Re: [Videolib] record management

2010-10-20 Thread Jeanne Little
Rhonda, Our library also uses Innovative and our Technical Services Dept. (Acquisitions) archives one-time purchase order records every 12-16 months, once all reports have been run that are needed. We can go into the Archives if we have to retrieve information, but to my understanding, this

Re: [Videolib] adios vhs?

2010-10-20 Thread Steffen, James M
Gary, I'm doing basically the same thing with our VHS collection for space reasons. For now I'm focusing on feature films that have newer and better transfers on DVD and titles for which we have multiple copies and/or access options, such as the BBC Shakespeare series. If a title is used a lot

[Videolib] Resources for teens and early 20's about personal finance, consumerism, and investing

2010-10-20 Thread Sabra Stockey
Do any of you know of any audiovisual material for teens and early 20's about personal finance, consumerism, and investing? What are good places to look, etc. Our library is working on a grant proposal and I am trying to get an idea of how much av material is available on this topic.

[Videolib] Looking a couple movies

2010-10-20 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Does anyone know where I can find: * Its Only Talk (2005, Ryuichi Hiroki) * Distance (2001, Hirokazu Kore-eda) Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904

[Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Foster, Jennifer
1. Just to clarify because I know this has been discussed in the past...If we own a VHS tape and it is unavailable in DVD format, may I copy the VHS onto a DVD, and check out the DVD (as long as the VHS is not circulating? I believe I know the answer, but I seem to be out of sync with our

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread ghandman
Question 1: This is totally counter-intuitive (and just plain stupid), but, Section 108 of the copyright law sez that if the title in hand is no longer in distribution or obtainable at fair-market elsewhere (in the same or other formats) you can make a copy. The copy (not the original!!!) is to

Re: [Videolib] Looking a couple movies

2010-10-20 Thread Oksana Dykyj
Matt, I've ordered DVDs from Amazon.jp in Japanese with English subtitles, but if you might need to get someone to help out with some of the japanese. I've found Distance there, but I can't tell whether one of the subtitle options is English: http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B66IJ4/

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread rbc24
I would like to add to this intermittent discussion about VHS that if any library has a VHS copy of Going To School, Ir a la Escuela or any of my documentary films I will provide you with a DVD for $24 (price includes shipping in US only). Recently I enhanced the DVD quality of Going To

Re: [Videolib] Looking a couple movies

2010-10-20 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Oksana, thanks so much. I have Google translate on my Google tool bar so I use that to translate international websites for me. The version of Distance you found does indeed have English subtitles. Thanks again, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections

[Videolib] Amazon affiliates

2010-10-20 Thread Chris McNevins
Oksana, Thanks for the tip on amazon.co.jp! I knew of the UK, French, German and Canada sites but not that one. I googled international Amazon websited and got the entire list of affiliates: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8docId=487250

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread ghandman
Hy deg VHS to VHS...sorta like copying 8 track to 4 track, no? gary The restriction to use in the library only pertains to the digital copy (DVD). So if you were to copy a VHS to VHS (tho unlikely) the copy can leave the premises Also, it's important to note that the section permit

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
Trust me ALL legit releases of Chaplin films include his score and the WB is the legit version ( Film is out of copyright but this is authorized version) The estate is VERY protective of the scores and does not allow the films to be shown or released on DVD without the original scores. The

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
Per previous email this version would NOT have the Chaplin the score. The score is still under copyright though the film is in Public Domain ( films made up to 1923 are PD though most restored versions are copyrighted by scores and other unique elements) and is used only on the authorized versions

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
I just popped our copy in and it does indeed have a score. Matt __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edumailto:mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Oct 20, 2010, at 1:10 PM, Stanton, Kim

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
PS I don't mean to imply this version is not legit' . Film is PD so it is NOT a bootleg, but it also won't have the Chaplin score because it is not the Authorized version. Sorry for any confusion. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Music Hunter musichun...@nyc.rr.comwrote: Hi Kim, One need not

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
I know we always fight over this Gary , but I don't think it is counter-intuitive at all. It is annoying and very inconvenient. This provision is to allow material to be preserved for research, it is not a free pass to upgrade to a much better easier format. It is no different from the idea that

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Brewer, Michael
It is not a preservation copy. It is a replacement copy. Preservation copies are only copies of unpublished (generally unique) materials. The law is very clear about this and there are different criteria for replacement versus preservation. Using the wrong terms really confuses things.

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Brewer, Michael
Yes, you can. See http://librarycopyright.net/108spinner a new 2.0 version is due out soon. mb Michael Brewer Team Leader for Instructional Services University of Arizona Libraries brew...@u.library.arizona.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

[Videolib] multicultural film series on the them of Veteran

2010-10-20 Thread Randal Baier
I wonder if I could enlist the help of folks on this project?: 1. A colleague of mine in multicultural counseling studies is trying to find a documentary film concerning an Iraq War vet trying to understand Islam. It is not the film of US military guard Terry Holdbrooks, who converted to

[Videolib] Silent Film Star Harold Lloyd

2010-10-20 Thread Lucy Griggs
Film history classes may be interested in this podcast of an interview with Harold Lloyd's granddaughter Suzanne Lloyd. http://thecamerareport.podbean.com/2010/08/25/episode-1-suzanne-lloyd Lucy Griggs Program Director Tampa Educational Cable Consortium 703 N. Willow Avenue Tampa, FL 33606

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
Of course the fun part would be if the Chaplin Estate would either themselves or allow Criterion Image to license a version they have since changed. They are a bit prickly and it appears someone needs permission to show the film publicly. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Dennis Doros

Re: [Videolib] multicultural film series on the them of Veteran

2010-10-20 Thread Dennis Doros
Well, we re-released WINTER SOLDIER in 2005 to much conversation, a national broadcast and screenings at one VA Hospital that we know of -- info and reviews at www.wintersoldierfilm.com There's a lot of docs on returning Vietnam vets, and the IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against the War) did a documentary

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Music Hunter
Quite correct, however they all cost less when they're ordered from Music Hunter as compared to other vendors. Music Hunter is very proud of our budget stretching prices. Jay - Original Message - From: Jessica Rosner To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, October

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
New but related question, if a professor needs to screen a video that's only on VHS (no DVD version is available for purchase), but the classroom they're in doesn't have a VCR, could a DVD copy be made for use in the classroom? Matt __ Matt Ball Media and

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jeanne Little
I use the spinner and always put a copy of it with any paperwork I may have referring to the damaged copy that I cannot purchase a replacement for, in any format. But I am still not clear on whether you can only make a vhs copy from a damaged vhs copy, or whether you can make a dvd copy from

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread ghandman
No gary New but related question, if a professor needs to screen a video that's only on VHS (no DVD version is available for purchase), but the classroom they're in doesn't have a VCR, could a DVD copy be made for use in the classroom? Matt __ Matt Ball

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Is the difference in quality? __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edumailto:mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Oct 20, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.commailto:jessicapros...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Videolib] multicultural film series on the them of Veteran

2010-10-20 Thread Brigid Duffy
Would any of these help? Coming Out Under FireDeep Focus Productions http://www.deepfocusproductions.com Honor BoundFilmakers Library http://www.filmakers.com Justice for My People: The Dr. Hector P. Garcia Story KEDT http://justiceformypeople.org/index.html Second Class

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
No, any digital copy made from a VHS can not leave the library. Either he can find a space that he can use the VCR or in theory find a room in the library to show the DVD. Again I know this sounds stupid, annoying etc, but as a matter of law and in my view fairness it is really not that

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jaeschke, Myles
Wow-this surprises me a bit. That is a lot a man hours spent copying material that can easily be purchased. Seems to me it would be far cheaper and of greater benefit to buy a nice crisp copy than copy a worn old copy of a said film, not to mention the legal aspect of it. Myles From:

Re: [Videolib] Resources for teens and early 20's about personalfinance, consumerism, and investing

2010-10-20 Thread Elizabeth Stanley
Hello, Sabra, Bullfrog Films offers two titles you may want to consider. If your library owns the VHS video of Affluenza, you may want to upgrade to the DVD. 1. AFFLUENZA DVD http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/affl.html AFFLUENZA is a groundbreaking film that diagnoses a serious social

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
Well that is what I thought. I wish I could give details and some of them were just mind blowing. However the time line is that at least some of the digital versions were clearly made before there was a DVD however no one bothered to spend another $25 or whatever to upgrade. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010

[Videolib] ] Resources for teens and early 20's about personalfinance, consumerism, and investing

2010-10-20 Thread Filmakers Library
Hi Sabra, Filmakers Library has a film Rip Off : Exploiting the Consumer which deals with the banking policies of extracting fees from such items as overdrafts etc. Click on the title for full description. It is perfect for the age group you are targeting Regards, Sue Sue E. Oscar

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Music Hunter
Music Hunter carries every CD/DVD title in print. We also offer special sales of out of print CD/DVD titles on Excel files to interested libraries quarterly ( seperate files for CDs DVDs ). Jay - Original Message - From: Jessica Rosner To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent:

Re: [Videolib] Two unrelated questions - copyright and phonograph records

2010-10-20 Thread Jeanne Little
Thanks to all for weighing in. I understand the in-library-use only, I just wasn't clear about moving from the vhs format that is defective, to a dvd format as a replacement. Jeanne Little On 10/20/2010 3:45 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: If it was a simple "replacement" the law would not

Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score?

2010-10-20 Thread Stanton, Kim
Thanks everyone! From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 12:49 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Chaplin film with score? Trust me ALL legit releases of Chaplin