Re: [Videolib] moving to open stacks

2013-09-25 Thread Susan Albrecht
We do the same thing as Richard - shelve by LC call number in open shelves and separate the discs from the cases, which are housed behind circulation, to reduce theft. One thing we've done with helps with ease of disc retrieval is that we simply assigned each disc in the existing collection a

[Videolib] Carrie (1976) screening license

2013-09-25 Thread Gail Fedak
Good afternoon, A student group at MTSU wants to screen this title in October, but I'm having trouble finding who licenses it. I've checked with Swank, MPLC, New Yorker, Criterion, Facets, and GreenLight with no results. I've emailed MGM, but don't know how long they will take to answer,

Re: [Videolib] Carrie (1976) screening license

2013-09-25 Thread Jessica Rosner
Just to clarify did you try Criterion Pictures USA ( not Criterion Janus) as it was a Fox film and normally they would have rights? However sometimes remakes cause originals to be pulled from public shows. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:04 PM, Gail Fedak gail.fe...@mtsu.edu wrote: Good

Re: [Videolib] Carrie (1976) screening license

2013-09-25 Thread Jessica Rosner
OOPS my bad. Fox put out the DVD , MGM is the rights holder. If Swank does not have it, than it is probably pulled for the remake which is pretty common. My guess is the US distributor for MGM library theatrically Park Circus is probably doing a limited reissue and college dates could screw that.

[Videolib] NTSC or PAL

2013-09-25 Thread nahum laufer
I just want to add my experience with this problem I'm distributing a French film Murder of a Hatmaker I received from the director DVDs with notice that they are Multi-zone, I sold some in USA to university libraries, I got complaints that the NTSC players can't read the DVD, I got our studio

Re: [Videolib] NTSC or PAL

2013-09-25 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
I should add to this that I have never heard of a computer DVD drive locking on a system (PAL/NTSC) the way they lock on regions after a few switches. The ability to play the signal correctly is built is, I thought. Has anyone else heard of this? --Judy -Original Message- I just want

[Videolib] medcom streaming database

2013-09-25 Thread Elliott, Curleen
Hi, I would like to know if anyone uses or has used Medcom Trainex streaming video database for Health Sciences. If you do not want to respond on list please send me a private response. I am especially interested in the Learning Management System attached to the database. Thanks, Curleen