[Videolib] G. Handman signing off...
Hi All Well, it has been a little over three months since my retirement from videolibrariandom... An interesting experiment in letting go. I've recently started a part-time (17 hr a week) gig as coodinator of public services for the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley (www.magnes.org) (now administratively a part of UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library) ...something completely new for me--both exciting and a bit scary. It's a contract job, so I'm on for the next year. Then I'll have to reassess. After a great deal of debate, I think it's probably time for me to pull the plug on my videolib subscription at the end of this week. I'm sad about doing this...seems like such a final break with my beloved professional past. But probably best to move on. Gisele Tanasse, Operations Supervisor in the Berkeley Media Center, will be managing the list after my departure (at least in the short-run). Pls address queries to her at gtana...@library.berkeley.edu My email is hand...@berkeley.edu and I'd love to stay in touch. I'd be glad to continue bouncing ideas around and sharing whatever professional wisdom I have (as long as the shelf-life is still good) with librarian colleagues or with film distributors or makers. Salud! Gary Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] G. Handman signing off...
Well...now I'm working (part time) with actual Talmudists...can't speak (yet) as to their drinking habits. We shall see. Gonna miss you guys tremendously. gary Gary, now who will characterize our late night copyright riffs as drunken Talmudists on a particularly disputatious day? ; -) On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Threatt, Monique Louise mthre...@indiana.edu wrote: Wow, I didn't think I would take this so hard, but Gary you will certainly be missed so much. Monique -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7:17 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] G. Handman signing off... Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp7r0j4XrO8 http://www.tv-signoffs.com/clips/WTOP-signoff-1964-REC.htm http://www.tv-signoffs.com/clips/WMTV-analogsignoff-2009_0217.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMZ_rQKAy7c -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 On 10/10/12 3:17 PM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: Subject: [Videolib] G. Handman signing off... After a great deal of debate, I think it's probably time for me to pull the plug on my videolib subscription at the end of this week. I'm sad about doing this...seems like such a final break with my beloved professional past. But probably best to move on. 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. -- M. Troy Davis | (757) 279-8871 Director, Swem Media Center Earl Gregg Swem Library The College of William Mary mtd...@wm.edu - Swem Media on: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/swemmedia/ | Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/swemmedia| YouTube http://www.youtube.com/swemmedia Swem is actively pursuing recommendationshttps://swem.wm.edu/forms/make-suggestion . Suggest https://swem.wm.edu/forms/make-suggestion a new resource, an improved service or an interesting idea! 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] The Paley Center for Media iCollection
I carefully considered and tried to broker a consortial deal for UC systemwide libraries...hugely expensive, and the deal fell thru, but soundz fantastic! Gary Handman Has anyone purchased this database? If so, I'd love to hear your impressions/experiences/opinions. Thanks, Collective Wisdom! 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. Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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 Academic Library DVD distributor
Hi (from retirementville) The short answer is that there is no universal source that covers the entire video waterfront. There are general mass market distributors (hello amazon!) from whom we buy close to 100% of our feature films and mass marketed docs. The rest of the stuff--i.e. independently produced docs--are generally exclusively distributed by a single source (the Bullfrogs, Icaruses, California Newsreels, MEFs, Filmakers Libraries of the world). YPB and MidWest claim they can handle the latter... In my experience they're not very good at it (for unavoidable reasons, perhaps)...which means the laborious but necessary task of ordering from a whole mess o' separate vendors. On the other hand, the necessity of dealing with these independents almost always results in beneficial relationships (and sometimes discounts), the likes of which are completely alien to the amazons of the world. Gary Handman (who's enjoying the autumnal smell in the Northern California air) We currently acquire our videos from many different video producers and smaller distributors - as well as Amazon. Do any of you, in particular academic libraries, use distributors to acquire a large percentage of your educational and perhaps even feature film videos - in a similar manner to buying books from YBP? I believe MidWest Tape would be an example. I would be interested in hearing any advice you may have - from pros and cons to video distributors that are especially effective. Thanks. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Music and Art Librarian Libraries and Cultural Resources University of Calgary Office: TFDL 510H (phone ahead and/or ask for me at the Arts Culture Desk, TFDL 5th floor) Phone: (403) 220-3795 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant
Hi Not many things are currently rousing me from my post-retirement lethargy, but this issue does. You're talking about buying a title from a distributor that has exclusive distribution rights. What's going on here--tiered pricing with specific stipulations re use--is really matter of business contract, rather than copyright. That is to say, the vendor can call the shots: the user, in purchasing a title, agrees to the terms and conditions of sale... The situation that fries (fried?) my ass is when a distributor puts its wares out into the broader home video market (e.g. amazon) and still tries to enforce tiered pricing. Basically, if a title turns up on amazon, I'm gonna buy it at home video prices, even if the vendor is selling the title at institutional prices via a distributor web site. If you don't need public performance rights (if all you're going to be using the title for is classroom screening or individual viewing in the library), you should always claim the face-to-face teaching exemption and go for the cheaper version. As for trying to persuade distributors to lower prices...I tried for 30 years and wasn't too successful, but then again I didn't try very hard, knowing as I did how slim the profit margin is for indie distributors and how generally tenuous that enterprise is... Cheers! Gary Handman Fellow camslib/videolib folks, A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with public and school libraries allowed to buy it for $25, while colleges have to spend nearly $200. They claim if you purchase the home video version, you are not granted rights to show the film in classrooms. Now, I'm not a lawyer, but these sort of statements don't sound right to me. A colleague mentioned that some publishers do this because they need funds to cover future productions and it's a way for large institutions to subsidize independent documentaries, but I can't help feel offended that they use these scare tactics and assume colleges can easily absorb these large costs. I'm probably late to the party on this topic, but I wonder what your thoughts are. Does anyone try to work with publishers/producers to make these sort of materials more affordable? How do you all handle these sort of acquisition situations? Cheers from Nebraska, Richard 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] More film suggestions
hi all http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/musicmovies.html#classical Gary (or Mr. Slacker, as my daughter has taken to calling me) Hi everyone, Your responses to my last question were so helpful and the professor loved them. She has another question now and I am again soliciting your input. Thanks in advance! She says: I am teaching a writing course and the theme is classical music/music in the western world. Any films you have that describe the following musical time periods (they do not have to be connected to music but I would like a film that gives us a strong sense of history during that time) would be fabulous: Antiquity and the Middle Ages The Renaissance The Baroque The Pre-Classical Period The Classical Period The Later Nineteenth Century/: Romanticism, etc The Twentieth Century I thought a film might be a good way to introduce the readings in each of these units. Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, Film and Media Library 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549 sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edumailto:sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu 516-463-5076 (phone) 516-463-4309 (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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] Help me remember a film for a faculty, please
Victoria para chino (USA | Mexico, 2004) Directed by Cary Fukunaga. Cast: Domingo Jose Cruz Delgado, Oliver Cruzdaza, Aldo de Anda. In May 2003 a refrigerated truck carrying more than 80 illegal immigrants from the Mexican border drove into the heartland of Texas. A deadly combination of heat and overcrowding lead to tragedy. Based on a true event, this film tells the story of that journey. 14 min. ??? Gary Greetings, Video Brain Collective: I need the name of a one-shot film about 10 minutes long about immigrants. They're picked up by a truck. It is in a collection of shorts. This is for a faculty member who just related it to me quickly before his class. Many thanks, Cathy Catherine H. Michael Communications Legal Studies Librarian Ithaca College Library Gannett Center 1201, 953 Danby Road Ithaca, NY 14850 phone: 607-274-1293 http://comlaw.wordpress.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. Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] need film suggestions
Hi Wow! Big task! Sorta depends on the slant of the class, I think. There have been movies made on these themes throughout the history of film...I your prof looking for strictly contemporary, older? The view of pop culture phenomena and artifacts as represented in the movies shifts radically over time. In any case: For advertising (particularly Mad Men-resonate advertising), you could consider The Hucksters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039477/) Lover Come Back (1961) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055100/ Elia Kazan's Face in the Crowd is a terrific early indictment of television's potential for fostering demogoguery Bye Bye Birdie is sort of cool for both its gentle send-up of rock n' roll and TV (not to mention teenagers) Network and Broadcast News are good movie looks at TV. The Truman Show would also be good I'll leave sports to Jessica gary handman Dear CW, As the beginning of the semester looms, I have received this question (below). Would love to hear your suggestions. I think she's looking for feature films. Thanks!! I am teaching a course whose theme is American Popular Culture-- Advertising, Television, Popular Music, Technology, Sports and Movies. If you could suggest 1 popular/notable film related to each of these themes I would really appreciate it---I like to enhance my syllabus with films correlated to the themes of the course for the more visual learners. Sarah McCleskey sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] pop culture
Ok, yeah, I'm retired...but...heheh Don't forget MRCs videographies http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/musicmovies.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/sports.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/journalistsmovies.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/moviesaboutmovies.html Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] International films on science, race, and power- any suggestions
Hi Well, v interesting topic, indeed. In fact, besides District 9, science fiction is fairly crammed with tropes and allusions to issues of race and otherness. You might check out these print sources Nama, Adilifu Black space : imagining race in science fiction film Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. Kakoudaki, Despina Spectacles of History: Race Relations, Melodrama, and the Science Fiction/Disaster Film. Camera Obscura no. 50 (2002) p. 108-53 Nama, Adilifu. R Is for Race, Not Rocket: Black Representation in American Science Fiction Cinema. Quarterly Review of Film Video, Mar2009, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p155-166, 12p Gonder, Patrick. Like a Monstrous Jigsaw Puzzle: Genetics and Race in Horror Films of the 1950s.Velvet Light Trap. 52:33-44. 2003 Fall Edwards, Kim The Great Space Race: Racial Constructs and Alien Invasions in Recent Science Fictions. Screen Education Issue 58 (2010) Larrieux, Stepahnie. Towards a black science fiction cinema: the slippery signifier of race and the films of Will Smith. In: The black imagination, science fiction, futurism and the speculative / edited by Sandra Jackson, Julie E. Moody-Freeman. New York : Peter Lang, c2011. Black space : imagining race in science fiction film / Adilifu Nama. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2008. Hello everyone, My institution runs a Films without Borders series, and this year we are looking for an international film or films that deal with the combined topic of race, science, and power. I can come up with US films that would work, such as Miss Evers' Boys or District 9. I've come up with a few international ideas, but none are quite right Lunacy by Jan Svankmajer, but it covers science and power (esp. power) but not race. Rabbit Proof Fence - http://youtu.be/rB-jkydqADg - but it is more about race and power. City of Lost Children was also mentioned, but again, that is more science and power. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Friendly regards, Allen Reichert Electronic Access Librarian Otterbein University 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] Copyright and Making DVDs
If our lawyer feels a broader application is supportable, I'm with the lawyer. Would be a useful test case, to be certain. gary Might one ask how consul believes circulation on campus is supportable when the law clearly states the reproduced copy may only be accessed on the premise of the library or archive? Did I miss some other part of the law or did a classroom halfway across campus suddenly become part of a library's premise ? I understand this is a very frustrating issue for libraries but rather than try to claim a premise is a campus why not lobby LOC if you feel it is the correct view. When the DMCA and Fair Use were in direct conflict ( It was fair use to use a clip but illegal to take it from a DVD) the educational community lobbied and got this clarified in favor of educational institutions. How is the fishing? On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM, hand...@berkeley.edu wrote: I bit down hard on the nail and really did try not to answer this...but as Peter Lorre groaned in M: Ich hore ein stimme in mich und ich kann es nicht helfen (I hear a voice in me and I can't help myself) A VHS tape which shows distinct signs of degradation (drop-out; color shift; sound degradation; visible signs of stretching or surface wear; etc etc etc) is MOST certainly grist for 108 reproduction/copying if due diligence demonstrates that the title is no longer available for purchase as a new copy at fair market price. Period. The notion of what constitutes due diligence needs to be worked out by the library and the institutional legal counsel: basically, it's a matter of what the institution feels comfortable with and how risk-tolerance or averse it is. The use of the reproduced material continues to be hotly debated. The 108 Study Group was not particularly helpful in this respect, so, again, it is a matter of defining practices which the institution feels comfortable supporting. There is some sense among some consul that use of such materials within the physical confines of a campus is supportable. The one practice that most certainly would not fly under 108 is allowing circulation of both the original AND the reproduction. At Berkeley, we routinely send the original (at-risk) title to storage and circulate the copy for both in-building and classroom use. This seems to me to be a perfectly defensible practice that meets the spirit of 108 (if not the precise language) Gary Handman Indeed not a reading of the law at all but a mash up of fair use and replacement preservation which are totally separate ( since I guess someone must stir up the pot) parts of the copyright law . Copyright law lays out the very specific rules under which material may be copied and those rules include that the material must be lost, stolen or deteriorating and that any preserved copy is not allowed to circulate. Fair Use and its factors are for determining how much of a particular item may be used without violating copyright. If Fair Use covered the copying and replacement of lost, or damaged materials than what would be the point of putting in a separate and detailed set of rules governing this? Personally I particularly like the way these best practices deliberately misstate the actual law. According the ARL version this copying is allowed if the material is likely to deteriorate, or that exist only in difficult-to-access formats but what the law actually says in black and white is is copies can be made if the material IS damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen, or if the existing format in which the work is stored has become OBSOLETE Emphasis mine of course . Likely to deteriorate is frankly and absurd and subjective idea and not what the law says. Also huge difference between difficult to access and obsolete (further defined in the law as no longer manufactured but you can buy one for $75 at Walmart) Words have meaning and I yes I really get upset when library organizations deliberately twist and misuse them. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Simpkins, Terry W. tsimp...@middlebury.edu wrote: Hi Jared, At the risk of stirring the pot… for another viewpoint take a look at the *ARL Code of Best Practices In Fair Use For Academic and Research Libraries*, specifically this section: http://www.arl.org/pp/ppcopyright/codefairuse/code/three-digitizing.shtml* *** ** ** Remember that this is *not* a straight restating of the law, but rather an interpretation of it from the vantage point of current library practice, along with advice on minimizing your legal risk. Rights holders have most definitely *not* signed off on this document, and, as we have seen on this list in the past, at least some are vehemently opposed to the recommendations found in the *Code.* But I think it’s a thoughtful document and worth reading. ** ** Terry
Re: [Videolib] Copyright and Making DVDs
The lawyer in question is a specialist in media law and is working for the Mellon project on which I am (was) working. We have routinely trashed 108 copies whenever we become aware of a commercially available copy. I would MUCH prefer buying a commercial replacement than making one in-house, in any case. I've shared our due diligence procedures on this list in the past. gary Well as Berkley is a public school it makes it more of a bitch to make a test case BUT if there is a private institution out there willing to say it is their policy and provide some titles I think a test case can be made. For the record I have very little faith in the opinions of lawyers in the UC system and would still like to know the details of why it is supportable . Are they in fact claiming that the entire campus can be considered part of the library premise? Just curious Gary what is the policy for routine checking to see if the title becomes available for legal purchase? Do you feel comfortable that if say some of the titles in question are high end films from educational companies that come out in DVD or DVD-R for $295 a pop, Berkeley will immediately buy one and trash the copy? On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 11:25 AM, hand...@berkeley.edu wrote: If our lawyer feels a broader application is supportable, I'm with the lawyer. Would be a useful test case, to be certain. gary Might one ask how consul believes circulation on campus is supportable when the law clearly states the reproduced copy may only be accessed on the premise of the library or archive? Did I miss some other part of the law or did a classroom halfway across campus suddenly become part of a library's premise ? I understand this is a very frustrating issue for libraries but rather than try to claim a premise is a campus why not lobby LOC if you feel it is the correct view. When the DMCA and Fair Use were in direct conflict ( It was fair use to use a clip but illegal to take it from a DVD) the educational community lobbied and got this clarified in favor of educational institutions. How is the fishing? On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:21 PM, hand...@berkeley.edu wrote: I bit down hard on the nail and really did try not to answer this...but as Peter Lorre groaned in M: Ich hore ein stimme in mich und ich kann es nicht helfen (I hear a voice in me and I can't help myself) A VHS tape which shows distinct signs of degradation (drop-out; color shift; sound degradation; visible signs of stretching or surface wear; etc etc etc) is MOST certainly grist for 108 reproduction/copying if due diligence demonstrates that the title is no longer available for purchase as a new copy at fair market price. Period. The notion of what constitutes due diligence needs to be worked out by the library and the institutional legal counsel: basically, it's a matter of what the institution feels comfortable with and how risk-tolerance or averse it is. The use of the reproduced material continues to be hotly debated. The 108 Study Group was not particularly helpful in this respect, so, again, it is a matter of defining practices which the institution feels comfortable supporting. There is some sense among some consul that use of such materials within the physical confines of a campus is supportable. The one practice that most certainly would not fly under 108 is allowing circulation of both the original AND the reproduction. At Berkeley, we routinely send the original (at-risk) title to storage and circulate the copy for both in-building and classroom use. This seems to me to be a perfectly defensible practice that meets the spirit of 108 (if not the precise language) Gary Handman Indeed not a reading of the law at all but a mash up of fair use and replacement preservation which are totally separate ( since I guess someone must stir up the pot) parts of the copyright law . Copyright law lays out the very specific rules under which material may be copied and those rules include that the material must be lost, stolen or deteriorating and that any preserved copy is not allowed to circulate. Fair Use and its factors are for determining how much of a particular item may be used without violating copyright. If Fair Use covered the copying and replacement of lost, or damaged materials than what would be the point of putting in a separate and detailed set of rules governing this? Personally I particularly like the way these best practices deliberately misstate the actual law. According the ARL version this copying is allowed if the material is likely to deteriorate, or that exist only in difficult-to-access formats but what the law actually says in black and white is is copies can be made if the material IS damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen
Re: [Videolib] Europe the Mighty Continent
Hey Gail... To my knowledge, this series is no longer available anywhere (MRC made a Section 108 copy, based on our due diligence findings). Good series: too bad it has never been re-upped for distribution in the US. Gary Handman (writing this in his pajamas) Good morning, Does anyone know if this series is still available for sale in DVD? We checked with Ambrose, who said they no longer distribute it. It's a BBC production, but they don't list it on their BBC America or main websites. Anyone know if a secondary distributor has picked it up? Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 ph 615-898-2899 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/imr 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] Europe the Mighty Continent
You don't want to see my pjs? They have little pictures of Sergei Eisenstein, Lev Kuleshov, and Dziga Vertov on them, a sight to behold. g. Hey, Gary -- I thought you were retired. Just can't break the habit, eh? Only kidding, we are happy to have you stick around. Thankfully we don't have to see you in your PJ's. Helen P. Mack h...@lehigh.edu (Sent from my iPhone) On Aug 15, 2012, at 12:14 PM, hand...@berkeley.edu wrote: Hey Gail... To my knowledge, this series is no longer available anywhere (MRC made a Section 108 copy, based on our due diligence findings). Good series: too bad it has never been re-upped for distribution in the US. Gary Handman (writing this in his pajamas) Good morning, Does anyone know if this series is still available for sale in DVD? We checked with Ambrose, who said they no longer distribute it. It's a BBC production, but they don't list it on their BBC America or main websites. Anyone know if a secondary distributor has picked it up? Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 ph 615-898-2899 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/imr 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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. Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] Unsubscribe
Thanks, Rick We have it covered... Gary Handman On 8/9/12 6:46 PM, Linda Hellman lhell...@optonline.net sent this: (you want to unsubcribe) You need to go here to unsubscribe: https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/reminder/videolib@lists.berkeley.e du If anyone at the berkeley.edu is listening, I¹d help out with the list management in lieu of staff involvement... Best Rick Faaberg Ps. I think I met you at a Media Market, far away and long ago? :) Oh, wait a minute... Benchmark? 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 hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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 subject)
He's history... Gary (who is still sorta minding the store) Please remove this person! Thanks! On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 4:17 PM, gary jenkins jenks...@yahoo.com wrote: http://coffeelunch.lv/wp-admin/site.php?block225.bmp 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] streaming files from DVD onto a computer
Yeah, Rick, but .dvdmedia files (whatever THEY are) can't be streamed (at least I don't think so). The problem with most DVD ripping software is that they unbundle audio and video...the ripped files can be played on a computer with standard DVD player software, but not uploaded to a server and streamed. gary h On 7/25/12 3:09 PM, Michelle Ehenpreis mmm...@yahoo.com sent this: Thank you to everyone who responded to my inquiry about transferring VHS to DVD. We located a local business who will do it for us. However, we would like to stream the files from the DVDs and the business doing the conversion cannot provide the files. Does anyone know of a way to easily and safely rip DVDs onto a computer? On a Mac, use RipIt to get the audio and video to a .dvdmedia file on your storage device. From there, I'd use HandBrake to recode to your streaming format of choice. Hth Rick Faaberg 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] streaming files from DVD onto a computer
Hi If it's streaming your interested in, you can't simply rip a DVD to computer... The file formats for standard DVDs are different than the file formats used to stream video, generally. (By the way...I hope you're paying attention to copyright) There are a number of ways to convert a video to streamable files. There are a number of hardware/softwar products that will convert vhs output into QuickTime, mpeg4, or other streamable formats. Some examples: http://vhs-to-dvd-review.toptenreviews.com/easycap-video-capture-review.html http://macs.about.com/od/applications/fr/vhstodvd.htma You can also buy a digital-analog converter (such as those made by Canopus) and ingest vhs to your computer (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/312315-REG/Grass_Valley_602005_ADVC55_Compact_Analog_.html/) You can use whatever editing software you use (iMovie, Premiere, whatev) to import and convert this into whichever file format you want. The files you create via the above means need to be mounted on and delivered via a server. Gary Handman (who is still hanging on) Hello, Thank you to everyone who responded to my inquiry about transferring VHS to DVD. We located a local business who will do it for us. However, we would like to stream the files from the DVDs and the business doing the conversion cannot provide the files. Does anyone know of a way to easily and safely rip DVDs onto a computer? Any tips would be really helpful, Thank you again, Michelle Ehrenpreis Molloy College 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] Mexican art documentary on DVD
Hi Scott Please note that you've posted this message to videolib, which is intended as a commercial-free discussion forum. Announcement of this type don't belong here. VIDEONEWS is another, separate list which is exclusively intended for new video-related product and service announcements. Info re subscribing is posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html Let me know if you have questions. Gary supposedly retired Handman On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 10:29 AM, scott petersen f...@core.com wrote: Now available on DVD is the award-winning documentary The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz http://helpfundmymovie.com/page11/Buy.html, the amazing cross-cultural story of how an American adventurer and a brilliant, self-taught Mexican artist transformed a dying desert village into a home for world-class ceramics. When anthropologist Spencer MacCallum walked into a second-hand store in Deming, New Mexico, in 1976 and bought three pieces of pottery, he had no idea that he was about to embark on a journey that would help lead to the revival of an ancient art form and change thousands of lives. This is an inspirational story of an artist who overcame extraordinary poverty to become recognized worldwide for his incredible creativity and ingenuity. The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz http://www.mataortizmovie.com/ reveals how anthropologist Spencer MacCallum encouraged the self-taught budding master Juan Quezada to further innovate on the traditional designs of Paquimé ceramics, leading to the phenomenal and award-winning post-modern styles of younger artist Diego Valles. This DVD is ideal for students in: • Ceramics/Studio Art • Art History • Anthropology • Archaeology • Latino/a Studies • Social Entrepreneurship • Economic Development To see clips from the movie, please visit: http://helpfundmymovie.com/trailer/trailer.html To purchase the academic/institutional version, please go the film's website at http://www.helpfundmymovie.com/page11/Buy.html. Academic/institutional copies of this DVD confer all non commercial screening rights. Order here: http://helpfundmymovie.com/page11/Buy.html “Scott Petersen’s documentary winningly tells the tale of MacCallum’s unlikely odyssey as an arts promoter, and the film also provides a fascinating portrait of Quezada’s equally unlikely rise to prominence. The footage capturing the creation of Quezada’s painstakingly precise designs is wonderful, and MacCallum and Quezada’s accounts are compelling. ‘The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz’ offers a fascinating look at contemporary Mexican art and culture.” * * Video Librarian* * Official Selection: Sedona Film Festival-Best Arts Film Archaeology Channel Film Festival-winner of 9 awards Durango Film Festival Cine Las Americas Film Festival DocUtah Film Festival Best, Scott Petersen Mata Ortiz Productions 12135 Mitchell Av. #348 Los Angeles, CA 90066 USA http://www.MataOrtizMovie.com http://www.mataortizmovie.com/ mataortizmo...@gmail.com (818) 642-6301 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] John Baldessari: 4 Short Films 1972-1973
You've scoped out Electronic Arts Intermix? http://eai.org/searchResults.htm?searchInput=baldessari Gary H. On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hi Ms. Grant, In the meantime you might try reinforcing the hub with clear labels. Try http://www.onlinelabels.com/Products/OL9990CK.htm Nor where we bought ours, but the vendor we used no longer stocks them. A clear hub label above and below can slow down the problem considerably. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu Phone: (415) 338-1493 On Jul 5, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Grant, Tyra wrote: We’re trying to replace a DVD (with a cracked hub---brittle and ready to break completely but still playable we hope): ** ** *John Baldessari: 4 Short Films 1972-1973* *TITLE: 6 Colorful Inside Jobs* ** ** Original distributor: http://www.jrp-ringier.com/pages/index.php Producer: http://www.bureaudesvideos.com/ Format: PAL (although we prefer NTSC) ** ** Additional Information: Films Transferred to video 1972-1977 Edited by Nicolas Trembley, Paris, 2006 DVD PAL 58 min. Multizone DVD. For private use only. EDV 1393 ** ** ISBN 10: 3-905770-09-1 ISBN 13: 978-3-905770-09-4 ** ** ** ** “Four Short Films 1972-1973” itself, as a single DVD, does not seem to be available in any format. An American company, Electronic Arts Intermix http://www.eai.org/title.htm?id=14628 sells DVDs on Baldessari in an NTSC format (which we would prefer) but the Educational version is expensive. To get all that were originally on the Paris DVD (3 different films) would cost us $1000. ** ** *QUESTIONS:* 1. Does anyone know of alternative sources for this work? 2. Is there anything that would limit our creating a copy from our damaged version---if we cannot find a reasonably affordable replacement?** ** I must confess I’m ignorant of French or international copyright laws---if or how they apply in cases like this. ** ** Best, and hope you’re all surviving the heat, Tyra Grant ** ** ** ** Digital and electronic media preservation officer University of Kansas Libraries tgr...@ku.edu 785-864-8951 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.
