[Videolib] What Is Real? And How Do You Know?
Dear Videolibers, I am going to broach this topic, because no one else has, which has left me shocked. Given the "normalization" of fake news, and our "post-factual" reality, how has not one librarian here brought this up? I am frankly shocked! I have no other word. How has this listserv missed this topic for discussion? How people evaluate information? It's the core of the profession, regardless of format. To me, it seems more urgent than ever that we have a primer in the basic understanding of what information is, and what facts are. And information gathering is. Is this not the very core of librarianship?Authoritative, vetted sources? High standards and scrupulous care that what we approve meets strict criteria? What IS that criteria? That hasn't been discussed here, if ever. I am having a crisis of confidence, in general, an existential one, some hubris (I don't think so), about librarianship's role in mitigating this very public handwringing. Why have none jumped? Are we not the purpoted experts in evaluating information, and especially, its sources? Seriously, are we obsolete? The word "curate" for programming, was co-opted years ago. And not a peep. Everyone's a curator, a librarian, is that it? Someone tell me, is it? I feel better. Elizabeth McMahon Former completely excellent film, video, audio librarian and moving image preservationist at Donnell Library Center, which was sold because the whole goddamned Board of NYPL are/were RE scions and sold the 53 year old ***public library*** for $38m to become a high end hotel/condo valuated now at over one billion. $1b.(Mid Manhattan property) With a eunuched, pseudo library in its intestines. This is the trend. THIS IS THE TREND. I know it's confusing, because it seems ostensibly about RE, but it's not. It's about control. And power. Yes, I know this seems crazy, but I only say it because I've experienced it. Information is power, a rote saying. But think about it. I am asking you to contemplate that, like your life hinged on doing that. The larger picture being, annahilite access to truth. Libraries equal information/truth equals destruction. And PS, you're next $1b Water is next. 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] homegrown video streaming service
I myself hope people respond directly to the list! This is a great question. Elizabeth McMahon On Monday, June 27, 2016, Kent D Underwood <kent.underw...@nyu.edu> wrote: > Hello, Colleagues, > > I would like to ask for a show of hands among members of this list. Please > answer YES if your institution has a video streaming service that meets > these three conditions: > > a) you purchase videos individually as downloads; > > b) you host the downloaded files on a server that is controlled locally > (i.e., by the library itself or the parent institution); > > c) you stream the content to end-users who authenticate themselves with a > locally administered login/password system. > > Please respond to me privately at: kent.underw...@nyu.edu > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kent.underw...@nyu.edu');> > > Thanks! > > Kent Underwood > Music Librarian/Head of the Avery Fisher Center for Music and Media > New York University > Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, #207 > New York, NY 10012 > kent.underw...@nyu.edu > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kent.underw...@nyu.edu');> > 212-998-2523 > 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] Videos about migration from cities to suburbs
I saw this on PBS in the afternoon on my weekday off, years ago, and it has always stuck with me. It's an hour long, but it is thoroughly engaging and packs a wallop in what feels like 15 minutes. "Building the American dream: Levittown, NY" http://store.cinemaguild.com/nontheatrical/product/1323.html You may be interested in this part of the series "Race: The Power of Illusion," "The House We Live In," http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-teachers-07.htm "A City Is Born" looks interesting as well, though I haven't seen it to recommend it: http://statemuseumpa.org/levittown/two/k.html Maybe not so curiously, it is Levittown, PA, not the Long Island suburb. “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island" looks fascinating, if not like a total bummer, too. http://www.wnyc.org/story/221452-blog-long-island/ Best, Elizabeth McMahon Elizabeth On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 8:24 AM, Sarah E. McCleskey < sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > The board members of National Media market received this question from > Linda Crichlow White: > > "I used to attend, with my husband Eric White, the media markets. > Certainly the vendors there have the greatest inventory of videos > created! I'm looking for a video part of which --if not the entire > film--might discuss the movement from cities to suburbia during the > mid-20th century." > > Do you all have suggestions for Linda? You can contact her at > lindacrich...@aol.com. > > And while I'm at it, let me offer up a shameless plug for the National > Media Market Conference, October 23-27 in Baltimore, MD (Embassy Suites, > Baltimore Inner Harbor). We are planning a wonderful conference for you > this year!! > > Thanks, > > Sarah > > > 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] Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves
A subject worthy of contemplation, though I imagine many of us already have, to a greater or lesser degree. I hope it's as quietly provocative for the listserv as it was for me. I personally couldn't imagine not being surrounded by my books, films, videos, and audio of all manner. Our (Bare) Shelves, Our Selves http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/fashion/our-bare-shelves-our-selves.html?_r=1 Elizabeth McMahon 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] When to put DVDs in security cases?
Hmmm. They seem like they are more work than they are worth. Security frames, with the dvds on the open shelves, is easy, no more time intensive than re-shelving a book, and the suckers are hard to open, even with the magnet. So, I don't see how the kiosks are in any way preferable to the "old" way. Thank you for sharing! Elizabeth McMahon Elizabeth On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Tatar, Becky < blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org> wrote: > Hi, Heather, > > > > Here is the link for the company – they are based in England, but this is > the US site: http://www.bibliotheca.com/3/index.php/en-us/ . Here is > the page with the various check out kiosks, we use the SmartServe 400 on > the next to the bottom row. > http://www.bibliotheca.com/3/index.php/en-us/our-solutions/self-service. > Here’s what the towers look like. Each carousel in a tower has 100 > slots, but only 99 are filled. Because we tagged the discs with a Stingray > tag, that made the discs too big for the slots. The company had to > readjust the carousels, so ours only hold 98. Right now, we have 17 towers > for Adult Services and 6 for Childrens. These are only at our Santori > location; the 2 branches don’t have the theft issues we have. > > > > Some of the problems – discs don’t want to dispense. And who knows why? > Or, if patrons don’t retrieve the discs fast enough, the machines suck them > back in, and as I tell patrons, then we have to go through all kinds of > monkey steps to figure out what happened. When they work, they work, but > when not. . . . Also, they are very labor intensive to load up. Each disc > is individually loaded, which takes time. With the size of our collection, > we have 3 check out kiosks, so our collection is divided into 3 colors, > with stickers on the cases, blue, green & red. The dispensers are > similarly labeled. So if a case has a blue label on it, you go to the blue > kiosk to check out and the discs come out of the connecting towers. > Patrons often go to the wrong kiosk, and then wonder why their discs didn’t > dispense. We spend a lot of time helping people check out. As I said, when > they work, they work, and when not, it can be a variety of problems. > However, our theft rate has greatly decreased! Hope this helps. > > > > [image: > http://lj.libraryjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ljx120902lbdwhxwebsmartdispenser2001.jpg] > > > > Becky > > > > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Elizabeth McMahon > *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2015 12:55 PM > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Cc:* gtana...@library.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] When to put DVDs in security cases? > > > > Hi Becky, > > > > Can you please give a link for this dispenser - it's news to me! I can > only imagine a vendng machine! Like Red Box! And maybe explain your > concomitant joy and dread over using it! And don't people fight each other > to access this dispenser? > > > > And why is your cut off date 1950? That seems arbitrary! > > > > Thanks! > > > > Elizabeth McMahon > > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Tatar, Becky < > blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org> wrote: > > Would you take a public library? We used to have security cases, and > people still stole them. We now have DVD dispensers, and the new movies > and tv shows go in them. My cut off date for movies is 1950, so everything > since then is in a dispenser, with some exceptions for award winners (Gone > with the Wind and the like). Silent movies, foreign films, Spanish > language collection and nonfiction are not in the dispensers, because, for > the most part, people don’t steal those. I know in a college library, the > nonfiction may be more theft worthy, though. When the dispensers work, > they are wonderful, when they don’t, give me a sledgehammer, please. GRR. > Right now we’re waiting on a new disc drive, so over 1/3 of the collection > is inaccessible. Hope this helps. > > > > Becky Tatar > > Periodicals/Audiovisuals > > Aurora Public Library > > 101 S. River Street > > Aurora, IL 60506 > > Phone: 630-264-4116 > > FAX: 630-896-3209 > > blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org > > www.aurorapubliclibrary.org > > > > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Gisele Genevieve > Tanasse > *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2015 10:51 AM > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* [Videolib] When to put DVDs in security cases? > > > > Sending on behalf of Pamela Bristah, pbris...@wellesley.edu
Re: [Videolib] When to put DVDs in security cases?
Hi Becky, Can you please give a link for this dispenser - it's news to me! I can only imagine a vendng machine! Like Red Box! And maybe explain your concomitant joy and dread over using it! And don't people fight each other to access this dispenser? And why is your cut off date 1950? That seems arbitrary! Thanks! Elizabeth McMahon On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Tatar, Becky < blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org> wrote: > Would you take a public library? We used to have security cases, and > people still stole them. We now have DVD dispensers, and the new movies > and tv shows go in them. My cut off date for movies is 1950, so everything > since then is in a dispenser, with some exceptions for award winners (Gone > with the Wind and the like). Silent movies, foreign films, Spanish > language collection and nonfiction are not in the dispensers, because, for > the most part, people don’t steal those. I know in a college library, the > nonfiction may be more theft worthy, though. When the dispensers work, > they are wonderful, when they don’t, give me a sledgehammer, please. GRR. > Right now we’re waiting on a new disc drive, so over 1/3 of the collection > is inaccessible. Hope this helps. > > > > Becky Tatar > > Periodicals/Audiovisuals > > Aurora Public Library > > 101 S. River Street > > Aurora, IL 60506 > > Phone: 630-264-4116 > > FAX: 630-896-3209 > > blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org > > www.aurorapubliclibrary.org > > > > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Gisele Genevieve > Tanasse > *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2015 10:51 AM > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* [Videolib] When to put DVDs in security cases? > > > > Sending on behalf of Pamela Bristah, pbris...@wellesley.edu > > --- > > Dear Collective Wisdom, > > Our library DVDs are open-stack, in security cases. We'd like to save > money by not casing all our DVDs. Have other academic libraries tried > this? If so, what categories of DVDs do you case, and which do you leave > un-cased? And, how has this worked out for you? > > We're particularly interested in responses from schools like Wellesley-- > liberal arts colleges not in major cities-- but would love to hear your > story, whatever kind of school yours is. > > many thanks, > > Pamela > > > > > > > Gisèle Tanasse > > > > Head, Media Resources Center > > > > 150 Moffitt Library #6000 > > University of California > Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 > > PH: 510-642-8197 > > BCAL: nerdpo...@berkeley.edu > > NOTE: PART TIME SCHEDULE Monday-Thurs 8AM-2PM > > 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. > > -- Elizabeth 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?
I have tried to keep up with this discussion, and so far I have not seen any mention of streaming and public library collections. I frankly have no idea if public libraries are collecting, to the extent possible, streamed titles for patrons to access remotely. I am aware only of Overdrive, which has been around for many years, and was predominantly second and third tier titles and public domain features. Can anyone address this? I would be especially keen hearing from Jim Davis of Docuseek and the man from Icarus who posed this original kernel for a most fruitful discussion. I'd be very interested in hearing from Criterion, Swank, Kanopy and the more traditional "independent" and educational distributors, like Dennis Doros at Milestone and Elizabeth Stanley at Bullfrog, and anyone from Filmmakers Library (though I know they are repped by Alexander St. Press). And of course i would love to hear from public librarians responsible for acquisitions. Thanks, Elizabeth On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Bergman, Barbara Jwrote: > I think the one clear answer we’ve gotten out of this discussion is that > there is no one right answer. Academic libraries are pretty diverse. J > > > > > > Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota > State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.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. > > -- Elizabeth 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?
Hi Michael! This is definitely useful! I was a film/video/audio librarian and preservationist at NYPL for 15 years, around with the advent of the internet in libraries and going through all the different browsers back then (remember Alta Vista or Hotbot?). Fun, exciting times, and I remember when the Materials Acquisitions Office secured a license for Overdrive and Naxos for streamed media, this was in the 90s!! Just like you said, they had poor circulation, and it was I think mainly because of two basic things: Unappealing collections and people's access to a computer. I have no idea what NYPL is doing now for streaming offerings. Things have changed radically since back then, and I would welcome being able to use my card to get a movie online from the library for free instead of paying for it on Amazon or Netflix. I appreciate you chiming in since this conversation is so dominated by academics, which is good, I am learning a lot, but these issues have an impact for public libraries, too, as you well know. I think the material available, the content, is just as important as the licensing. I am hoping the distributors join this conversation and address public librarians responsible for collection development! Thanks again! Elizabeth From: Michael May <m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us> To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>; "elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com" <elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 6:39 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs? Hi Elizabeth and all, I'm at a public library with about 42,500 registered patrons. Our Overdrive streaming videos are at http://dubuque.lib.overdrive.com/ and http://dubuque.lib.overdrive.com/screeningroom. I think Midwest Tape has a similar platform called Hoopla. We have about 860 streaming videos in a mix of cost-per-circ collections, plus individual titles that we select and pay for outright. We've been building the streaming collections for about 18 months, but our circulation is still very low, between 70 to 100 checkouts per month, which is less than 0.5% of our monthly Blu-ray/DVD circulation. This low circulation seems to be due to small collection size, limited title selection, and lack of patron awareness and/or interest. Also, as far as I know, playback is essentially limited to phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. There doesn't seem to be an easy way to stream to televisions. We purchase Blu-rays and DVDs from library vendors like Midwest Tape and Baker & Taylor, as well as Amazon and occasionally from independent distributors and filmmakers. We almost always purchase home-use discs only, without performance rights. Over the last year, for example, we've purchased the home-use versions of Icarus Films' Dark Star: HR Giger's World, Red Knot, and A Spell To Ward Off The Darkness. I don't see those titles in Overdrive, so if they were not on Blu-ray or DVD, we wouldn't have added them. Is this info helpful? Mike Michael May Adult Services Librarian Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 West 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244 Fax: 563-589-4217 Email: m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Elizabeth McMahon [elizmcma...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 4, 2015 3:36 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu; Dennis Doros; elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs? I have tried to keep up with this discussion, and so far I have not seen any mention of streaming and public library collections. I frankly have no idea if public libraries are collecting, to the extent possible, streamed titles for patrons to access remotely. I am aware only of Overdrive, which has been around for many years, and was predominantly second and third tier titles and public domain features. Can anyone address this? I would be especially keen hearing from Jim Davis of Docuseek and the man from Icarus who posed this original kernel for a most fruitful discussion. I'd be very interested in hearing from Criterion, Swank, Kanopy and the more traditional "independent" and educational distributors, like Dennis Doros at Milestone and Elizabeth Stanley at Bullfrog, and anyone from Filmmakers Library (though I know they are repped by Alexander St. Press). And of course i would love to hear from public librarians responsible for acquisitions. Thanks, Elizabeth On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:21 PM, Bergman, Barbara J <barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu<mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu>> wrote: I think the one clear answer we’ve gotten out of this discussion is that there is no one right answer. Academic libraries are pretty diverse. ☺ Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945<tel:%28507%29%
Re: [Videolib] looking for FEATURE FILMS on global health
Contagion is an excellent suggestion. There's also the classics Omega Man, Andromeda Strain, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Others are Outbreak (which is great fun about a deadly serious subject, and suspenseful), Gilliam'sTwelve Monkeys, which is based on Marker's La Jetee, or to be silly and over the top Cronenberg's first film Shivers, that really does drive home the serious matter of global contagions. There is one more that I just cannot think of; it was set in contemporary London, and quite realistically shows how social order quickly erodes in the face of widespread panic over a virus, not unlike the bubonic plague. I want to say it was an HBO production. I will certainly send it if I can think of it. Best, Elizabeth McMahon On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Wochna, Lorraine woc...@ohio.edu wrote: Hi everyone, I have a faculty who would like to introduce ‘global health’ issues (any and all) using a FEATURE FILM. Not a documentary. I am tapped, cannot think of any titles that cover the subject of global health. She is willing to go outside the box – Blood Diamond is too far outside the box, but she is looking for any issue on global health (AIDS, viruses, dirty water causes malaria, etc.) ANY ideas are greatly appreciated. Really though, no docs. Thank you, lorraine Alden Libe Ohio U 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals
I forgot another title, about animals in puppy mills and dog breeding. Highly recommended. I Breathe. http://www.amazon.com/I-Breathe-Jene-Nelson/dp/B004CRT86E I have contact info for the filmmaker if needed. Same goes for Shelter Dogs, which was mentioned earlier. A painful look at the fate of animals that are considered unwanted, abandoned, that are, and are also abused, cruelly treated. HBO debuted a film around the same time this came out, that was soul crushing, about animals misbegotten and dumped at or collected by municipal animal facilities and usually killed (destroyed is the clinical term). Best, Elizabeth McMahon On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Any recommendations? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Librarian Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, Middle Eastern Studies University of the Incarnate Word J.E. L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842 -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Elizabeth 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] William Greaves Productions
I just got off the phone with Mr. Greave's widow, Louise. The 800 number is functional. There is a glitch with the online contact form, however, that she is aware of. A direct number is: 212-265-6150 She is a little up there, so bear that in mind. However, Louise is eager to see her husband's legacy perpetuated in distribution, and is working to ensure that is possible. Best, Elizabeth McMahon On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:44 PM, Elizabeth McMahon elizmcma...@gmail.com wrote: Mr. Greaves just died in 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/arts/william-greaves-a-documentarian-and-pioneering-journalist-dies-at-87.html?_r=0 (We lost Bill Miles in 2014, too, a hard year for losses of talented African American filmmakers, and true New Yorkers.) I called their number, and it is a working line. The number is 800-874-8314. You can contact his company via email as well. http://www.williamgreaves.com/contact.htm Elizabeth McMahon On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote: Anyone know whether this company is still in business? We wanted to upgrade two of their films, “From These Roots” and “Black Power in America : myth or reality” from VHS to DVD, but my acquisition staff says they can’t contact them in any way or format, i.e. fax, phone, or mail….. http://www.williamgreaves.com http://www.williamgreaves.com/index.html thanks for any info… 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 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. -- Elizabeth -- Elizabeth 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] William Greaves Productions
Mr. Greaves just died in 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/arts/william-greaves-a-documentarian-and-pioneering-journalist-dies-at-87.html?_r=0 (We lost Bill Miles in 2014, too, a hard year for losses of talented African American filmmakers, and true New Yorkers.) I called their number, and it is a working line. The number is 800-874-8314. You can contact his company via email as well. http://www.williamgreaves.com/contact.htm Elizabeth McMahon On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote: Anyone know whether this company is still in business? We wanted to upgrade two of their films, “From These Roots” and “Black Power in America : myth or reality” from VHS to DVD, but my acquisition staff says they can’t contact them in any way or format, i.e. fax, phone, or mail….. http://www.williamgreaves.com http://www.williamgreaves.com/index.html thanks for any info… 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 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals
Yes, absolutely! Thank you, Bonnie! I forgot about Forks Over Knives. What a landmark work and it will make you never eat another animal, ever again. I'd like to also proffer Meet Your Meat, a seminal PETA sponsored film from the '90's that is positively heartbreaking, that is still as relevant as it was way back then. Doubtless a call to their office in NYC will render you a copy (there's a joke in there). Don't forget Food, Inc. also. An important doc popularized by Oprah, not long after she had her beef with the beef industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food,_Inc. Elizabeth On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Bonnie Brown bonnie.br...@nyu.edu wrote: Speciesism the movie Cowspiracy I am an animal Forks Over Knives Earthlings The Ghosts in the Machine Fowl Play The Witness Sharkwater The Cove Death on a Factory Farm Blackfish Vegucated Green Alma Farm to Fridge: The Truth Behind Meat Production How I Became An Elephant At the Edge of the World A.L.F. Behind the Mask: The Story of the People Who Risk Everything to Save Animals Pig Business Sea The Truth Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist Meat the Truth Your Mommy Kills Animals On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Any recommendations? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Librarian Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, Middle Eastern Studies University of the Incarnate Word J.E. L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842 -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Old VHS tapes
Hi Deg What??? (By law we are not permitted to give it away or to sell it). Unless it was a promotional copy, which usually are cds, at least by my experience, under rights of first sale, you go right ahead and sell it. Never heard of time and staff intensive (and inefficient though fun) booksales or B-Logistics? http://www.blogistics.com/ Or do you have some university-specific policy? Elizabeth On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 3:27 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote: Rhonda, a good question! If we replace the VHS with a purchased DVD or an in-perpetuity streaming file, we remove the VHS from the collection and discard it. (By law we are not permitted to give it away or to sell it) If the title is in a subscription collection, we retain the VHS. If we have made a copy within Section 108 provisions, we retain the VHS but no longer make it available for use. The VHS is archived. -deg deg farrelly ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 602.332.3103 On 1/14/15 9:07 AM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: 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 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edumailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 310/338-4584tel:310%2F338-4584| http://library.lmu.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. -- Elizabeth 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] old vhs tapes
That's ridiculous. Don't you have a general funds account, that goes back to the library for collections, programming, and general, miscellaneous discretionary funds (punch for toddlers, a pizza for staff every now and then, additional copies of a popular item, a plant for a neglected corner near the public pcs)? What if that vhs was a donation from a patron? Or from money from a grant that wasn't from AZ? How wasteful? Doesn't AZ recycle? Why throw out something that still has value? That is anathema to our evolving thinking as a society. I think it's time for you to challenge the rules Deg and employ some common sense. Again, especially OP vhs is a serious issue and should be treated as such. Think about the renaissance of vinyl VHS is the new vinyl. We all know analog is more durable than digital, as close to acetate or nitrate film as we have so I don't know why you'd just accept an absurd state rule without challenging it. Do it for the environment, if nothing else. Do it for your love of film and the media on which it is conveyed. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote: Arizona law prohibits the sale or giving away of items purchased with state funds. deg farrelly ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 602.332.3103 On 1/14/15 2:00 PM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Deg What??? (By law we are not permitted to give it away or to sell it). Unless it was a promotional copy, which usually are cds, at least by my experience, under rights of first sale, you go right ahead and sell it. Never heard of time and staff intensive (and inefficient though fun) booksales or B-Logistics? http://www.blogistics.com/ Or do you have some university-specific policy? Elizabeth 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals
As an addendum to your quote about the estimable man, I would like to pick a bone about the word virtually as many grammarians do also with the promiscuous use of the word literally. There are still thousands of products, including shampoos and cosmetics, that are tested on animals. Appalling, enraging, head shaking, but true. Still true. In Wisconsin, as we read, baby monkeys are torn from their mothers, to study the affects of social deprivation and isolation, the same experiment done for over 1/2 a century. http://host.madison.com/news/local/health_med_fit/university-of-wisconsin-renews-controversial-maternal-deprivation-research-on-monkeys/article_993e9566-172f-11e4-9063-001a4bcf887a.html Beagles are subjected to tobacco smoke, like we don't know that the effects are. What takes place in laboratories these days is nauseating. The arms of the Armed Services are the best though. Amputating goats without anesthesia, to see what happens, for purported field training during war, just the most perverted and heinous stuff imaginable. And all these are happening, still, despite outcries from legions of people worldwide. Oh, and never mind, it's been overwhelming affirmed that computer based modeling for testing is superior to testing on animals, whose physiognomy is not near enough ours to provide attestable conclusions. Geez, just for giggles, watch this, but get your kleenex out, because you'll be in a puddle at the end. You only need to suffer through the mandatory commercial. US gvt. lab chimps, tested on their whole lives, finally experiencing the outdoors, air, ground, sky, for the very first time, many at over 50 years of age. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9926530/Laboratory-chimpanzees-see-sky-for-first-time.html There is similar footage for beagles, the most popular animal for many animal testing, because they are so friendly and docile. It will make you cry like a baby. I appreciate Farhad's inquiry, because I a librarian, and I am also a passionate lover of animals and am so acutely aware of how unprotected they have been, and still remain, despite global and local efforts to make changes. Most people are just ignorant, and don't know how abused animals are. Ignorant or vain, or hubric (I think I am neologizing a new word) people don't know where fur comes from, how it's gotten, the suffering animals go through, people don't know there are dog farms in China for fur (look up raccoon dog), or dog meat, bear bile farms, dog fighting, let alone the basic food chain and the mass agri-business industrial complex (as mass and dense as Christie), the list of animal exploitations, indignities and atrocities stretches around the planet, summarily countless times. Thank you for bringing awareness to this, not a subject, but a litany of related substrated subjects. If you'd like to shop ethically, please consult the Leaping Bunny site first. http://www.leapingbunny.org/indexcus.php They will send you happily a wallet-sized card that includes the names of companies that don't brutalize giddily, sadistically and purposelessly animals for profit or vanity, which makes it easy for when you're in the aisle. Best Regards, Elizabeth McMahon On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Elizabeth Stanley elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com wrote: Hi, Elizabeth McMahon, Thanks for remembering Henry: One Man's Way. All rights reverted to Peter Singer. All orders to Sarah Whitman, at Animal Rights International ( animalrightsi...@aol.com) as of 2008. While he might not be a household name, Henry Spira took on companies that are. Virtually every shampoo or cosmetic product sold today has the words Not Tested on Animals on its packaging, largely due to Henry's efforts. Admired and respected not only by his supporters but also by many of his opponents, Henry Spira chose to build bridges rather than hurl abuse. His success, without any organization behind him, is proof that one person can make a difference. He is an inspiring model of effective social activism. Here is a link to his obituary: http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/15/business/henry-spira-71-animal-rights-crusader.html Kind regards, Elizabeth Stanley Bullfrog Films -- *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Elizabeth McMahon *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 2:52 PM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals Elizabeth, You used to distribute Henry: One Man's Way, a wonderfully affecting and warm portrait of animal hero Henry Spiro, by Peter Singer. You don't seem to carry it any longer. Do you know who does, or maybe it just lapsed? http://alliance-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UWdocId=CP71102311330001451fn=permalink Regards, Elizabeth On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Elizabeth Stanley
Re: [Videolib] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals
Earthlings. Peaceable Kingdom. Blackfish. The Cove. My Life As a Turkey. Parrot Confidential. There is one from the latter '60's that is considered the very first, and seminal film on animal sentience, cognition and cruelty, and when I think of it I will pass it on. Please check out the site Red Is the New Green. The man who runs it has run afoul of detestable ag gag laws that criminalize filming undercover in factory farms (aka CAFOs) and making animal activists domestic terrorists (see Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). See: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2011/12/are-animal-rights-activists-terrorists Mr. Potter of Red debuted rather recently the first footage of CAFO cruelty by drone. Please feel free to contact me off list. This is a subject very near and very dear to my heart. I am sure I'll think of other documentaries for you. Best, Elizabeth McMahon On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Any recommendations? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Librarian Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, Middle Eastern Studies University of the Incarnate Word J.E. L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842 -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Suggestions for documentaries about cruelty against animals
The film I was grasping to remember is The Animals Film. It's from 1981, not the '60's. http://www.victorschonfeld.com/ It is a seminal documentary on the subject of animal sentience and cruelty. Please forgive my dyslexia, which rarely shows up in my writing, but did earlier. It is Green Is the New Red, not the other way around. Best, Elizabeth On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 11:07 AM, Elizabeth McMahon elizmcma...@gmail.com wrote: Earthlings. Peaceable Kingdom. Blackfish. The Cove. My Life As a Turkey. Parrot Confidential. There is one from the latter '60's that is considered the very first, and seminal film on animal sentience, cognition and cruelty, and when I think of it I will pass it on. Please check out the site Red Is the New Green. The man who runs it has run afoul of detestable ag gag laws that criminalize filming undercover in factory farms (aka CAFOs) and making animal activists domestic terrorists (see Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). See: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2011/12/are-animal-rights-activists-terrorists Mr. Potter of Red debuted rather recently the first footage of CAFO cruelty by drone. Please feel free to contact me off list. This is a subject very near and very dear to my heart. I am sure I'll think of other documentaries for you. Best, Elizabeth McMahon On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Any recommendations? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Librarian Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, Middle Eastern Studies University of the Incarnate Word J.E. L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842 -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Elizabeth -- Elizabeth 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] Preserving Our Nation's Film Heritage on CBS Sunday Morning
Harkening back to a recent unpleasant discussion on the subject on this listserv, I am glad to present this to bolster the librarians who were being attacked for their stances on the subject porn in library collections. The Library of Congress doesn't have a problem collecting porn. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/preserving-our-nations-film-heritage/ -- Elizabeth McMahon 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] pornographic films in the Library collection?
Hi Roger, Then, what does? Kind Regards Elizabeth McMahon On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Brown, Roger rbr...@oid.ucla.edu wrote: Doug, Kindly, I am not sure deciding not to carry a film in your collection you may be in charge of, for political, aesthetic or moral reasons, constitutes censorship. - - Roger Brown Manager UCLA Instructional Media Collections Services 46 Powell Library Los Angeles, CA 90095-1517 office: 310-206-1248 fax: 310-206-5392 rbr...@oid.ucla.edu -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 11:43:11 -0500 From: Doug Poswencyk doug8...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] pornographic films in the Library collection? To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: CADRP2wyx-+dgNKO9wt_hWEQxjsgnaL8CY-Vx4H3KyD= nt0y...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Thanks for your kind email Matt. I am never offended by listserve comments. My concern was about the issues. Censorship really pushes my buttons. I am working in a public library now and have to worry about this all the time but really more from my administration. I keep a file of reviews (and any other worthwhile information) on films that I think I could be challenged. Bring 'em one! Best of luck to you. Doug On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Matt Ball mb...@paceacademy.org wrote: Hi Doug, Thank you for your response, and I'm sorry if it seemed like I was attacking you. I kept my language neutral and intentionally didn't mention anyone by name because I didn't want it it seem as if I was pointing fingers or scolding. But I see my intentions went awry, and if I offended you I apologize. We agree on one thing though, and that is I no longer want to be a part of this discussion forum. So I will unsubscribe and leave it to you and others to carry on. Best wishes, Matt *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu writes:* BULLSHIT I did not attack Darby or Maureen personally. I attacked what they did. What they said. They were wrong. If you don't want to have discussions then don't bother hanging around here. You Matt are attacking me and I am sure you would not have the balls to say that to my face. I am not a bully at all. I am just stating my opinion. If that's not OK then let's just not even have this conversation or any on here at all. Librarians are the worst of censors. And they do it all the time. This should be an issue that is dear to everyone in the profession. It should not be tolerated. We should be here to support in any way we can people who stick their necks out and make the right decision. Not to support the wrong decisions. I think that in both cases neither Maureen or Darby would have received any grief if they made the purchases. On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Cristella Bond cb...@andersonlibrary.net wrote: Hi Matt, 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. -- Elizabeth 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] pornographic films in the Library collection?
Darby, I noticed that your university has an undergraduate department in Women's and Gender Studies, and yet that you have no Barbara Hammer, Beth B., or Carolee Schneeman, to name the most prominent of queer filmmakers, whose films contain explicit sexual activity, and are as far from porn as you could possibly get. I am edified to see you have some Su Friedrich in your collection. You don't have any Wakefield Poole, either. Such a shame and disappointment for that department. This xxx-rated film, had you secured a screener to view? Or did you condemn and censor something you hadn't seen? No offense, but professionally, I consider that unconscionable. And there was a legitimate request from a professor for his/her pursuit of inquiry in the class. That canard of taxpayer's money is disingenuous. And a red herring. It boils my blood. It's an easy excuse to cover up inherently censorious behavior. This and Maureen's kneejerk response to reject the professors' requests seems to me personally motivated. There's a reason librarians have been described as pusillanimous over the decades. It takes backbone to stand up for the ideals of the profession and defend them with ferocity. And if public library ILS's can put restrictions on age appropriate material, why cannot an academic library? If the film had a structural function in scholarly inquiry, that is all the reason you need for its justification in the collection. Period. End of debate. Unless it was $3,000. That would of course be a reason to reject purchasing the title. What was the title? And again, the films Maureen listed are tame. And have stood the test of time. They are not pornographic. Throw in some Chesty Morgan and Ilsa the SS Officer, and you have a peak into my personal collection. And items that are found in libraries. Check Worldcat, if you need back up ammo. And for your information, NYPL has a renowned collection of porn in its Manuscript and Archives collection. Really, about the only things that should be off limits, without exception, for collection development are child pornography and bestial pornography. Regards, Elizabeth On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Darby Orcutt dcorc...@ncsu.edu wrote: Maureen, Like many things, this comes down to very local and context-driven decision-making, in which you need to balance a LOT of considerations. I faced a request more than a decade ago for an extremely hardcore pornographic film that, after careful consideration, I declined. The faculty member was pleased with the thoughtfulness and fairness of the process, and agreed with the ultimate rationale. As I recall, some of the important factors were: -This was a single film for a single course, and therefore not related to a major part of our curriculum. -Legally, we would need to prevent circulation to/viewing by minors. Since many of our freshmen enter at age 17 (or even younger), and we have no user type or such in our catalog system that distinguishes these students, we would not be easily (if at all) able to ensure our compliance with the law. (If you haven't checked your state's laws in this regard, you will want to do so. This may clear up the question of what is porn? as well as how you would need to deal with certain materials.) -We are a state institution. We would wish politically to tread carefully when adding materials of this type (and certainly not use state-appropriated, taxpayer-funded monies with which to do this). While we could perhaps devise a way of limiting use to those 18 years old above, creating a special collection, workflow, and processes unlike those for any of our other content, the cost (and potential consequences of error) would be great. My final decision was therefore based on cost - not of the material, per se, but overall cost of providing the access. Just as I might deny a request for a DVD that costs, say, $3,000, I turned down this request. Again, the faculty agreed with this line of thinking. Had my university been starting a major new program in Porn Studies, well, the costs and risks might have seemed reasonable. Like I said, these are always local and contextualized decisions. I hope this helps. Best, Darby Darby Orcutt Assistant Head, Collection Management Department Chair, Humanities Social Sciences Subject Team North Carolina State University Libraries Box 7111 Raleigh, NC 27695-7111 919/ 513-0364 dcorc...@ncsu.edu On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Doug Poswencyk doug8...@gmail.com wrote: What is porn? Russ Meyer is certainly not porn. Some of his films such as Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill. are considered works of art. They have been screened at many art cinemas and are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The same could be said about the films of Radley Metzger who just had a retrospective of his work at Lincoln Center. Then there are the early films of Fred Halsted. Hardcore sex,
Re: [Videolib] pornographic films in the Library collection?
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu wrote: A faculty member is planning a new class for the spring--Sex in the Media. Guess who gets to order his new, pornographic DVDs? So . . . my question for academic media librarians out there--do you include materials like Behind the Green Door, Vintage Stage Films of the 40's and 50's and Russ Meyers' Abundant Beginnings (collection) in your catalogs? Apart from my general squeamishness, I wonder if having these titles in the collection might be disturbing to other students who find them demeaning to women, or perhaps even perceive them as warranting trigger warnings. So . . . does anyone include porn in their collection? If yes, under what circumstances, and do you treat them any differently than any other collection item? thanks, 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. -- Elizabeth 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] Solar Energy to Help Power Film Screenings at Cobble Hill Cinemas
I think this is really terrific! Not necessarily innovative any longer in general, but this is a clever application and soon, one day, hopefully will be adopted as routine. *http://tinyurl.com/kyauq5e http://tinyurl.com/kyauq5e* -- Elizabeth 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] How Streaming Media Could Threaten the Mission of Libraries
This is timely. http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/how-streaming-media-threaten-the-mission-of-libraries/54357 -- Elizabeth 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] Grave of Forgotten Silent Film Star Marked at Green-Wood Cemetery
A big hats off to Ned Thanhouser for spearheading this wonderful commemoration! Congratulations, and now, just one more reason to visit this resplendent and historic cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn, NY. Be on the look out for the Quaker parrots, too! http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140428/greenwood-heights/grave-of-forgotten-silent-film-star-marked-at-green-wood-cemetery?utm_content=elizmcmahon%40yahoo.comutm_source=VerticalResponseutm_medium=Emailutm_term=Grave%20of%20Forgotten%20Silent%20Film%20Star%20Marked%20at%20Green-Wood%20Cemeteryutm_campaign=Ice%20Cream%20Reward%20Offered%20to%20Help%20Catch%20Carroll%20Gardens%20Thiefcontent Elizabeth McMahonVIDEOLIB 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] documentary films on radical social movements
So many!! It'll be an embarrassment of riches for the professor! Stop the Church on Act UP's activism against AIDs How to Survive a Plague on same subject The Battle for Brooklyn about the movement opposing and fighting back against eminent domain in Brooklyn blessed by Bloomberg and handled by a billionaire buddy developer, to build an arena (highly recommended and recent history) Inequality For All about the rapidly growing income inequality in the country, and the nascent pushback against it Weather Underground about the early '70s radical group Standing With Palestine about the fight against the Occupation Run Granny Run about a 90 year political activist who walked across the country to protest the influence of money in elections (she's a pisser!) An Unreasonable Man about terminal gadfly Ralph Nader Standing On My Sisters; Shoulders about 3 Missippi women who matched into the House of Representatives in 1965 to demand their civil rights. Particularly salient today given attempts at voter suppression Self Respect, Self Defense and Self Determination about the women of the Black Panther Party in the '60s What We Want, What We Believe about the founding of the Black Panther Party by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale Black Power in America: Myth or Reality self-explanatory It's a film, but The Baader-Meinhof Complex about the radical German nutjobs in the '70s. Scum terrorists with a following The Al Qaeda Files compilation of Frontline pieces on the f**kers who declared war in America and killed 3,000 people The Hunt for Bin Laden axiomatic On the Trail of Bin Laden Move: Confrontation in Philadelphia about the radical communal group who had a face off with the cops The Bombing of Osage Avenue also on MOVE, about the bombing of the street leaving 11 dead and dozens whose homes were destroyed (MOVE is still around, lead now by Pam Africa) Showdown in Seattle: 5 DaysThat Shook the WTO about the violence that erupted during a protest organized by anarchists and attended by people all over the world of the WTO convocation. A precursor of OWS Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier about the still imprisoned America Indian accused and convicted of allegedly murdering 2 cops at 1975 at the Pine Ridge Reservation In the same vein, Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Double, likewise convicted and put on death row for allegedly kill a Philly cop. His imprisonment has sparked worldwide social and political movements about race, the judicial system, and the ethics of capital punishment. NYC-based Free Mumia Abu Jamal Coalition would be happy to send a speaker for an honorarium Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain about Shoshone Indians battling the US govt to protect their land That's all I can think of right now. If I think of more, I will post. Elizabeth McMahon From: fellin...@aol.com fellin...@aol.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements maybe a pathfinder-- also hard copy filmographies would be more orderly--like UC Berkeley always has good on line pathfinders; I will try to think of others--there will be quite a few Lisa Flanzraich Queens College/CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 -Original Message- From: Nina Riddel n...@icarusfilms.com To: videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 2:08 pm Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements Hi Matthew, As Jessica predicted, we have hundreds! Here are a few which come to mind: Marx Reloaded - A new exploration into the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas for understanding the global economic and financial crisis. Class of Struggle - Workers at the Yema Watch Factory in Besan on depict their own labor struggles in this collective production initiated by Chris Marker. Far From Vietnam - The landmark collaboration between Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais in protest of the Vietnam war. Flower in Otomi - Tells the story of Den Prieto Stock, killed by the Mexican army in 1973. Fragments of a Revolution - A view of the Iranian Green Revolution protest movement, which followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 election victory. Goodbye Mubarak - Egypt in the months leading up to the Tahrir Square demonstrations-and a revolution already simmering under the surface. The Miners Hymns - The ill-fated coal mining communities in North East England are the subject of this inspired documentary by multi-media artist Bill Morrison. Neither Allah Nor Master - An explosive, personal look at secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia. Tahrir: Liberation Square - Director Stefano Savona lived and filmed on the front lines in Tahrir Square, Cairo, to make this film from the heart of the protests that overthrew Mubarak in Egypt. Milestones - A lilting, free
Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements
Woops! I forgot Your Mommy Kills Animals about the animal rights movement, and covers the mainstream organizations that have lost most credibility with activists, and the radicals within the movement, which has spawned many getting arrested (often for going into animal testing labs and liberating test animal (se the website for SHAC), under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. There's also a film on the criminalization of environmental activists, and does concern itself with the fringe movement that will destroy property. But damned if I can think of it right now. Elizabeth McMahon From: elizabeth mcmahon elizmcma...@yahoo.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements So many!! It'll be an embarrassment of riches for the professor! Stop the Church on Act UP's activism against AIDs How to Survive a Plague on same subject The Battle for Brooklyn about the movement opposing and fighting back against eminent domain in Brooklyn blessed by Bloomberg and handled by a billionaire buddy developer, to build an arena (highly recommended and recent history) Inequality For All about the rapidly growing income inequality in the country, and the nascent pushback against it Weather Underground about the early '70s radical group Standing With Palestine about the fight against the Occupation Run Granny Run about a 90 year political activist who walked across the country to protest the influence of money in elections (she's a pisser!) An Unreasonable Man about terminal gadfly Ralph Nader Standing On My Sisters; Shoulders about 3 Missippi women who matched into the House of Representatives in 1965 to demand their civil rights. Particularly salient today given attempts at voter suppression Self Respect, Self Defense and Self Determination about the women of the Black Panther Party in the '60s What We Want, What We Believe about the founding of the Black Panther Party by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale Black Power in America: Myth or Reality self-explanatory It's a film, but The Baader-Meinhof Complex about the radical German nutjobs in the '70s. Scum terrorists with a following The Al Qaeda Files compilation of Frontline pieces on the f**kers who declared war in America and killed 3,000 people The Hunt for Bin Laden axiomatic On the Trail of Bin Laden Move: Confrontation in Philadelphia about the radical communal group who had a face off with the cops The Bombing of Osage Avenue also on MOVE, about the bombing of the street leaving 11 dead and dozens whose homes were destroyed (MOVE is still around, lead now by Pam Africa) Showdown in Seattle: 5 DaysThat Shook the WTO about the violence that erupted during a protest organized by anarchists and attended by people all over the world of the WTO convocation. A precursor of OWS Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier about the still imprisoned America Indian accused and convicted of allegedly murdering 2 cops at 1975 at the Pine Ridge Reservation In the same vein, Mumia Abu Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Double, likewise convicted and put on death row for allegedly kill a Philly cop. His imprisonment has sparked worldwide social and political movements about race, the judicial system, and the ethics of capital punishment. NYC-based Free Mumia Abu Jamal Coalition would be happy to send a speaker for an honorarium Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain about Shoshone Indians battling the US govt to protect their land That's all I can think of right now. If I think of more, I will post. Elizabeth McMahon From: fellin...@aol.com fellin...@aol.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 2:19 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements maybe a pathfinder-- also hard copy filmographies would be more orderly--like UC Berkeley always has good on line pathfinders; I will try to think of others--there will be quite a few Lisa Flanzraich Queens College/CUNY Flushing, NY 11367 -Original Message- From: Nina Riddel n...@icarusfilms.com To: videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 2:08 pm Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements Hi Matthew, As Jessica predicted, we have hundreds! Here are a few which come to mind: Marx Reloaded - A new exploration into the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas for understanding the global economic and financial crisis. Class of Struggle - Workers at the Yema Watch Factory in Besan on depict their own labor struggles in this collective production initiated by Chris Marker. Far From Vietnam - The landmark collaboration between Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais in protest of the Vietnam war. Flower in Otomi - Tells the story of Den
Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements
Hi Elizabeth! You reminded me of the incredible documentary Rachel Carson's Silent Spring about the grandmother of the environmental rights moving, whose book really pissed off the federal government. She was painted as a fringe radical, but her legacy is long-lasting. Elizabeth From: Elizabeth Stanley elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements Thanks for your inquiry, Matthew! Here are titles from Bullfrog Films for your consideration. Environmental Movement A FIERCE GREEN FIRE ~ The first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. IF A TREE FALLS ~ The Academy Award-nominated story of the radicalization of an environmental activist, from his involvement in and later disillusionment with Earth Liberation Front sabotage, to his eventual arrest by the FBI and incarceration as a domestic terrorist. IN OUR OWN BACKYARD: THE FIRST LOVE CANAL ~ First brush the U.S. had with toxic waste at Love Canal. Native American/Indigenous Peoples Resistance STANDING ON SACRED GROUND ~ In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment. HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH ~ Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment. KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISANCE ~ The confrontation between the Mohawk Nation and the Canadian Government at the Mercier Bridge. Civil Rights Struggle HOME OF THE BRAVE ~ Examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement. THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM ~ A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement. Anti-Deforestation and Clear Cuts THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION ~ A unique chronicle of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. THE FOREST FOR THE TREES ~ The amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist. FURY FOR THE SOUND ~ Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound. Climate Change/Climate Justice BIDDER 70 ~ Tells the story of Tim DeChristopher's extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience drawing attention to the need for action on climate change. EVERYTHING'S COOL ~ Examines the media strategies, on both sides, that have resulted in the US government's failure to take decisive action on global warming. SHATTERED SKY ~ The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change? Anti GMOs BITTER SEEDS ~ Examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds. DECONSTRUCTING SUPPER ~ A leading chef investigates food safety in the age of GMOs and industrial agriculture. There's more where these came from...check out subject headings at http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/. Elizabeth Stanley Bullfrog Films From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of matthew.wri...@unlv.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements A professor is interested in documentaries on radical, leftist social movements (not particularly mainstream), on various topics, environmental, racial, glbt, native american, economic inequality, etc. We have the following but more film suggestions in this genre appreciated: Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners A Good Day to Die Nowa Cumig: The Drum will Never Stop. Thanks, Matthew Matthew Wright Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (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. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements
With Babies and Banners: The Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade about the 1937 strike against GM in Flint, organized by said ladies Margaret Sanger: A Public Nuisance about the eponymous birth control activist who founded the first birth control clinic in 1916 and founded the precursor to Planned Parenthood, which reminds me of Jane: An Abortion Service a riveting documentary focusing on the practically unknown Chicago-based abortion clinic that operated from the mid 60s to the passage of Roe v. Wade. Those performing the abortions had no formal medical training, and was meant to be a safe alternative to back alley abortions Emma Goldman about the Greenwich Village activist in the '20s who was a fierce proponent of free speech (and free love) and critic of American gvt and was ultimately deported back to Russia Elizabeth From: elizabeth mcmahon elizmcma...@yahoo.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements Hi Elizabeth! You reminded me of the incredible documentary Rachel Carson's Silent Spring about the grandmother of the environmental rights moving, whose book really pissed off the federal government. She was painted as a fringe radical, but her legacy is long-lasting. Elizabeth From: Elizabeth Stanley elizab...@bullfrogfilms.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements Thanks for your inquiry, Matthew! Here are titles from Bullfrog Films for your consideration. Environmental Movement A FIERCE GREEN FIRE ~ The first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. IF A TREE FALLS ~ The Academy Award-nominated story of the radicalization of an environmental activist, from his involvement in and later disillusionment with Earth Liberation Front sabotage, to his eventual arrest by the FBI and incarceration as a domestic terrorist. IN OUR OWN BACKYARD: THE FIRST LOVE CANAL ~ First brush the U.S. had with toxic waste at Love Canal. Native American/Indigenous Peoples Resistance STANDING ON SACRED GROUND ~ In this 4-part series, indigenous people from eight different cultures stand up for their traditional sacred lands in defense of cultural survival, human rights and the environment. HEART OF SKY, HEART OF EARTH ~ Six young Maya present a wholly indigenous perspective, in which all life is sacred and connected, as they resist the destruction of their culture and environment. KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISANCE ~ The confrontation between the Mohawk Nation and the Canadian Government at the Mercier Bridge. Civil Rights Struggle HOME OF THE BRAVE ~ Examines the case of Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman murdered in the civil rights movement. THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM ~ A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement. Anti-Deforestation and Clear Cuts THE DECADE OF DESTRUCTION ~ A unique chronicle of the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest. THE FOREST FOR THE TREES ~ The amazing story of the fight to clear Earth First! activist Judi Bari's name after her car was bombed and she was arrested as a terrorist. FURY FOR THE SOUND ~ Women's contribution to the battle to save the rainforest at Clayoquot Sound. Climate Change/Climate Justice BIDDER 70 ~ Tells the story of Tim DeChristopher's extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience drawing attention to the need for action on climate change. EVERYTHING'S COOL ~ Examines the media strategies, on both sides, that have resulted in the US government's failure to take decisive action on global warming. SHATTERED SKY ~ The story of how America led the world to solve the ozone crisis. Will we dare to do the same with climate change? Anti GMOs BITTER SEEDS ~ Examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds. DECONSTRUCTING SUPPER ~ A leading chef investigates food safety in the age of GMOs and industrial agriculture. There's more where these came from...check out subject headings at http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/. Elizabeth Stanley Bullfrog Films From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of matthew.wri...@unlv.edu Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] documentary films on radical social movements A professor is interested in documentaries on radical, leftist social movements (not particularly mainstream), on various topics, environmental, racial, glbt
Re: [Videolib] Annual Survey of Public Library Film Collections
Dear Elena, Contract OCLC and ask for a list of all libraries with film holdings. Then get on the phone and call each individually and see if the Worldcat holdings are up to date. If I were you, I wouldn't limit the scope of the project to just public libraries, but all institutions holding film collections, active or dusty. Cheerful Regards, Elizabeth McMahon From: Elena Rossi-Snook elenarossisn...@nypl.org To: Videolib Listserv videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:00 AM Subject: [Videolib] Annual Survey of Public Library Film Collections Hello, everyone! Okay, so maybe not annual' since the list time I did this was at least 4 years ago but nonetheless, I'm checking in to get a sense of what is happening with film collections in public libraries. Do we know: * How many public libraries still have 8mm or 16mm collections * How many public libraries are still lending from those collections (lending defined as in-house use, too)? Please respond to this thread or to me directly at elenarossisn...@nypl.org. And if you have any ideas on a better method for data collection, I'd like to hear that, too! Many thanks, Elena Rossi-Snook Archivist Reserve Film and Video Collection The New York Public Library 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] Archives research
Don't forget The Academy's Margaret Herrick Library in Beverly Hills. It might be very helpful is you gave us the names of the actors/actresses. Also, you should post this query on the AMIA listserv. Elizabeth From: Nancy Maxwell nmaxw...@libraryweb.org To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Archives research George Eastman House Archives in Rochester, NY may be able to help. From:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 10:47 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Archives research Hi All, I have a professor who is writing a book about a couple of historic actors and would like to peruse relevant film archives. What are some good options? Library of Congress’ Packard Campus? The AFI? Cheers, Matt __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian Clemons Library University of Virginia mattb...@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] Film as memoir
Shoah is superlative, but it is probably prohibitively long. A searing documentary that tackles the same subject, the Holocaust, which I agree should be strenuously considered for a represented memoir film (though that, what a memoir film is, in this context is, and what it's trying to convey, is still sketchy to me, and I agree with Randal that not enough info about the course and students has been provided) is Manfred Kirchheimer'sWe Were So Beloved. Positively a knockout. Elizabeth From: Randal Baier rba...@emich.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir INteresting aspects, all. And visual intrigue to be sure. But, whoa, Nellie! What is the nature f the course here? Are we talking about teaching 1st/2nd year anthro students who haven't declared a major , or are we looking at satisfying the needs of gossipy graduate students jaded on the intrigues of going native? Do you want Grandma waxing poetic about Grandpa bringing in the sheaves or do you want true tales of nasty deeds that went bump in the night? Frankly, I'm confused. Randal From: Matthew Gallagher matthew.gallag...@rutgers.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:24:47 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir Hi Jeff, José Padilha's Secrets of the Tribe would be an interesting fit. It's a 'film that documents a he said-he said war of egos fought among ethically dubious anthropologists on opposing sides of a theoretical debate that includes accusations of genocide and pederasty.' Rather incriminating tale of Napoleon Chagnon Jacques Lizot's treatment of the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon. Could work well if the professor was interested in academic/accepted memory in comparison to personal/experiential memory. Best, Matt Gallagher Media Music Cataloging Technical Automated Services Rutgers University Libraries ph: (848) 445-5952 From: Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:04:05 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Film as memoir The first title that jumps to mind for me is SHOAH Follow up on that with any number of films from Holocaust survivors. Also, Word is Out (didn't Dennis Doros help to restore it?), and the two films (names escape me right now) that tell the story of the development of the ACT UP movement. deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- http://tinyurl.com/AboutNMM To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? Hi, I received this request from a prof and thought it would be fun for the list. I thought of these documentaries, but I'm sure she is also interested in feature films: Capturing the Friedmans 51 Birch Street Tarnation Thanks, Jeff UMich .. I'm creating a new course on writing memoir, and I want to include a couple of films. One that I haven't seen yet but that I think will fit well is Stories We Tell, a documentary by Sarah Polley about her deceased mother that incorporates the memories of a range of family and friends and in the process reveals a great deal about those being interviewed. Another possibility is Persepolis, based on the graphic novel/memoir by Marjane Satrapi. Do you have other films you could suggest that would fit this genre? Films that raise interesting questions about storytelling, memory, truth, conflicting versions of events, etc. would be particularly interesting. End of videolib Digest, Vol 68, Issue 14 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
Re: [Videolib] Streetcars and trolleys
Bunuel's Illusion Travels By Streetcar. Elizabeth From: Nellie J Chenault njche...@vcu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:35 PM Subject: [Videolib] Streetcars and trolleys Hi, looking for images in films or TV of buses, streetcars or trolleys. The Graduate The Big Bus Frida Streetcar Name Desire Meet Me in St. Louis Thanks! Nell Chenault Research Librarian for Film and Performing Arts VCU Libraries 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] Streetcars and trolleys
And obviously, the Monroe vehicle Bus Stop. Elizabeth From: Reichert, Allen preich...@otterbein.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streetcars and trolleys There is this really early film of trolleys in NYC from the early 1900s http://youtu.be/954L9MpfCEo I'm not sure where this originally came from - I saw it referenced in a talk a number of years ago. Allen Allen Reichert Electronic Access Librarian Otterbein University On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Shoaf,Judith P jsh...@ufl.edu wrote: Isn’t there a famous cameo of Hitchcock getting off a bus in a movie? Found it on Youtube, North by Northwest. Judy From:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nellie J Chenault Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 1:35 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Streetcars and trolleys Hi, looking for images in films or TV of buses, streetcars or trolleys. The Graduate The Big Bus Frida Streetcar Name Desire Meet Me in St. Louis Thanks! Nell Chenault Research Librarian for Film and Performing Arts VCU Libraries 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] films on undocumented workers
An exceptional film: http://catalog.nypl.org/search~S1?/talambrista/talambrista/1%2C2%2C2%2CB/framesetFF=talambrista+the+illegal1%2C1%2C/indexsort=- Also, Un Pasaje De Ida, a harrowing, unforgettably gripping account of a true story of immigrants seeking a better life., with tragic consequences. Elizabeth McMahon From: matthew.wri...@unlv.edu matthew.wri...@unlv.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 3:43 PM Subject: [Videolib] films on undocumented workers I have been asked to come up with a list of films on the lives of undocumented workers. The films need to focus on workers and their labor issues, as opposed to films on other parts of the undocumented experience (i.e. wonderful films like Inocente). I have several in our collection and don't need to know about those: Maid in America No Sweat El Contrato Los Trabajadores / The Workers but any others in the same ball park would be good to know about, especially if they highlight Latino workers. Thanks, Matthew 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] Core DVD Titles
Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you because I have discovered a public library system in a mid-sized city (and the capital of that State) that holds virtually NO DVD titles in its collections. Gasp, ack!! Hard to believe, but it's the God's honest truth. And this is in a metropolitan area where one would just presume that of course they would circulate DVDs, for variety but especially circulation statistics. Never mind currency and relevancy to the community. This could be my golden opportunity if I play my cards right, and I am in the midst of formulating my presentation plan. I write to you, because I am coming from one of the nation's largest public libraries, for which DVDs (and music) comprise a hefty bulk of statistics collected. A core popular VHS collection was built over thirty years ago. As VHS transitioned to DVD, so did we. Often it was merely replacing one for the other. So, here's my quandry: Can anyone, or many of you, recommend sources for locating basic core DVD titles? At this point I am thinking strictly feature films, but in my fevered mind, I would want to introduce documentaries as well. TV and the performing arts are just a distant dream. And while we're at it, if any one, or many of you, have core music lists (which strikes me as a more difficult proposition), I would be very interested those as well. If I've piqued anyone's interest, and you'd like to pursue a conversation about this, please feel free to contact me off list. I do attest to being staggered by this find, and any input for making my case for the introduction of DVDs into the collection would be most welcome. Thanks for your consideration! Elizabeth McMahon Formerly of Donnell Media Center The New York Public LibraryVIDEOLIB 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] The Tales of Hoffman / Studio Canal
Yes, Jessica, educational, documentary, animated, childrens and independently produced features are typically life of print, as acquired for public libraries. Studio feature length films, at least in my experience, such as Tales Of Hoffman would qualify, are almost without exception leased, usually 5 years. And you better hold on to that paper work (as well as the paperwork for life of print titles), or else you risk dereliction of duty. David, you never own something that you lease. Elizabeth From: Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] The Tales of Hoffman / Studio Canal I am confused. Did your library itself buy a print with life of print lease? They have not been all that common for a long time. Most studio titles were sold for a limited number of years at which time they needed to be renewed. In general it is not likely that studio feature films had life of print leases, not sure about educational titles. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Dave Dvorchak ddvorc...@provcomlib.org wrote: How about the ones we did buy / do own that had leases though? I have no meaningful way to prove it. On Jun 8, 2012 3:25 PM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote: The leases were not transferable. The odds of Studio Canal catching you are pretty much nil but it would be an illegal show. I am making some progress in getting you an email but you would be sending it to someone in France. One long shot would be to contact the Scorsese office or um DENNIS and try to get in touch with Thelma Schoonmaker, Michael Powell's widow and Scorsese's long time editor. She has no legal rights to the film but I suspect if she asked Studio Canal to let you show an IB 16mm they might be guilted into agreeing On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Dave Dvorchak ddvorc...@provcomlib.org wrote: How do you prove anything with these old life of print leases? If we bought these prints in the 60s and 70s, that paperwork is long gone. Screen it and hope nobody comes after you? What if you inherit another library's collection and they had leases on them? On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote: I would strongly suspect they screened it from a very old life of print lease. I can tell you that the film has never had regular US film distribution and has been about the hardest Powell film to track down and screen. However if Studio Canal is the owner you will at least get an answer. I have put my feelers out but my friend who has dealt with them the most is out of town at the moment. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Dave Dvorchak ddvorc...@provcomlib.org wrote: I can see on Google that the Boston Public Library did a 16mm screening in 2004, there must be some hope. My print crushes any DVD version out there! On Jun 8, 2012 11:24 AM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.com wrote: They used to have a US rep named Stuart Lessel (?) in LA and I hate to burst your bubble or jump to conclusions but Studio Canal is almost surely one of those if you have to ask you can't afford it places. Their standard fee for venues to show a current film is 500 Euros per show according to several of my customers. They are also not likely to be friendly to the idea of 16mm print being licensed. That said I will try to get you a contact. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Dave Dvorchak ddvorc...@provcomlib.org wrote: I have acquired a stupendous (!!!) original IB Technicolor 16mm print of this film, too good not to screen for the public. Criterion did a DVD which is now out of print, they say the rights are with Studio Canal but don't know who, or if anyone, distributes in the US. They thought maybe Rialto Pictures but it doesn't look like it's in their catalog. Anyone have a Studio Canal contact? Do they have a US operation? -- David Dvorchak Office Manager Providence Community Library ddvorc...@provcomlib.org (401) 467-2700 x2 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
Re: [Videolib] I knew we should have done that Storycorps interview
Can I like, no love this? Gary, don't leave us all bereft of your accumulated knowledge and humously, wryly, maybe cynically reasoned (though sometimes just to throw us off, impassioned) opinions. Retire from work if you must, but do not retire us, your flock. We need you, Gary, oh yes we do, for the foreseeable future. We love you Gary, that much is true. From: Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:57 PM Subject: [Videolib] I knew we should have done that Storycorps interview Gary, you are my hero. If you’re not doing this anymore, I kind of don’t want to, either. On the other hand, I do need to stay employed. But it will not be as much fun. And it will be way harder without your guidance and inspiration. Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 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. Elizabeth 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 knew we should have done that Storycorps interview
Humorously. Hope that was obvious enough. Elizabeth From: elizabeth mcmahon elizmcma...@yahoo.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] I knew we should have done that Storycorps interview Can I like, no love this? Gary, don't leave us all bereft of your accumulated knowledge and humously, wryly, maybe cynically reasoned (though sometimes just to throw us off, impassioned) opinions. Retire from work if you must, but do not retire us, your flock. We need you, Gary, oh yes we do, for the foreseeable future. We love you Gary, that much is true. From: Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:57 PM Subject: [Videolib] I knew we should have done that Storycorps interview Gary, you are my hero. If you’re not doing this anymore, I kind of don’t want to, either. On the other hand, I do need to stay employed. But it will not be as much fun. And it will be way harder without your guidance and inspiration. Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 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. Elizabeth 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] re Your pricing policies
Nahum, That may very well be true; I cannot speak for all public libraries/systems. That's also not to say just because there is a public meeting room or even an auditorium that it is used for screenings also. Many libraries do not bother with film programming, regrettably. But there is a big difference between a public library doing public programming (for which titles would necessarily need PPR) and patrons browsing open stacks (and still in this day and age, browsing cards that represent titles kept in closed stacks for security reasons) and picking up a few things to take home to watch. That is what is termed home use only and strictly copyright protected. Public libraries cannot plunk down $100+ for a dvd that's home use only. Won't/cannot happen. Thus the price adjustment downwards by an increasing amount of distributors. Potentially, you could be looking at one copy for a system of say, 10 federated libraries, or a really large system of 90 branches. Obviously there's a profit margin in there, if you are open to it. Of course libraries that plan on public screenings either need one time only permission depending on what the film/dvd is or more often merely will purchase a copy with PPR for the permanent collection. My question was aimed at what you are doing to get your titles exposed to a greater audience. Elizabeth McMahon From: nahum laufer lauf...@netvision.net.il To: 'elizabeth mcmahon' elizmcma...@yahoo.com; videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: RE: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies Hi Elizabeth Thanks for your remarks. Of course I distribute to Public libraries, but to best of my knowledge most libraries today have a screening room, nearly all also have film series/clubs, so no point in licensing only for lending only, yet when a small community library applied to me I gave a discount. Also a big county library with 20 branches wants say 10 copies one for each branch also will receive a discount. Please let me know in which library you serve. Best Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel From:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of elizabeth mcmahon Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:27 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies From a public library standpoint, would not library lending rights be analogous to the accepted term home use only? Or does you company not sell, or seek to sell, to public libraries? $175 is prohibitive at best, and is more in line for a title with the cost for PPR. Are you not interested in selling freely circulating copies that can be borrowed by the public to enjoy in the confines of their own home? More and more top drawer distributors recognize they are missing out on considerable sales by not doing so, and therefore, changing their pricing models. Elizabeth McMahon From:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies Thanks There's still a problem, I'm afraid. Screening films/videos in a classroom in the service of regular curricula does not require separate rights in this country. The copyright laws of the US have a specific provision for allowing such use in face-to-face teaching. It would be more accurate (and honest) to simply charge two prices: One for use in classrooms and libraries, and one for public performance. As to your question: An opening screening (i.e. an extra-curricular screening) generally requires performance rights, even if a professor gives a spiel before the show, and even if no admittance fees are charged. Berkeley would be interested in joining your growing customer base, but not with the terms currently stated on your web site. Shalom, Gary Dear Gary Thanks for your answer and remarks. We knew about the rules of face to face screening in classrooms regardless of size We will remove the words (up to 50 students) from our pricing invoices. Anyway I am not around to count. I hope that will solve the legal problem Most university libraries purchased classroom screening rights, yet some preferred to buy also Public screening rights. Yet I have a question many universities have a film series open to all students faculty and if a professor gives a short explanation before the screening is that a face to face screening? I hope Berkeley will join our growing list of customers Shalom (Peace) Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel - Original Message- From: m...@library.berkeley.edu [mailto:m...@library.berkeley.edu] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:05 PM To: lauf...@netvision.net.il Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Your pricing policies Hello Thanks for this link; your
Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies
Thanks, Vicki, for seeing my perspective. I'd like to take this opportunity to make a crucial amendment to what I said, now bolded and underlined: Potentially, you could be looking at one copy each for a system of say, 10 federated libraries, or a really large system of 90 branches. And hopefully, the subject matter is compelling enough that it circs more than once or twice. That's where collection development and knowledge of the community and its library collections' usage is paramount. We want statistics, afterall, everyone's bread and butter! Elizabeth From: Vicki Nesting vnes...@bellsouth.net To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies I want to second what Elizabeth is saying. Not all public libraries do public screenings and if they do, it may be a one time thing, in which case they will request public performance rights. At least 99% of the dvd use in our medium-sized public library is home use. And, as Elizabeth points out, we cannot plunk down $100+ for a dvd that's for home use only and may only check out once or twice. It's just not a reasonable cost for us. Vicki Nesting St. Charles Parish Library Louisiana elizabeth mcmahon wrote: Nahum, That may very well be true; I cannot speak for all public libraries/systems. That's also not to say just because there is a public meeting room or even an auditorium that it is used for screenings also. Many libraries do not bother with film programming, regrettably. But there is a big difference between a public library doing public programming (for which titles would necessarily need PPR) and patrons browsing open stacks (and still in this day and age, browsing cards that represent titles kept in closed stacks for security reasons) and picking up a few things to take home to watch. That is what is termed home use only and strictly copyright protected. Public libraries cannot plunk down $100+ for a dvd that's home use only. Won't/cannot happen. Thus the price adjustment downwards by an increasing amount of distributors. Potentially, you could be looking at one copy for a system of say, 10 federated libraries, or a really large system of 90 branches. Obviously there's a profit margin in there, if you are open to it. Of course libraries that plan on public screenings either need one time only permission depending on what the film/dvd is or more often merely will purchase a copy with PPR for the permanent collection. My question was aimed at what you are doing to get your titles exposed to a greater audience. Elizabeth McMahon From: nahum laufer lauf...@netvision.net.il To: 'elizabeth mcmahon' elizmcma...@yahoo.com; videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: RE: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies Hi Elizabeth Thanks for your remarks. Of course I distribute to Public libraries, but to best of my knowledge most libraries today have a screening room, nearly all also have film series/clubs, so no point in licensing only for lending only, yet when a small community library applied to me I gave a discount. Also a big county library with 20 branches wants say 10 copies one for each branch also will receive a discount. Please let me know in which library you serve. Best Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of elizabeth mcmahon Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:27 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies From a public library standpoint, would not library lending rights be analogous to the accepted term home use only? Or does you company not sell, or seek to sell, to public libraries? $175 is prohibitive at best, and is more in line for a title with the cost for PPR. Are you not interested in selling freely circulating copies that can be borrowed by the public to enjoy in the confines of their own home? More and more top drawer distributors recognize they are missing out on considerable sales by not doing so, and therefore, changing their pricing models. Elizabeth McMahon From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies Thanks There's still a problem, I'm afraid. Screening films/videos in a classroom in the service of regular curricula does not require separate
Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies
From a public library standpoint, would not library lending rights be analogous to the accepted term home use only? Or does you company not sell, or seek to sell, to public libraries? $175 is prohibitive at best, and is more in line for a title with the cost for PPR. Are you not interested in selling freely circulating copies that can be borrowed by the public to enjoy in the confines of their own home? More and more top drawer distributors recognize they are missing out on considerable sales by not doing so, and therefore, changing their pricing models. Elizabeth McMahon From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] re Your pricing policies Thanks There's still a problem, I'm afraid. Screening films/videos in a classroom in the service of regular curricula does not require separate rights in this country. The copyright laws of the US have a specific provision for allowing such use in face-to-face teaching. It would be more accurate (and honest) to simply charge two prices: One for use in classrooms and libraries, and one for public performance. As to your question: An opening screening (i.e. an extra-curricular screening) generally requires performance rights, even if a professor gives a spiel before the show, and even if no admittance fees are charged. Berkeley would be interested in joining your growing customer base, but not with the terms currently stated on your web site. Shalom, Gary Dear Gary Thanks for your answer and remarks. We knew about the rules of face to face screening in classrooms regardless of size We will remove the words (up to 50 students) from our pricing invoices. Anyway I am not around to count. I hope that will solve the legal problem Most university libraries purchased classroom screening rights, yet some preferred to buy also Public screening rights. Yet I have a question many universities have a film series open to all students faculty and if a professor gives a short explanation before the screening is that a face to face screening? I hope Berkeley will join our growing list of customers Shalom (Peace) Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel - Original Message- From: m...@library.berkeley.edu [mailto:m...@library.berkeley.edu] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:05 PM To: lauf...@netvision.net.il Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Your pricing policies Hello Thanks for this link; your catalog has some interesting-sounding stuff in it. I have some fairly serious concerns about the wording of your pricing policy, however. US copyright law allows the screening of whole films/videos in face-to-face classroom teaching, REGARDLESS of the size of the class. Your pricing schedule wording ignores this fact. I understand the differential pricing for public performance rights, but your wording for the $175 library lending rights is misleading and not legally supportable, unless you consider this a contract stipulation, in which case I'd strongly urge my library colleagues not to do business with your firm. Let me know if you have questions, or if there are clarifications I should know about. Gary Handman $175 for library lending rights. Includes screenings rights in classrooms (up to 50 students). $250 library lending rights and public performance rights for screening when no admission fee is charged. (subject) Comments and Suggestion Form (from-name) Library Web user (from-email) someb...@library.berkeley.edu (urlRef) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html (comments) -- - Dear Gary I have written before to you about our project Docs for Education I am waiting that Berekeley Library will join other prestigius universities and purchase our films See www.docsforeducation.com http://www.docsforeducation.com/ I want to have our film list on your video listing. thanks Nahum Laufer Docs for Education lauf...@netvision.net.il -- - 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
Re: [Videolib] African immigrants in US
Well, Gary, there's The Lost Boys of Sudan, which I'm sure you've seen. It's extraordinary. http://www.lostboysfilm.com/ Elizabeth From: Dina Robinson d...@newsreel.org To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 2:22 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] African immigrants in US Gary: I can think of 2 features although the directors are not originally from the US, GOODBYE SOLO and LITTLE SENEGAL. Don't know if they'll count for you. I'll try to think of more. Cornelius Moore California Newsreel 500 Third Street, #505 San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415.284.7800 Fax: 415.284.7801 d...@newsreel.org http://www.newsreel.org California Newsreel is the oldest non-profit, social issue documentary film distribution center in the country and a leading resource for the advancement of racial and social justice. Visit our website at: www.newsreel.org and sign up for our e-newsletter at: http://www.newsreel.org/nav/emaillist.asp -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 11:09 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] African immigrants in US Hi folks Looking for US theatrical films that feature--either centrally or fleetingly--contemporary immigrants from Africa in the US. I've got The Visitor. Jim Sheridan's In America doesn't count (I discovered to my surprise that it was made in the UK). And pls no Eddie Murphy Coming to America... gary 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. 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] Video at Risk's Relationship to new ARL Code of Best Practices
Jessica, Was that Howard Besser who said that at the ALA meeting? Elizabeth From: Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video at Risk's Relationship to new ARL Code of Best Practices Gary. I know I have mentioned this before but never directly asked you, is it your belief that in determining if an item is rare and should be preserved that no effort should ever be made to contact the rights holder/filmmaker? I ask because that is exactly what one of the top NYU people told a group of librarians at ALA meeting a few years ago and that is a key reason I have so little trust in the code, this project and to be honest acedemic libraries. I think it sums up the entire attitude of the ARL code of basically under no circumstances involve or consult with rights holders on the material they own or made because they are the enemy. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:36 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Debra Berkeley is a principle partner in this project (along with NYU). A significant part of the project will be identifying materials in collections which are eligible for reformatting, primarily under the provisions of Section 108, but possibly under the mantle of fair use, as well. None of us on the project have had contact with the developers of the ARL code (to my knowledge). gary Hi- Does anyone know if the Video at Risk project (dealing with reformatting of VHS tapes) has a relationship with the new ARL Code of Best Practices undertaking ? Have there been a conversation between these parties? Just Curious. Thanks. Debra Debra H. Mandel, Head, Digital Media Design Studio Northeastern University Libraries 360 Huntington Ave. 200 SL 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. 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. -- 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] Keeping the ability to project film in cinemas and the Digital Dilemma
Hi Alexis, Bravo on such a well-composed letter that is both poignant and practical. I am looking forward to members' thoughts and suggestions, as I am starting a new chapter in my life after 18 years in NYC, 15 spent working with the film and video collection as a librarian/programmer/preservationist at Then New York Public Library. My dream is to found something practically exactly identical to your film institute! Doubtless the articles you refer are AMIA-generated, but they were off my radar. Are they online to read, or in print? Obviously, must read material. I would encourage you to post this exact letter on the Frameworks listserv Experimental Discussion List framewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com, and maybe even Videolib videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edu. You should register first with both. Don't know if emails are accepted if you're not. Google Frameworks, and then Videolib is, God it's been so long! Either ALA (American Library Association/Video Roundtable) or through Berkeley. Gary Handman is the moderator. I bet just googling subsribing to... will get you where you want to be. Your plight is especially salient right now, as everyone in the experimental/avant-garde cinema community are apoplectic over the prospective loss of Canyon Cinema, the beloved, 50 year film distributor. If we can't keep them afloat somehow, access to all that material will be lost. Many believe that independent cinema is going to be lost in the digital conversion frenzy. I think you'd spark some really passionate discussion there. Videolib, maybe, too, worth a shot, though their focus is most universities, but I'd still do it, as digitization is an oft-discussed topic. You might get some unique perspectives. Good luck; maybe once I get to Raleigh I will look you up and learn more about your wonderful sounding organization!! Elizabeth McMahon From: Alexis Mayer lexsh...@gmail.com To: ami...@lsv.uky.edu Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 1:37 PM Subject: [AMIA-L] Keeping the ability to project film in cinemas and the Digital Dilemma Dear AMIA, I work for a community owned, non profit art house cinema facing the digital conversion that distributors are compelling many exhibitors to complete by 2013. Thankfully the community is so supportive of us, and we have such a great development staff that we were able to raise the funds for the conversion. Some of us here feel however, and quite strongly, that keeping the ability to project film is a must if we want to increase the breadth and diversity of our programming. Others are concerned that fairly soon, enough will be available digitally, including archives' film holdings, that the investment in an archival projection booth may no longer be viable. I would love to hear from professional people working in the field if that idea is realistic, today, in five years, in ten years, in twenty? And the reasons why or why not. The Digital Dilemma 1 2 keep me inclined to believe the answer is closer to twenty, but I do have some specific questions from the latter publication. In the section titled Digitizing for Access, Distribution is at the bottom of the first table for Motivations to Digitize. And while the second table, Moving Image Content Types Digitized for Access, does include Animation, Documentaries and Home Movies, it does not include say, the types of content a distributor might fund for a 2k or 4k re-release. Could this be because the archives included in the case study do not specialize in these types of holdings? If so, would Distribution still be at the bottom of table one for archives that do? Thank you in advance to anyone who is able to respond! Alexis Mayer Theater Manager Bryn Mawr Film Institute 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] Canyon Cinema in the news (bad news dept)
From Pip Chodorov, a tear-stained link shared. This is very sad for long-time film librarians. Elizabeth McMahon - Forwarded Message - From: Pip Chodorov framewo...@re-voir.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List framewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 1:45 PM Subject: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept) http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/movies/canyon-cinema-filmmakers-cooperative-sees-grim-future.html?_r=3 ___ FrameWorks mailing list framewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks 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] Margaret Mead Film Festival
Did you contact the Festival's director, Ariella Bon-Dov? Ariella Ben-Dov aben-...@amnh.org; possibly she could point you in the right direction. Elizabeth From: Hutchison, Jane hutchis...@wpunj.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:20 PM Subject: [Videolib] Margaret Mead Film Festival We just had a showing of several films from the Margaret Mead Film Festival on our campus. We’d like to purchase several of them, but I have only been able to find vendors in Europe for them. Any domestic distributors for the following titles? Because We Were Born A Mountain Musical Plug Pray There was Once an Island Thanks! Jane B. Hutchison Associate Director Member Instruction Research Technology CCUMC: Leadership in Media Academic Technology William Paterson University http://www.ccumc.org Wayne, NJ 07470 973-720-2980 (work) 973-418-7727 (cell) 973-720-2585 (facs) hutchis...@wpunj.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] Job Posting: Squeaky Wheel / Buffalo Media Resources Seeks Executive Director
This looks like a great position for the right person, plus its in my beloved hometown of Buffalo, a veritable treasure trove of culture, architecture and gloried history: http://www.squeaky.org/opportunities/squeakywheelseeksexecutivedirector Elizabeth McMahonVIDEOLIB 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] Feds Pull Plug On 300+ Popular Streaming Sites In Piracy Crackdown
I presume that this will be of interest to videolibbers, and adds to recent threads on the subject: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/02/super-bowl-piracy-operation-fake-sweep_n_1250996.html?utm_campaign=020212utm_medium=emailutm_source=Alert-technologyutm_content=FullStory Elizabeth McMahonVIDEOLIB 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] Plea from a Media Collection Decimation Zone
Hi Jared, I worked at Donnell Media Center, The New York Public Library, for 15 years. Our open vhs/dvd access collection went from being closed shelf to open shelf, sometime in the 90's, and our fears were never realized to the extent that we had feared. 3 big differences, however, between what we did at a public library and yours, an academic library that appears to be open to the public as well. The vhs/discs were on shelf, organized into broad categories that certainly aided both patrons' serendipitous finds and pages shelving (and clerks and librarians, we all did it together) but 1.) they were in kwikcase cases http://www.gresscoltd.com/kwikcase/demo/, and 2.) they were barcoded and 3.) they had a what we called targets (big and square shaped; I could find out for you if interested). Very similar to tattle tape. It was a bold move, but 10 years ago, we took the vhs out of their kwikcases, and had them sitting naked on the shelves. Our concerns of theft were not realized. Yes, a couple went missing, but nothing to set our hair ablaze. Now mind you, these were all titles in print. We were ever mindful of OP and rare titles. Also, vhs had already fallen out of favor as a medium. That helped as well. We had a PPR reserve collection of vhs and dvds (they may still, though I know it was heavily and painfully weeded, another story altogether) that went woefully unused, due to its inaccessibility and the hoops through which we made patrons jump (primarily needing to make arrangements to borrow it in advance; we went from 7 days to 3, but it was still 3 too many). You cannot say enough about the browsing effect and instant accessibility. It benefits both the patron and the collection (and by extension, the director of that/those collections). I think keeping it (closed access collections) inaccessible hurt circulation stats and ate up a lot of real estate. Now, frankly, I think putting certain titles on the open shelves BUT thrown (maybe not even all) in lucite cases might be advisable, but for the most part, if the items can theoretically be replaced (the real definition of a library v. archive), then it should be done. But safeguards do need to be taken, and are only prudent. Otherwise, you will look irresponsible, and it will be you, not the administration, who will be blamed ultimately. So, to sum up. A case for every dvd, and only for certain vhs. (Or just keep those behind the desk, or for on-site consultation only. That's reasonable, too, as we all know. OPs should always be protected, and those not available on dvd.) Elizabeth McMahon Formerly of Donnell Media Center The New York Public Library From: Seay, Jared Alexander se...@cofc.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:18 AM Subject: [Videolib] Plea from a Media Collection Decimation Zone Media Collections Colleagues, I send this out at least in part as a plea for support – moral support at the very least. Last week from out of the blue my library director announced that we were to move our media collection (about 4000 VHS videos and DVDs) from the media room (with closed stacks) downstairs to open stacks around the circulation desk. Although some of the titles known to be heavily used by faculty for teaching are to be put “behind the desk” in a limited teaching collection, most of the titles are to be placed in an “outer ring” of shelving around the circulation desk open to patrons and the public. Though we had been told that we would be investigating and planning for such a potential move sometime in the new year, this directive came without warning and certainly without any significant planning or forethought. The titles are to be put on open shelving. There are no locked cases involved and none of the titles are tattle-taped. In the media room patrons had to check-out titles even if they wanted to view them in the media room. We could track circulation statistics as well as maintain a high level of security. As of the beginning of 2012, no such control will be in place. In short, the entire collection will be unsecure and exposed to whomever deans pull a title off the shelf - to view or otherwise. I have expressed my deep concerns, but the answer I have gotten back is that we “will put things out on the shelves and monitor the shrinkage.” Not the most effective way to manage the collection I have noted. Seems akin to putting pamphlets on a display that says “take one.” Seems to me this gets to the basic issue of what a library media collection is for, and how should it be used and managed? For the record, my concerns have been echoed by other collages including several higher up my chain of command. But, top level administration is un-swayed by such arguments, though I intend to continue to make them even as I am compelled to move the collection. I suspect there are backroom
[Videolib] Arms Race Breaks Out as Giants Seek to Dominate Video StreamingCombatants include Netflix, HBO, Verizon
The days when a couple of Hollywood moguls could lounge around their smoke-filled hang-outs and divvy up the spoils are long gone. No one smokes anymore, for one thing. For another, there are so many players crowding into the streaming video market that it's starting to look like Saturday night in the Roman Coliseum. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/12/arms-race-breaks-out-as-giants-seek-to-dominate-video-streaming.html Elizabeth McMahonVIDEOLIB 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] Friday fun question, early...
Tampopo. Eating Raoul. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:56 PM Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... Here I go again… For November we like to feature videos that have something to do with food, eating, gathering, etc. A few example are Babette’s Feast, Eat Drink Man Woman, Home for the Holidays, and What’s Cooking?. What are your favorites? Cheers, Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@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] Perhaps Justin Bieber wants to go to UCLA
Another espousal: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-shapiro/oppose-pipa-and-sopa_b_1063468.html?ref=technology Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 4:36 PM Subject: [Videolib] Perhaps Justin Bieber wants to go to UCLA ( just kidding) He opposes new penalties for deliberate copyright infringement http://news.yahoo.com/bieber-sen-klobuchar-locked-put-away-cuffs-copyright-043402451.html -- 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.
[Videolib] Kodak to license laser projection patents to Imax
It's begun already. Kodak's selling of patent assets. I pray they can stave of bankruptcy. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44923334/ns/business-us_business/ Elizabeth McMahon You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty PythonVIDEOLIB 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] Friday fun question, early...
O.K, like I just told Robin, who contacted me off list, there is the ONE film that made me decide that I wanted to be a film librarian, that I saw when I was 16. My girlfriend Val's super cool art school teacher mom Sylvia (we're fb friends; Val and I aren't, lol!!) took us to the University of Buffalo (UB), which alway had strong student union film and other programming, to see Polanski's Repulsion. Now if that's not a lurid, scare-your-socks-off film, I don't know what is. Again, it's psychologically terrifying, not gory. I remember that day like it was today. It changed my life. Became a psych student, then a film librarian. Thanks so much, you fugly perv. You were/are brilliant. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:13:28 + To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... Hi All, Here’s a Friday fun question (but with a bit of a head start): what are your favorite scary movies? Cheers, MattVIDEOLIB 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] Friday fun question, early...
Mine are actually tv schlock horror pieces, that left a big impression on me as a kid. There's three: 1. Let's Scare Jessica to Death (thank God I wasn't alone when I saw it; I was under a tent with my cousin Linda in my livingroom). 2. Trilogy of Terror, with Karen Black. This has to take, hands down, the award for being the scariest, craziest most out of control bizarro narrative out there. Yeesh. My skin crawls thinking about it. 3. Bad Ronald. Good Grief, what a creep fest this one is. Who the hell ever came up with this in their tristed imaginations? The last from my psychedelic 70's childhood I saw in a theatre, where daddy was friends with the projectionist, and I got to sit in the booth and play with film cans: 4. Arnold, starring Roddy McDowall and Stella Stevens. What a hoot that film was. Why dad took me is beyond me. I guess for making up for all the Disney stuff I dragged him to. But he managed to get this kind of stuff in as well as Brynner's Westworld. (It was the first feature film to use digital image processing.) Yikes. It has all made me a very well-rounded person. Don't know if these have been mentioned, but there's the perenially creepy Eyes Without a Face, subtitles won't bother you and Peeping Tom. Chs! Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Ball, James (jmb4aw) [jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 2:13 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early... Hi All, Here’s a Friday fun question (but with a bit of a head start): what are your favorite scary movies? Gary, you probably have a videography, don’t you? Broken down by genre, country of origin, director… J Cheers, Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@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] Fwd: Question about Latin American and Spanish Films
That has happened recently to me, too. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Filmakers Library i...@filmakers.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 2:42 PM Subject: [Videolib] Fwd: Question about Latin American and Spanish Films This did not appear on the list serve. Why? Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-808-4980 Fax: 212 808-4983 e-mail: i...@filmakers.com web: www.filmakers.com Begin forwarded message: From: Filmakers Library i...@filmakers.com Date: October 4, 2011 3:07:59 PM EDT To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Hi Natalia, I just checked our web site www.filmakers.com and under the subject heading of Latin America we have 101 documentaries. They are both from and about--many are award winners. Of course, we would be happy to help you if you have questions. And above all, welcome to the listserve. Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-808-4980 Fax: 212 808-4983 e-mail: i...@filmakers.com web: www.filmakers.com On Oct 3, 2011, at 4:35 PM, Natalia Bowdoin wrote: Dear All, I am new to this listserv and have an immediate, specific question. I am trying to find a source that has films from Latin America or Spain which our academic library can buy which will include the Public Performance Rights. I have looked at the Kino International catalog but it seems they have a very limited number of titles from this region. Can anyone recommend another source that would have more titles from this region that would include the PPR? Many thanks for your assistance in advance. Feel free to contact me off-list. Natalia Natalia Taylor Bowdoin Library Collections Coordinator Gregg-Graniteville Library University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina 803-641-3492 natal...@usca.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] Mystic Fire Video?
Karen Ranucci, formerly of Latin American Video Archives, is still kicking around in a new incarnation at Democracy Now. She's findable, and may well know about contact info. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Mystic Fire Video? Sadly, Sheldon Rochlin of Mystic Fire died many years ago and the company was sold and then disolved shortly thereafter. I think you're better off finding out if the late director Allan Francovich has any descendants. It's a longshot, but Linda Duchin can ask Jose Lopez if he remembers since they had his film ON COMPANY BUSINESS for a long time. (That, I think I still have a 16mm of...) 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: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.comebackafrica.com www.yougottomove.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Deborah Benrubi benr...@usfca.edu wrote: Dear wisdom of the list, Does anyone know if Mystic Fire Video or any successor in interest is still around, and/or how to contact Maxine Harris or anyone else associated with Mystic Fire/ Hither Hills Productions? I'm trying to find who has the rights to The Houses Are Full of Smoke. Thank you! Deborah Benrubi Technical Services Librarian University of San Francisco Gleeson Library|Geschke Center 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117 ph. 415.422.5672 fax 415.422.2233 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] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films
Also try Women Make Movies, and Third World Newsreel. You'll be delighted. All are almost primarily docs. No features. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Anthony Sweeney anth...@icarusfilms.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Hi Natalie, Icarus Films has outstanding award-winning titles from and about Latin America, all with PPR for academic libraries. A complete list is on our website here: http://icarusfilms.com/subjects/latin_am.html We also just printed a catalog with new releases and best sellers. There's a PDF of it online here: http://icarusfilms.com/pdf.html Call or email me if you want one via snail mail. Two new films that have become personal favorites: El Sicario, Room 164- The story of a hitman for the drug cartels, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (new September, 2011) El Velador- From dusk to dawn Martin watches over the extravagant mausoleums of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. (new September, 2011) Let me know if you have any questions. Take care, Anthony Sweeney Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 T: (718) 488-8900 F: (718) 488-8642 anth...@icarusfilms.com www.icarusfilms.com www.fanlight.com www.disabilitytraining.com From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Natalia Bowdoin Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:35 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Dear All, I am new to this listserv and have an immediate, specific question. I am trying to find a source that has films from Latin America or Spain which our academic library can buy which will include the Public Performance Rights. I have looked at the Kino International catalog but it seems they have a very limited number of titles from this region. Can anyone recommend another source that would have more titles from this region that would include the PPR? Many thanks for your assistance in advance. Feel free to contact me off-list. Natalia Natalia Taylor Bowdoin Library Collections Coordinator Gregg-Graniteville Library University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina 803-641-3492 natal...@usca.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.
Re: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films
Filmmaker's Library has ppr, but I doubt they have the kinds of films you are looking for. Again, primarily docs, and not necessarily Latin productions. But you should look anyways. Completely thrown by the Spain fiction films. Karen Ranucci edited a terrific book, that you may find dated at this point, but it's still a great reference: http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb14526429%7CSranucci+karen%7CP0%2C1%7COrightresult%7CX3?lang=engsuite=pearl Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: elizabeth mcmahon elizmcma...@yahoo.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Also try Women Make Movies, and Third World Newsreel. You'll be delighted. All are almost primarily docs. No features. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: Anthony Sweeney anth...@icarusfilms.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Hi Natalie, Icarus Films has outstanding award-winning titles from and about Latin America, all with PPR for academic libraries. A complete list is on our website here: http://icarusfilms.com/subjects/latin_am.html We also just printed a catalog with new releases and best sellers. There's a PDF of it online here: http://icarusfilms.com/pdf.html Call or email me if you want one via snail mail. Two new films that have become personal favorites: El Sicario, Room 164- The story of a hitman for the drug cartels, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (new September, 2011) El Velador- From dusk to dawn Martin watches over the extravagant mausoleums of Mexico's most notorious Drug Lords. (new September, 2011) Let me know if you have any questions. Take care, Anthony Sweeney Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 T: (718) 488-8900 F: (718) 488-8642 anth...@icarusfilms.com www.icarusfilms.com www.fanlight.com www.disabilitytraining.com From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Natalia Bowdoin Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 4:35 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: [Videolib] Question about Latin American and Spanish Films Dear All, I am new to this listserv and have an immediate, specific question. I am trying to find a source that has films from Latin America or Spain which our academic library can buy which will include the Public Performance Rights. I have looked at the Kino International catalog but it seems they have a very limited number of titles from this region. Can anyone recommend another source that would have more titles from this region that would include the PPR? Many thanks for your assistance in advance. Feel free to contact me off-list. Natalia Natalia Taylor Bowdoin Library Collections Coordinator Gregg-Graniteville Library University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, South Carolina 803-641-3492 natal...@usca.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.
Re: [Videolib] U-Matic playback machines for sale or rental?
Can you get your hands on a copy of this directory: Title MPE audio visual source directory for services and products / published semi-annually by Motion Picture Enterprises Publications, Inc. Imprint Tarrytown, N.Y. : Motion Picture Enterprises Publications. It is nationwide in scope, and provides information that covers equipment rental and purchase. If you can't get access to a copy of the directory right away, you can call NYPL and they could consult their copy for Montana. I highly recommend subscribing to it. It is very inexpensive and really comes in handy. Elizabeth You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Ravas, Tammy tammy.ra...@mso.umt.edu wrote: Greetings from the sunny mountains, Would anyone here be able to point me in the direction of a U-Matic playback machine for sale or rental? Many thanks in advance. Best wishes, -- Tammy Ravas Visual and Performing Arts Librarian and Media Coordinator Assistant Professor Mansfield Library University of Montana Ph: 406-243-4402 E-mail: tammy.ra...@umontana.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. -- 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] great courses
I have never hesitated on acquistioning any Great Courses for a moment. They circulate heavily, are heartily appreciated and are a worthwhile and valuable investment. Some of the best money spent, I say that from experience. Don't overthink this one. To let you know, I am coming from a public librarian perspective, but I'd actually think that would be helpful. Elizabeth McMahon You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python From: CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] great courses Hi Rhonda, I select them for purchase as well. Some students like them to supplement their courses, or to refresh (e.g. someone who jhas been out in the work place for several years doing an MSc in civil engineering who needs to refresh on fluid dynamics). Others I select for general education for students interest. For example, we have no African Studies courses at HKUST, so the 18 hour African Experience course is useful for any students who want to learn more about the history and cultures of Africa. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Libarry Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rhonda, I had to purchase many of them for a faculty member who insisted they were the most amazing things ever. So be it. Most of my colleagues did not agree, but some faculty do use certain Courses because they do like the content. I'd be happy to let you know which ones are used the most. Best, Lorraine Alden Library Ohio U 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] ISP: Internet Service Provider or Internet Secret Police? “The movie and recording industries have...”
“The movie and recording industries have long had a rocky relationship with the Internet in general and Internet service providers (ISP) in particular but a new alliance with major ISPs may change that – at the expense of consumers.” http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2011/07/isp-internet-service-provider-or-internet-secret-police.html Elizabeth McMahonVIDEOLIB 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] how to find documentaries
Hello Sarah, Try: The National Library of Medicine (NLM): http://www.nlm.nih.gov/libserv.html and The New York Academy of Medicine Library: http://nyam.waldo.kohalibrary.com/ Elizabeth McMahon --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Andrews, Sarah E sarah-andr...@uiowa.edu wrote: From: Andrews, Sarah E sarah-andr...@uiowa.edu Subject: [Videolib] how to find documentaries To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 5:36 PM #yiv413872040 P { MARGIN-TOP:0px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:0px;} I need some help. In my current position I have little video responsibilities--unless it comes to problem solving. I am looking for medical documentary films--films that would be of interest to medical professionals that are about medicine or scientific topics. For example=Supersize Me or King Corn would be a more popular examples, Unnatural Causes a more academic one. So--is there any place you would recommend searching and/or search strategies? We are pretty much open to any suggestions at this point. I have played around with Worldcat, and of course Netflix, but I think my problem is that it is sort of hard to quantify what makes a documentary interesting to this audience. Thanks in advance for help! Sarah Andrews Access Services Supervisor Hardin Library for the Health Sciences -Inline Attachment Follows- 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] Who pulled the plug on University of Minnesota's Troubled Waters?
Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story has been nearly four years in the making. A team of researchers, filmmakers, and scientists have been up and down the Mississippi River, knee deep in swamps and icy waters, and elbow deep in footage and research. The film, by the U of M's Bell Museum of Natural History, focuses on agriculture, pollution, and sustainable solutions. Now, suddenly, its premiere has been canceled, and no one can say exactly why. http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2010/09/15/who-pulled-plub-university-minnesotas-troubled-waters Elizabeth McMahon 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] Jean-Luc Godard: 'There Is No Such Thing as Intellectual Property'
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/jean-luc-godard-there-is-no-such-thing-as-intellectual-property/62936/ Elizabeth McMahon 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] Video Capture Question
Rachel, Ask this question to: Experimental Film Discussion List framewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com . There are film and videomakers there, not librarians:) Elizabeth --- On Wed, 7/14/10, Rachel Gordon energ...@verizon.net wrote: From: Rachel Gordon energ...@verizon.net Subject: [Videolib] Video Capture Question To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 5:06 PM Hey folks, I sent this to the wrong email yesterday, silly me! I have a technical question (or it may be a series of them) that so far I have not been able to find a “we have done this” answer to yet and I thought to see if this is already done in your institutions and I’m just not aware of it… As many of you know, I’m creating an introductory documentary on homeopathy…I’ll be shooting it through the end of the year… I’ve decided to include short interviews of people who have used homeopathy to help fix/cure a variety of problems. I don’t have the money to go gallivanting around the universe so I am hoping to figure out a way to video or internet conference, capture it, and use the footage in my final film (as well as for future website/training tools). What I’ve been told so far is that any taping/capturing done like this is only good enough – picture and sound quality wise – for web usage and that nobody has included this type of content yet in a finished film project. So if any of you have experience with helping out a professor with this, or doing it in your library, or any other great anecdotes/stories, I’d love to hear about it. Feel free to send me info off list… Thanks! Hope you’re having a great summer! Best, Rachel Rachel Gordon energ...@verizon.net www.energizedfilms.com -Inline Attachment Follows- 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] susan seidelman short?
NYPL preserved And You Act Like One, Too. http://catalog.nypl.org/iii/encore/record/C%7CRb17088301%7CSAnd+You+Act+Like+One+too%7COrightresult?lang=engsuite=pearl New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498 (212) 870-1630 Elizabeth --- On Mon, 6/28/10, Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu wrote: From: Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.edu Subject: [Videolib] susan seidelman short? To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Monday, June 28, 2010, 4:18 PM Does anyone know of a source for Susan Seidelman’s short “And You Act Like One”? Thanks, collective wisdom! Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 -Inline Attachment Follows- 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.