[Videolib] Orphans In Space DVD

2012-07-03 Thread Walter Forsberg
Hi All- Long-time listener, first-time caller... I wanted to reach out to the list regarding a non-commercial educational compilation DVD that my colleagues and I at the Orphan Film Project at NYU produced earlier this year. Orphans In Space: Forgotten Films From the Final Frontier is a 2-disc

Re: [Videolib] Orphans In Space DVD

2012-07-03 Thread Carolyn S Faber
This is a fantastic collection of films - grab one of these while you can. Cheers, Carolyn -- Carolyn Faber Film and Media Technician Flaxman Library School of the Art Institute of Chicago 312-629-1341 cfa...@saic.edu 16mm Film Study Collection http://libraryguides.saic.edu/16mm On Tue, Jul

Re: [Videolib] Orphans In Space DVD

2012-07-03 Thread Cathy Michael
Dear Walter: I'd love a copy if there are any left. Hope all is well at NYU. I moderated a panel on streaming video attended the VRT gala about the UCLA archive: http://animation.library.ucla.edu Thanks much, Sincerely, Cathy Catherine H. Michael Communications Legal Studies Librarian

Re: [Videolib] quality check?

2012-07-03 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Hi Rhonda, We do have our students scan most material (standard DVDs and Blurays, skipping through chapters, just to make sure there are no obvious problems with operability). There aren't many problems, but this doesn't take much time. We have any DVD-Rs or very expensive films watched

[Videolib] Americas - Annenberg/PBS series

2012-07-03 Thread Deborah Benrubi
Dear videolib, We have instructors that just love the Americas series and still assign it. They have loved three of the 5 VHS tapes to death. (See http://ignacio.usfca.edu/record=b1783438~S0) Re-checking Worldcat, there are a few libraries that actually hold

Re: [Videolib] Americas - Annenberg/PBS series

2012-07-03 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
Did you try learner.org or 1-800-learner? That's Annenberg and they may be able to sell copies. Judy Shoaf From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Benrubi Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 3:14 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Americas - Annenberg/PBS series

2012-07-03 Thread Joanne Grason
The rights to the Annenberg Learner series Americas expired several years ago. We do not have copies that can be sold. To the best of my knowledge the rights were not renewed by WGBH. Joanne M Grason Annenberg Learner Joanne M Grason 240 676 8790 www.learner.org On Jul 3, 2012,

Re: [Videolib] Americas - Annenberg/PBS series

2012-07-03 Thread Deborah Benrubi
Thanks, Judy, I've checked multiple times and they aren't available through Annenberg or PBS. I think I noticed they were on Gary's list and I'm hoping someone can help me with preservation copies. On 7/3/2012 12:40 PM, Shoaf,Judith P wrote:

Re: [Videolib] unsubscribe

2012-07-03 Thread Keely A. Morrison
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 in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an

Re: [Videolib] quality check? (Meghann Matwichuk-Rhonda Rosen

2012-07-03 Thread nahum laufer
Hi Rhonda, Meghann and other Media librarians I want to give some of my experience with DVDs, 1) DVDs are tricky pieces of metal, they work on one device and behave badly on another, the following tale will explain : In a public screening in JCC Utopia in Brooklyn towards the end (50 min) of a 70