there was some money). The result has been very interesting: students are really responding and actually spending a lot of time watching movies here compared to when we had 17 monitors and DVD players. This is the beginning of the semester and it looks like the end of the semester in terms of student traffic. And as for differences in DVD vs. Blu-ray, on some films, if you have an upconverting DVD player the differences are almost indistinguishable. But, on other films, like Kino's The General, the difference is completely mind boggling. Doing a side-by-side comparison of the DVD and the Blu-ray is like watching a VHS transfer next to a 35mm print. In this particular case, I'm not exagerating. It's all a matter of budget first, and supporting client's real needs. Oksana At 11:50 AM 24/09/2010, you wrote: ...oh, buy the way: in thinking about the next evolutionary hop in mediadom, I think it's important to avoid conflating issues having to do with media delivery and ease of access (streaming)with image quality. Let's face it, unless there's a some spectacular quantum technological leap, moving images delivered over networks are always going to be inferior to what can be delivered/projected locally...at least in non-commercial contexts). In other words, the I'm not buying Blu-ray, I'm waiting for streamed delivery is sort of a misguided argument. gary Blu-What? Look...what exactly is the point? Does the university intend to install Blu-ray machines (or HD projectors) in classrooms? Hell, they can barely get it together to put in shades on the windows. Is the media center going to install 42 HD monitors at individual or group viewing stations??? I don't THINK so... Not to mention: In the past three years, I've spent maybe 10 to 15 grand on replacing VHS titles with garden-variety DVDs...no way I can justify rebuying the collection again for the sake of sweeter eye-candy. gary handman A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I
Re: [Videolib] Netflix streaming now in Canada
That's great to hear, Dennis. When the cost is only $8/month (or the cost of 2 lattes), students and faculty can potentially get their own personal accounts and watch what they need on their own laptops or viewing devices on their own time, without ever visiting a library. This obviously does not deal with the issue of teaching, on campus, and classroom use, but if the streaming catalogue improves to the point of having titles that are minimally in the Film Studies canon, it may take off as an alternate way of students getting access to materials without having the material on university servers. Rather than buying an additional textbook they get a personal subscription to Netflix. Personally, I would prefer to watch a Blu-ray on a THX-certified 65 1080p monitor, but many people would prefer the convenience of having instant accessibility. Oksana Dear Oksana, Netflix Canada is just getting started. In a few weeks there'll be a lot more films including some from Milestone. And I haven't seen the contract, but there are a few titles for Canada that the US don't have from us. Best, Dennis On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Oksana Dykyj mailto:oks...@alcor.concordia.caoks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: Hello all, Netflix streaming was introduced in Canada yesterday with much fanfare. I was just reviewing the terms of use on the Netflix.ca site. It only offers a streaming service for $7.99/month. At this point all of the films I checked that are available for streaming in the U.S. are not available for streaming in Canada, and I checked about a dozen. Here are some interesting quotes from the terms of use: TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, WE AND OUR LICENSORS DISCLAIM ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. In addition, we do not represent or warrant that the information accessible via our site is accurate, complete or current. We do not represent or guarantee that your use of the Netflix service will be free from interruption, loss, corruption, attack, viruses, interference, hacking, or other security intrusion and we disclaim any liability with respect thereto. No oral or written information or advice given by us or our authorized representative shall create a warranty or otherwise constitute a representation binding upon Netflix or its affiliated parties. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT: BY USING OUR SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE (1) TO THE NETFLIX SOFTWARE END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT http://www.netflix.ca/TermsOfUse?id=6433FOUND HERE AS SUCH MAY BE AMENDED OR ADDED TO FROM TIME TO TIME AND (2) TO RECEIVE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE OR PROMPTING, UPDATED VERSIONS OF THE NETFLIX AND RELATED THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THE FOREGOING TERMS, DO NOT USE OUR SERVICE. You may not download (other than through page caching necessary for personal use, or as otherwise expressly permitted by these Terms of Use), modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, duplicate, publish, license, create derivative works from, or offer for sale any information contained on, or obtained from or through, the Netflix service, without our express written consent. Oksana Oksana Dykyj Head, Visual Media Resources Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Canada 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. -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: mailto:milefi...@gmail.commilefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com http://www.ontheboweryfilm.comwww.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com http://www.exilesfilm.comwww.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com http://www.killerofsheep.comwww.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: http://www.amianet.orgwww.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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
Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.
Thank you Gary for a pleasant take-my-mind-off work assignment. Here are some titles that come to mind: The under-rated Janis Carter in Framed (1947) but particularly Night Editor (1946): you don't get more cold-blooded fatale than this. (out on DVD) Polly Moran and Marie Dressler in Politics (1931) a Lysistrata story. (Warner Archive) Front Page Woman (1935) with Bette Davis as a journalist competing against men but better still the whole Torchy Blane series now available from Warner Archive. And speaking of series, what about all the Maisie films starring Ann Sothern from Maisie (1939) to Undercover Maisie (1947). TCM shows them occasionally but not commercially out as far as I know. Kay Francis deserves some space: she appeared in the title role of Dr. Monica (1934) and Mary Stevens M.D. (1933) this would be TCM territory What about Barbara Stanwyck who se new DVD box set is either out now or out any minute now.. I wish I had more time. Oksana O. Dykyj Head, Visual Media Resources Faculty of Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 03:53 PM 17/05/2010, you wrote: Hi all As a way of decompressing after the end of the semester, I'm putting together a goofy videography of UCB video holdings entitled: Vamps, Tramps, Hookers, Femmes Fatales and Kick-ass Gurrrls: Transgressive Women in the Movies http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/transgressivewomen.html This is admittedly a real grab-bag: includes women crossing sexual boundaries, sundry violent babes, revenge narratives, madwomen, riot guls, super-heroines, what have you... What have I left out (besides catwoman from Batman Returns and Lisa Simpson)? I'm mainly looking for films in which the transgressive woman plays a central or leading role. Have fun! Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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.
