Re: [Videolib] Films on Demand vs. VAST
Hi all, Please let me introduce myself. I am Jordan White, the new product manager for *VAST: Academic Video Online*. We listen to our customers and video advisors a lot—so thank you all for your thoughts. A couple points in response to the discussion here regarding MARC records and what’s included in VAST: First, we create all of our own MARC records, which are then offered to OCLC for inclusion in their program. OCLC has reported issues recently with their ability to process these in a timely fashion and are working to resolve this as quickly as possible. If you’d like a manual download of MARC records, we can give you this in the interim—just email us. Second, *Filmakers Library Online*, our cross-disciplinary collection of 1,013 award-winning documentaries available exclusively through Alexander Street, is included in its entirety in VAST—this is the complete “backfile” of Filmakers Library titles through 2012, all there today in VAST. (A small, optional “2013 update” collection will be offered soon—around 100 films signed during the current calendar year that will not be included in VAST.) VAST should not be viewed as “all of Alexander Street’s videos in a package.” VAST is a collection crafted specifically to serve undergraduate programs across your departments, covering dozens of subject areas—more than 16,300 titles today, reaching 20,000+ titles by June 1 of this year, and continuing to grow. In addition to VAST we offer thousands more videos through various discipline collections, for libraries who want lots more content in particular subject areas. We make these additional videos available in collections (e.g., *Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II*) and sometimes also as single titles on DVD or streaming. In other words, VAST does not and cannot include all of our videos. The product would be too expensive; it would include content that’s specialized and irrelevant to many libraries; and occasionally, producers choose to exclude their content from VAST. (One example is that while we do have films from California Newsreel in VAST, the producer specified that some content remain exclusive to our specialized *Black Studies in Video *collection.) What VAST is—it’s a powerful tool for undergraduate research and scholarship. We grow it by selecting 400 or more complete videos each month. We’re pushing the frontier of what it will include—both in a steady stream of new partners (National Geographic, Frontline, Bill Moyers) and in formats (documentaries, interviews, demonstrations, complete feature films, interviews, and forthcoming political speeches, public television series). “Pushing the frontier” also means new tools coming in April that will let you upload local content, search beyond our content to the Web through our semantic indexing, and create and share custom learning tools and apps. Thanks again for your feedback. If I can answer questions or hear your ideas, please reach out to me by e-mail at jwh...@astreetpress.com or by phone at 1-800-889-5937 x 307. I look forward to getting to know you! Jordan On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Badilla-Melendez, Cindy cbadill...@stthomas.edu wrote: Hi Deg, There are some important things to clarify: Yes, MARC records from ASP are better than FMG, however you get only half from ASP, whatever they find in OCLC and whatever is not there, you don't get it. So you end up with a lot of titles not in your catalog. FMG just re-did their records. As a matter of fact we are downloading them right now (all the FMG records again), so we will see how better they really are or not. Having VAST is different than having the individual collections. We have the counseling collection and the music collection and they are very good. With VAST, you don't get all the videos from Filmmakers Library, you just get only a few and not the ones you really use. Same thing with California Newsreel. So as you said we cannot compare VAST with the individual collections from ASP. I am very disappointed with VAST, reason why we got instead of the individual collection was price, they put it in a way that getting individual collections was way more money than VAST and why not VAST was supposed to have everything... Believe with VAST you get a lot of stuff you never want to have My 2 cents Cindy __ Cindy Badilla-Melendez, M.L.I.S Media Resources Librarian O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, University of St. Thomas Mail #5004, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105 phone (651) 962-5464 fax (651) 962-5406 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 1:22 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Films on Demand vs. VAST Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, and the University of Arizona all have
Re: [Videolib] Films on Demand vs. VAST
Given what Jordan is stating below, what specifically is the difference, e.g. overlap, between VAST and the ASP Dance in Video collection? I don't have a way to compare these easily. Randal Baier - Original Message - From: Jordan White jwh...@astreetpress.com To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 2:27:34 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Films on Demand vs. VAST Hi all, Please let me introduce myself. I am Jordan White, the new product manager for VAST: Academic Video Online . We listen to our customers and video advisors a lot—so thank you all for your thoughts. A couple points in response to the discussion here regarding MARC records and what’s included in VAST: First, we create all of our own MARC records, which are then offered to OCLC for inclusion in their program. OCLC has reported issues recently with their ability to process these in a timely fashion and are working to resolve this as quickly as possible. If you’d like a manual download of MARC records, we can give you this in the interim—just email us. Second, Filmakers Library Online , our cross-disciplinary collection of 1,013 award-winning documentaries available exclusively through Alexander Street, is included in its entirety in VAST—this is the complete “backfile” of Filmakers Library titles through 2012, all there today in VAST. (A small, optional “2013 update” collection will be offered soon—around 100 films signed during the current calendar year that will not be included in VAST.) VAST should not be viewed as “all of Alexander Street’s videos in a package.” VAST is a collection crafted specifically to serve undergraduate programs across your departments, covering dozens of subject areas—more than 16,300 titles today, reaching 20,000+ titles by June 1 of this year, and continuing to grow. In addition to VAST we offer thousands more videos through various discipline collections, for libraries who want lots more content in particular subject areas. We make these additional videos available in collections (e.g., Counseling and Therapy in Video: Volume II ) and sometimes also as single titles on DVD or streaming. In other words, VAST does not and cannot include all of our videos. The product would be too expensive; it would include content that’s specialized and irrelevant to many libraries; and occasionally, producers choose to exclude their content from VAST. (One example is that while we do have films from California Newsreel in VAST, the producer specified that some content remain exclusive to our specialized Black Studies in Video collection.) What VAST is—it’s a powerful tool for undergraduate research and scholarship. We grow it by selecting 400 or more complete videos each month. We’re pushing the frontier of what it will include—both in a steady stream of new partners (National Geographic, Frontline, Bill Moyers) and in formats (documentaries, interviews, demonstrations, complete feature films, interviews, and forthcoming political speeches, public television series). “Pushing the frontier” also means new tools coming in April that will let you upload local content, search beyond our content to the Web through our semantic indexing, and create and share custom learning tools and apps. Thanks again for your feedback. If I can answer questions or hear your ideas, please reach out to me by e-mail at jwh...@astreetpress.com or by phone at 1-800-889-5937 x 307. I look forward to getting to know you! Jordan On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Badilla-Melendez, Cindy cbadill...@stthomas.edu wrote: Hi Deg, There are some important things to clarify: Yes, MARC records from ASP are better than FMG, however you get only half from ASP, whatever they find in OCLC and whatever is not there, you don't get it. So you end up with a lot of titles not in your catalog. FMG just re-did their records. As a matter of fact we are downloading them right now (all the FMG records again), so we will see how better they really are or not. Having VAST is different than having the individual collections. We have the counseling collection and the music collection and they are very good. With VAST, you don't get all the videos from Filmmakers Library, you just get only a few and not the ones you really use. Same thing with California Newsreel. So as you said we cannot compare VAST with the individual collections from ASP. I am very disappointed with VAST, reason why we got instead of the individual collection was price, they put it in a way that getting individual collections was way more money than VAST and why not VAST was supposed to have everything... Believe with VAST you get a lot of stuff you never want to have My 2 cents Cindy __ Cindy Badilla-Melendez, M.L.I.S Media Resources Librarian O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, University of St. Thomas Mail #5004, 2115 Summit Ave, St
[Videolib] Video Source Book
Hi there - I'm interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as a resource these days. Does it get much use? Are you receiving it annually? Please respond off list. Many thanks- Diane Diane Sybeldon Arts and Media Librarian Library Liaison for Art and Art History, University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance, Film Studies and Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 diane.sybel...@wayne.edu Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265 Diane 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book
I haven't used it in a while and your note makes me realize we should discontinue the standing order. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon ac7...@wayne.edu wrote: Hi there – I’m interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as a resource these days. Does it get much use? Are you receiving it annually? Please respond off list. Many thanks- Diane Diane Sybeldon Arts and Media Librarian Library Liaison for Art and Art History, University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance, Film Studies and Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 diane.sybel...@wayne.edu Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265 Diane 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Regards, Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 For latest Media Services News: Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AULibMedia Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/aulibmedia/ Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book
We discontinued our standing order on this resource several years ago. Marsha Loyer Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library Mishawaka, IN 46544 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:00 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book I haven't used it in a while and your note makes me realize we should discontinue the standing order. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon ac7...@wayne.edu wrote: Hi there – I’m interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as a resource these days. Does it get much use? Are you receiving it annually? Please respond off list. Many thanks- Diane Diane Sybeldon Arts and Media Librarian Library Liaison for Art and Art History, University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance, Film Studies and Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 diane.sybel...@wayne.edu Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265 Diane 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Regards, Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 For latest Media Services News: Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AULibMedia Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/aulibmedia/ Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book
I've been considering cancelling it, too. I've looked at it twice this year, and found it to be outdated, even though it's an annual. Susan Susan Weber Media Librarian Library T 604.323.5533 F 604.323.5512 swe...@langara.bc.ca mailto:Susan Weber swe...@langara.bc.ca Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 Please consider the environment before printing. CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete this email from your system. On 07/02/2013 12:49 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon wrote: Hi there – I’m interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as a resource these days. Does it get much use? Are you receiving it annually? Please respond off list. Many thanks- Diane ** *Diane Sybeldon* Arts and Media Librarian Library Liaison for Art and Art History, University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance, Film Studies and Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 diane.sybel...@wayne.edu Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265 Diane 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book
I also discontinued it about 4 years ago - we stopped using it. Mustafa Sakarya MercyCollege Library -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Marsha Loyer Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:22 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book We discontinued our standing order on this resource several years ago. Marsha Loyer Mishawaka-Penn-Harris Public Library Mishawaka, IN 46544 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 4:00 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Source Book I haven't used it in a while and your note makes me realize we should discontinue the standing order. On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon ac7...@wayne.edu wrote: Hi there – I’m interested in finding out what others think about Video Source Book as a resource these days. Does it get much use? Are you receiving it annually? Please respond off list. Many thanks- Diane Diane Sybeldon Arts and Media Librarian Library Liaison for Art and Art History, University Art Collection, Theatre, Dance, Film Studies and Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 diane.sybel...@wayne.edu Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265 Diane 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Regards, Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 For latest Media Services News: Blog: http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AULibMedia Twitter: http://twitter.com/aulibmedia Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/aulibmedia/ Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. 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 effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
