[Videolib] La Spirale and Reggane Films

2012-08-16 Thread Mandel, Debra
Hi- Does anyone know who's the distributor of the 1976 film, La Spirale with Donald Sutherland? I reached a dead end with the production companies: * Les Films Molièrehttp://www.imdb.com/company/co0065243/ * Reggane Filmshttp://www.imdb.com/company/co0019946/ * Seuil

Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area

2012-08-16 Thread Gail Gawlik
Here at St. Francis, the CD cases and their discs are on open shelves. Our collection is primarily classical also, although most items have been added through very generous donations rather than library purchases. There has been no noticeable theft. For the DVDs, on the other hand, we only

Re: [Videolib] La Spirale and Reggane Films

2012-08-16 Thread Jessica Rosner
Do you mean they released on their DVD line or that they have material on it? They may know who the rights holder is but it is certainly not them. They could be a lot easier to get the info from then though. On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Mandel, Debra d.man...@neu.edu wrote: Thanks, I

Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area

2012-08-16 Thread Karsten, Eileen
We put all our DVD is in the locked cases. A thief figured out how to break into the cases and stole about ten DVD’s from us before we realized what was happening. The thief took the DVD’s and put the cases back on the shelves. Like St. Francis, we have moved to the empty cases on the

Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area

2012-08-16 Thread Tatar, Becky
Not an academic library, but we went to unsecured access in January. Since then, we have lost 326 titles. In the first 4 weeks, we lost over 100, but in the last several months, it has slowed down to 5 - 10 per week, rather than 5 - 10 per day. Almost all the missing titles are feature films,

Re: [Videolib] previews

2012-08-16 Thread Jessica Rosner
Nahum, Two things you really need to do (if you are not already doing so) DO NOT SEND an unsolicited preview. Send only to people who request them or who respond directly that they want to see the preview ( like a critic). If you send one out without some understanding than you are not protected.

Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area

2012-08-16 Thread Haller, Dorcas W.
Here at the inner city (Providence) campus of the Community College of Rhode Island we have 2700+ DVDs and videos - both documentaries and feature films. We also have a collection of about 350 music CDs - jazz, classical, blues/folk, and world music. All our AV materials are on open shelves. We

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 57, Issue 29

2012-08-16 Thread nahum laufer
Jessica I send previews on request, or after filling a submission form on web-site. My experience is such that 99.5% or more understand what a Preview is, I'm interested in distributing and not worrying about legalities, working with trustworthy people. But these days of the global village, you

Re: [Videolib] Film Festival Submissions

2012-08-16 Thread Haller, Dorcas W.
Oh, let's back up a minute. Here's what Angel originally wrote: I was wondering if any of you could give me a bit of direction. Our Media Center recently received the 2007-2011 submissions from the Rhode Island International Film Festival. We have a Film Program here and we're the