t 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
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
>
//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 We
) 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
t;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
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
>
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
-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
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
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
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 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
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
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)
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
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
-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
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
://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
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
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
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
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
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,
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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,
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,
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
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
. 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
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,
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,
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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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,
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:
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
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
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
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
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
“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.”
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
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
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
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]
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
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