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

Hi Chris, In that case we might suggest that the professors ask the students to organize themselves for a group viewing in the Library(we have some group viewing rooms that can fit up to 12 people in them). We also might do manual hold, where we take down the name of the student and when the

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

the pre-planning part and the students pay for it. The desk staff like a challenge so they came up with the system. We do suggest group viewings and lobby professors but there are still situations. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:27 PM, CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk wrote: Hi Chris

Re: [Videolib] Question about Disappearing World series

~ -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of CAPLAN Victoria F Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:39 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about Disappearing World series

Re: [Videolib] Question about Disappearing World series

Dear Lind, Thanks. - Victoria Victoria, Filmakers Library has four of the films. Please click on the url for more information. http://www.filmakers.com/index.php?a=resultssearch_term=disappearing+world Best regards, Linda On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:39 AM, CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap

Re: [Videolib] Question about Disappearing World series

Hi all, Does anyone know if there has been a DVD release of the Grenada TV anthropological series Disappearing World? Films.com used to sell, but that series does not seem to be in the catalog. Thanks for your help. Victoria Caplan Media Resources Microforms HKUST Library Hong Kong

Re: [Videolib] Friday fun question, early...

Hi Jessica, Thanks for recommending that A Chinese Feast, it's one of my family's favorites. We adore the scene w/ the big Garoupa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chinese_Feast If you liked that one, you might also enjoy Stephen Chow's The God of Cookery - which also has a cooking show-down

Re: [Videolib] format issues

Hi Tim, 1) I look all around and see if it has been re-released on DVD. If so, ask my acquisitions colleague to buy it as a rush. 2) Remind the faculty members that they can make an arrangement w/ one of the support units in the university to have a VHS player set up for display in the class.

Re: [Videolib] Media circulation terms

Hi Lisa, Standard: Up to 10 items at a time; 1 week circulation with 1 renewal. They can also fill out a Special Loan form for my approval if they want something above that. However, we do not permit semester loans. If the professor wants to make sure certain items are available for his or her

Re: [Videolib] Annenberg V-O-D? VHS donations?

Hi Rachel, What is theie broadband. computer projector situation like? Annenberg provides free VOD for many educational titles. http://www.learner.org/ They divide the teacher resources by age: K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, college age. Or, programs can be viewed here:

Re: [Videolib] A Mongolian Tale

Hi Junior, According to AEMS, it's distributed by Facets - maybe try them? http://www.aems.illinois.edu/searchresults_detail.html?biblioId=3315 Regards, Victoria HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science Technnology Thanks! I actually got in contact with Linda and she referred me to the

Re: [Videolib] A Mongolian Tale

the video , they never owned the rights. This a VHS from 17 years ago. On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:06 PM, CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk wrote: Hi Junior, According to AEMS, it's distributed by Facets - maybe try them? http://www.aems.illinois.edu/searchresults_detail.html?biblioId=3315 Regards

Re: [Videolib] FW: [slavcin-l] Help in identifying a film

Interesting about the film Hurricane (Uragan). In Primo Levi's memoir La Tregua (The Truce, also published as The Reawakening) he describes seeing this movie when he was in a Soviet transit camp in 1945. I wonder how many copies of it were going around the Soviet Union in the 1940s 1950s. -

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

Re: [Videolib] AEMS (was: two asian studies questions

Hi Lori, Have you or the prof tried using Asian Educational Media Services at the university of Illinois: http://www.aems.illinois.edu/ The database http://www.aems.illinois.edu/aemsdatabase/index.html is quite useful for searching. It will also provides info on format distributors (with

Re: [Videolib] multi disc DVD cases

Hi Beth, We prefer to circulate in the case they arrive in, unless there is a problem with it. Mostly we use single cases, but we do have some multi-disk cases. We don't use security cases, so that is not an issue. We have signs on all the book drops asking students not to put media items in

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

Hi all, This is fun. Here's HKUST's top 25 video circulations. They are all feature films, except for an Eric Clapton video. I think our top circulating documentary is The Gate of Heavenly Peace - Carma Hinton's doc about June Fourth. Our VHS version has circulated 384 times; the DVD that we

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot lists - top non-feature films

Hi Deg, Here's HKUST's top circ for non-feature films, starting from no. 1 and going down. 1. THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE = TIANANMEN = 384. 2. SPEAK BETTER ENGLISH = 368. 3. THE TOP 50 GREAT WORLD CUP GOALS = 355 4. GOALS : EVERY GOAL OF MEXICO '86 = 311 5.

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - gone?

Hi Rhonda, Is this the same video? http://www.newday.com/films/DeadlyDeception.html Regards, Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hi all, Our vhs copy of the Nova/WGBH Deadly Deception got mangled. I don't see it anywhere - is it available anywhere, or gone? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media

Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

Hi Mary, We've had open shelves in Media for the past 19 years (ever since our library opened). We use LC classification, with some slight modifications to make the feature films more browsable. We then physically separate by format (based on physical format): * VHS + DVD together (they can

Re: [Videolib] VHS Collections

Hi Andrew, 1) Preservation - If a user complains about a problem, we will run VHS through the TapeChek machine to detect problems and to clean. 2) Only conversion of VHS to DVD and/or streaming so far is of ones that were created at our institution (so we hold copyright) 3) Replacement - we

Re: [Videolib] music reserves

Hi Barb, Hong Kong copyright law is different than USA, but if one of my faculty members asked the question like this, I would answer this way: If you are talking about creating a mix-CD by copying *entire tracks*, or copying and posting entire tracks of music onto a server, it sounds like a

Re: [Videolib] Question regarding availability of streaming rights/services for another set of videos

If you are in North America - Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Annenberg Learner titles are streamed and if  incorporated into Blackboard or any other LMS a license is required.  Joanne M Grason  Annenberg Learner 240 631 9546

Re: [Videolib] In the Heat of the Sun -(wasL videolib Digest, Vol 36, Issue 58

Hi Daryl, You can try getting it from YesAsia. It's listed as available. http://www.yesasia.com/global/heat-of-the-sun-us-version/1023211052-0-0-0-en/info.html Regards, Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science Technology -- Message: 2

Re: [Videolib] Reply - Industrial Design videos

Hi Antonio, You can try Insight Media, they have a section for their international customers. Look both in the Engineering section the design section. http://www.insight-media.com/IMGroupDispl.asp If you have machines that can play PAL, you might want to check out these companies from

Re: [Videolib] looking for video docs on printing

Hi Maureen, I searched WoldCat and found these: Commericial Printing from Video Education America (VEA) http://www.veavideo.com/Product.aspx?id=390 Films.com has a video about the book industry http://ffh.films.com/id/10509/Book_Industry.htm and printing Behind the scene - printing