[Videolib] Media Librarian position opening - University of Vermont

2010-07-10 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
FYI Position Description POSITION TITLE: Access/Media Services Librarian The University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library seeks an innovative librarian who understands the changing environment of media and access (circulation, reserve and interlibrary loan) services in an academic library. The

[Videolib] National Media Market - roommate matching

2010-08-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Looking to keep expenses down by sharing a hotel room while attending the Market, but don't know anyone else who is attending? I'll serve as roommate coordinator. Send me an email directly at barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu (Check that you're not replying to the list when confessing to bringing your

[Videolib] National Media Market on Facebook

2010-08-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
p.s. If you haven't stopped by on Facebook to Like the National Media Market and show that you're a fan, you should do that too :) Save the Date! The 32nd National Media Market http://www.nmm.net/ October 24 - 28, 2010 - Kansas City, MO VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively

Re: [Videolib] Question about streaming rights

2010-09-28 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Matt, Things are rarely clear in the video world; we just try to do our best. I hope you'll be able to join us at a conference soon so that you can join in the discussions. CCUMC is next week so probably a bit late to plan for that, but the National Media Market coming up at the end of

Re: [Videolib] Academic Libraries with Genocide Collections in Media

2010-10-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Rue, We don't officially teach Genocide Studies, but between a class on Survivors and programming by the Peace Institute, I feel like I have a de facto curriculum. If it was purchased with library money, it lives in the Library. If it's in the Library, it's in the catalog and WorldCat. All

Re: [Videolib] vhs question

2010-11-04 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
When I pulled stats for our top circulating VHS tapes (looked at overall circs limited to past few years), I found that I could only buy half of the top 30 on DVD. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,

Re: [Videolib] A fair use question re: faculty development

2010-11-04 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
It's a closed educational session, the video is not the focus, the advertising doesn't highlight that the presentation includes screening the program, and you have evidence that you thought about the fair use and attempted to purchase a copy... I would just use the video. Hypothetically, of

Re: [Videolib] Disc resurfacing units?

2010-11-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We decided it was more cost effective (equipment purchase and staff time) to continue sending scratched discs to a cleaning service. We use Rubberdisc. I'm sure there are additional companies out there. Actual number of problem discs has been surprisingly minimal so this works. Barb Bergman |

Re: [Videolib] Rosetta Stone Language Programs

2011-01-11 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We just subscribed to Mango Languages. No idea how popular useful it will turn out to be, but it is a hosted service with library subscriptions IP access available, so that alone made it more desirable than the frequently requested Rosetta Stone products. http://www.mangolanguages.com/

Re: [Videolib] New Library Learning Commons and Media closed reserves

2011-01-14 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Antonella, Viewing stations - whether it's using an old-fashioned monitor or a new-fangled computer -- are perfectly legal and a fairly common setup in libraries. Well, common except for the snacks. A student is sitting in the Commons watching on a computer with headphones does not turn it

Re: [Videolib] Videos shelved separate or integrated into the stacks?

2011-01-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Jared, As you'll see from responses, there are many factors about your campus and community that may affect how you handle the collection. Look at existing policies and determining how well they serve your patrons. Do practices reflect modern video collections or are they holdovers from the

[Videolib] VRT Notables video featured in AL Direct

2011-01-26 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
A quick video announcing this year's selections and a bit about the criteria for the VRT Notable Videos for Adults. Nice job folks. http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/vrt-notable-videos-adults http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMBHvtIf8rA VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad

Re: [Videolib] Educational PPR

2011-02-03 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Interesting. They're granting you rights that we already have for classroom instruction under section 110 of the Copyright Law. But by adding in other venues, it's practically giving you full public performance rights. Not one to worry about. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan

[Videolib] music reserves

2011-02-08 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Are any of you up on best practices for audio reserves? I received a question about the legalities of doing a coursepack or e-reserves of music. I don't have the list of songs/artists yet, but I think it's a history of pop music class. What resources should I take a look at for guidance? TIA,

Re: [Videolib] music reserves

2011-02-09 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Thanks folks. You confirmed my gut reaction. I suspected that the Music Library Assoc had a document. I normally don't work music classes, but I do know that they, like film studies, usually have the students listen in class and then re-listen to write their paper or take quiz based on the

Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

2011-02-14 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Lauren, We moved to open shelves several years ago. It has been great. DVDs are in locked cases. Take your pick from the library supplier catalogs. Shelving is adjacent to the Media service window, so we can still provide assistance. Main circ desk also has the key mechanism so that DVDs

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

2011-02-15 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Although I agree with Gary about not wanting to give up collection development decisions wholesale, I decided best thing to do about streamed video was to jump in big, so we're starting with some of the Alexander Street dbs. Packages were selected based on: anticipated interest and therefore

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - gone?

2011-02-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Our copy died recently too. I had no luck locating a new copy. Tried to get hold of someone at Nova to see if there was a chance it would be added to their online offerings, but couldn’t get past the PBS sales reps. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State

Re: [Videolib] Netflix vs. availablility in the marketplace

2011-03-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Getting back to Kim's question... I think the erratic offerings for streaming is also caused by Netflix primarily offering titles available from Starz's catalog. I found a somewhat recent British film (Stone of Destiny) that was available streaming, but not on DVD in Netflix. Barb Bergman |

Re: [Videolib] (Electronic) Ordering: Media

2011-03-29 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Same here, using Gobi for book orders. Can't see it working well for videos even if they were in the db. For feature films, I use Midwest Tape (cart) or Amazon (wishlist) and send electronically to Acq. Rush orders - I give them printout of page 1 of the Amazon listing. Educational titles - I

Re: [Videolib] Recommended Faculty Media Development Labs

2011-03-30 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Technology Teaching Center (TnT) Housed in Library, but operated by IT. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues

Re: [Videolib] media cataloging question

2011-04-07 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Our feature films are classed using LC's literature schedule, using country-of-origin-of-director as the author. For the most part results in organization by language. (A few oddities: Brokeback Mountain is in with the Asian films because directed by Ang Lee). Directors are alphabetized within

Re: [Videolib] ILL of Video: Was Hannah Arendt

2011-04-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I've often seen cost of the video used as a reason for excluding it from ILL. This is faulty logic because if something happens to the item, the borrowing library pays. Not the lender who owns the item. This is an important principle of ILL that I've found that many librarians don't know.

Re: [Videolib] Frontline An Appointment with Death 1994

2011-05-03 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
There are many Frontline programs available online, but this doesn’t appear to be one of them. Rats. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ I assume it deals assisted suicide? Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507)

[Videolib] Other side of immigration FW: Licensing issue - First Notice

2011-05-05 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu From: Roy Germano Films LLC [mailto:r...@roygermano.com] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:10 PM To: Bergman, Barbara J Subject: Licensing issue - First Notice Dear Librarian, I am writing on behalf of Roy Germano Films LLC, the copyright holder of a film you carry

Re: [Videolib] Other side of immigration FW: Licensing issue - First Notice

2011-05-05 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Just got a response back from him regarding my reply… Gee, maybe if you're just concerned about PPR, you should have said that instead of trying to threaten us. Thank you for your reply. Of course that is fine if not being used for public performance. It's often the case that campuses

Re: [Videolib] Off air record question

2011-05-09 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Kim, I'd contact the producers of the program and ask they'd be willing to provide you with a copy of the program. It's also entirely possible that their programs are archived on their website. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato |

[Videolib] Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform

2011-05-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Of possible interest: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/lca_copyrightreformstatement_16may11.pdfhttp://e2ma.net/go/9364192531/3649914/106060334/11423/goto:http:/www.arl.org/bm%7Edoc/lca_copyrightreformstatement_16may11.pdf From: 9364192531.11...@e2ma.net [mailto:9364192531.11...@e2ma.net] On Behalf Of

Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players

2011-05-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Make up a big number. It's not the real issue. The real arguments that need to be made are that: Many of the titles being used on VHS tape aren't available on DVD, period. It's hard to guess how many VHS tapes are being used in the classroom that come from personal and/or departmental

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Matt, We have our DVDs and videos classed by LC numbers. Pros: does get them ordered by subject, making them browseable. Con: Yes, call numbers tend to be too similar. Would not recommend LC for closed stacks. Something we (meaning: the AV cataloger, not me) did here was to class the feature

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Anthony- You're overthinking it. It was an effective way to get away from having hundreds of PN1997s. We can tweak it anyway we want to. Hitchcock is in British films, but could just as easily been classed with American. Same for whether or not to place Bunuel in Spanish or French. Billy

Re: [Videolib] Donuts, anyone?

2011-05-27 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Haven't heard of problems with the little donut hub labels. On the other hand, the full overlay with security strips have been known to cause problems. We had so much trouble with them unbalancing CDs that we stopped putting them on the audiobooks. DVDs are already so sensitive to scratches,

[Videolib] Attend the National Media Market - negotiate video pricing

2011-07-01 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi folks, We seemed to have branched from circulation to pricing... I'm throwing in a plug here encouraging folks to attend the National Media Market. The NMM really is a great way to get to talk about these issues with librarians and video vendors. It isn't the exhibit hall hell of ALA. You

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Pretty much the same. During the academic year. July 1 fiscal year start. Primarily faculty requests, but I sign off on all video purchases so that I know what's getting requested before we end up purchasing 3 films on the same hot topic. Emails good. Postcards good. Catalogs okay. If you send

[Videolib] come visit the National Media Market facebook page

2011-08-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Marvelous media folks, The National Media Market is less than 2 months away. Encouraging you to stop by over on Facebook and become a fan. (I still think liking is far less fun than being a fan.) We've been posting lots of info such as vendor bios, random Las Vegas facts, photos from years

Re: [Videolib] Missing parts to TV shows

2011-09-20 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Depends on the show. 24 with missing disc is frustrating. A sitcom - usually doesn't matter. We update the record. Series are always repackaged into 2-disc cases so the missing one isn't as obvious/problematic as if had to be noted when checking in/out a box of 6 DVDs for example. Barb

Re: [Videolib] DVD vendor Q - COOL WORLD

2011-09-26 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
1. When materials are sent out through ILL and something happens to it before it comes home, the borrowing library pays. Period. (You should be worried about what your own patrons are borrowing, not what you're sending out. 2. But Zipporah Films usually have licensing restrictions that include

Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series

2011-09-29 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:22 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series Hi Debra- We generally limit departments to no more than 25

Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series

2011-09-30 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
as other venues. Take all those titles you had to buy with PPR and see if group can find stuff to program On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bergman, Barbara J barbara.berg...@mnsu.edumailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu wrote: It's something new we tried out last year - we started getting more requests

Re: [Videolib] region-free players-shhhhh

2011-10-03 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
BH carries several models. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Multisystem-Players-Recorders/ci/2159/N/4289367638 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

Re: [Videolib] media workflow change

2011-10-04 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I'm finding that the process of acquiring streamed media is moving things more to Tech Services - Acquisitions (license review and purchasing), Systems. And my favorite: the serials committee, because licensed material is not a one-time purchase. I make the we should buy this presentation and

Re: [Videolib] Similar question - NBCLearn

2011-10-07 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
NBC-learn is nicely done, but very expensive for what it is. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Who do you report to?

2011-10-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Librarians have faculty status, so we all report to the dean of the library (who reports to VP Academic Affairs). Media services are part of the public access team (Circ, ILL, media) but that's an informal designation. No asst/assoc deans in our hierarchy. Barb Bergman | Media Services

Re: [Videolib] Academic library video/DVD loan policies

2011-10-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Tim - ILL of video is kind of my soapbox. We've benefitted far more than we've been inconvenienced by opening up video lending. 1. If isn't not on reserve or booking for a screening, it's eligible for lending to university community, community, or to other libraries who lend videos.

Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray vs. DVD players for training videos

2011-10-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I think you're going to need the VHS player a lot more than the Blu-Ray, but a Blu-Ray player does play regular discs, so if you find a combo Blu-Ray/VHS, you should be good. I'm having a hard time picturing technical films being distributed in high definition... By HDMI, do you mean making

Re: [Videolib] Captioning - Is permission required from distributor?

2011-10-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Thanks all. Disability Services is swamped enough that I didn't want them spending time on this if it wasn't necessary. (Don't get me started on the fun games was to whether captioning is actually viewable in each classroom via a projector...) Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan

Re: [Videolib] Media circulation terms

2011-10-31 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
7 days, no renewals. Extensions upon request, but would have to have very good reason for us to allow more than an extra week. (Loan used to be 3 days, but we looked at data and more than 50% were renewed or extended, so was easier to just make it a 7-day loan standard.) If on 4-hr reserve for

Re: [Videolib] Multi-region DVD/VHS combo decks

2011-11-04 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
You should be able to find something at BH http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Screening rights in Canada for Churches

2011-11-27 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
The Canadians can better answer this, but last I heard, no video can be shown anywhere in Canada without paying the PPR clearance for each screening. Since schools don't get a classroom exemption, I can imagine that churches do. ~Barb -Original Message- From:

Re: [Videolib] Long time listener, first time caller... PPR advice, please?

2011-12-02 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Can't tell you whether Swank or someone else has the rights, but to show a feature film they'll most definitely need to get the PPR. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended

[Videolib] Film archives

2011-12-08 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I have to do some very extreme weeding of our remaining 16mm films. (Losing their storage space. Space for VHS DVDs is not effected, fortunately.) Do you have archives or other places you'd suggest I contact, who might want to give some reels a new home? (I've sent films to the Chicago Film

Re: [Videolib] Film archives

2011-12-09 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We (by which I mean a grad student who had no choice) spent a year going through our list to see which 16mm films were available in other formats and if we had last copy. When it gets down to the final reels that must be sadly recycled, I'm thinking that the Art department might had a few

Re: [Videolib] Star Wars: the Complete Saga on DVD

2012-01-11 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Who knows...I stopped paying attention when I heard that the Blu-Ray versions are altered even more than the special edition (post-1997) releases, and don't include the original theatrical release versions. There are plenty of secondhand DVD copies available on Amazon Marketplace. If your VHS

Re: [Videolib] I could not resist passing this on. It came from a librarian friend

2012-01-11 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Sadly, I've previously spotted many of these books for sale on Amazon. There's a generic publisher name, no indication that they've merely printed pages from the internet. You have to be paying attention to notice that it's a 7 page publication... Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary

Re: [Videolib] National Media Market

2012-01-26 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
In addition to what everyone else has said as to why the NMM is worth attending, I'll add that it is worlds away from the hectic ALA convention hall experience. The NMM is very cozy, all within a single hotel. You literally sit down with the exhibitors in the suites and talk about your needs

[Videolib] U.S. Copyright Office Survey on Copyright Education

2012-03-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Of possible interest: The U.S. Copyright Office is conducting a short survey as part of a public education and outreach project. The survey aims to document how diverse audiences understand copyright. The purpose of the survey is to solicit information about how different audiences

Re: [Videolib] domestic violence documentaries

2012-04-06 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Power and Control: Domestic violence in America Plus companion DVDs: Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement: It Started in Duluth Domestic Violence and Health Care: Best Practices in Action Dist: New Day Films More info and a lot of interview clips on the website:

Re: [Videolib] documents or instructions on weeding Media

2012-04-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I've been doing a lot of weeding this year of 16mm films and VHS tapes. Here's what I did. Involved objective shuffling of spreadsheet data, and then some subjective decision making: First ran reports that included copyright date, date added to collection, circulation data -- total circs

Re: [Videolib] documentary evaluation

2012-04-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Reading in the Reel World has some good tools. I've used the section using Atomic Café. http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Reel-World-Documentaries-Nonfiction/dp/0814138756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1334616601sr=8-1 Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University,

Re: [Videolib] Security System Recommendation

2012-04-20 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We use locking cases (CheckPoint, but there are other options). The case is tattletaped. At check out, the lock is removed and the case is desensitized. A plus of repackaging all DVDs into these cases is that you have uniform items for shelving. I discourage the use of the full-disc overlays

Re: [Videolib] Big Picture Cataloging Advice

2012-04-20 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc) www.olacinc.orghttp://www.olacinc.org should have some tips for you. This article I co-wrote with our AV cataloger might be helpful: Video Collecting for the Sometimes Media Librarian: Tips and Tricks for Selecting, Purchasing, and Cataloging Videos

Re: [Videolib] Core DVD Titles

2012-06-27 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Oh dear. Well I assume that you've asked for a subscription to Video Librarian Plus already. I've noticed that Midwest Tape has lots of browsing lists that might prove useful for building a collection quickly (and relatively inexpensively so that the powers that be don't hyperventilate.) Lists

Re: [Videolib] quality check?

2012-07-11 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We check every DVD when it arrives, before it is cataloged. The policy started when it used to take a long time to get AV cataloged - not a problem now, but still good to find problems immediately. We don't find a huge number of problems, but it's bad PR if prof checks out a new DVD and

Re: [Videolib] Quick question - Netflix

2012-07-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Officially no, but they didn't reject our membership when they saw our billing address either. We borrow DVDs for very limited usage - emergency backup and/or temporary reserves while purchasing/locating the title. I think if we were foolish enough to share the password and allow an instructor

Re: [Videolib] Just curious - National Media Market

2012-08-20 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
About time, Dennis. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,

[Videolib] Help - Prof wants ultimate social justice film

2012-09-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Collective wisdom, She wants something for social justice class that addresses ageism, racism, sexism, with or without GLBT perspective. Suggestions? Does such a film even exist? She already uses Southern Poverty Law Center's Shadow of Hate in different class. (This is what I got after my 3rd

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
It's the vendor's prerogative to sell at different prices, but it annoys me when a film vendor doesn't understand U.S. copyright law and tries to grant or deny classroom screening rights -- which are explicitly allowed in section 110 of the copyright law. I expect that the higher institutional

Re: [Videolib] Film collection CD policies

2012-10-12 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I make a point of picking up a few feature films TV seasons each year that haven't been specifically requested, but I think will be of interest to the students. Really, just about any popular show has potential for classroom use. I'm often surprised at what later ends up being used in a class.

[Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Yes, these are the exact words found on the website for a newly released DVD. After generously (sarcasm font) granting me classroom screening rights, they un-grant PPR in bullet 3, and forbid library lending in bullet 4. This is me beating head on desk before contacting them to talk about

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Title and its content wasn't my point. The film was requested by the Women's Center because they'll like to do a campus screening. I've warned her that they may need to pick something else. I'm guessing filmmaker is trying to do everything independently instead of going through one of our

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Follow-up: I talked with the filmmaker and clarified their intentions. All is good now. As I suspected, they just really haven't done DVD sales to libraries before. ~Barb VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,

Re: [Videolib] No DVD if its Streaming policy

2013-01-15 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I'm having a What the...? reaction to this. I'm all for saving money, but if the only consideration is is it available online for free? this is incredibly shortsighted. Sometimes you only need onetime access so these options might be just fine, but what about films that will be used for years?

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations on DVD scratch/repair machine or system

2013-03-19 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We found that using a disc cleaning service was a better option for the small volume of DVDs needing serious cleaning. We send ours out to RubberDisc.com Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide

2013-05-15 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Jo Ann - Coincidentally, the planning board of the National Media Market had decided to make the Preview Portal freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also

[Videolib] Try out the National Media Market Preview Portal

2013-05-15 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
On behalf of the planning board of the National Media Market, we invite you to try out the Preview Portal. It is freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also

Re: [Videolib] Public Librarians... Hoopla??

2013-08-07 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
No experience with the services, but did just see these articles re Hoopla and other subscription streaming for libraries: http://gigaom.com/2013/07/24/hoopla-wants-to-be-a-free-netflix-for-library-users/ http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/07/media/more-vendors-help-libraries-stream-video/ Barb

Re: [Videolib] online streaming sources for short films?

2013-08-26 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
IndieFlix video streaming has a lot of short films in its collection (Half of the 2000 titles are under 40 minutes). Library subscriptions are managed by Recorded Books. I don't know what the pricing structure is, but I like what I've seen of the content interface. http://indieflix.com/ Barb

Re: [Videolib] Disposing of reel to reel films

2013-10-29 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
After seeing if film archives and other film collectors want any of them, contact recycling companies. We had a local company take the leftover films, reels, and racks they had been stored on. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato |

Re: [Videolib] quick poll

2014-10-21 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We have open stacks, with the DVDs in locked cases (case is tattletaped; discs are not - overlays tend to cause playback problems). We use Checkpoint, which less expensive than the more secure KwikCases. I think lack of theft is more a nature of our patron population than from the security.

Re: [Videolib] 60 Minutes Archives

2015-01-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Yes, I just had to find out how to purchase a recent program (one that that's online, but that's another story...). Here's what I received: 60 minutes is licensed by CBS News. Email foot...@cbsnews.commailto:foot...@cbsnews.com. Response came from -- Montas, Maria mont...@cbsnews.com Barb

[Videolib] Video Classification survey - Final call (ends Jan. 23)

2015-01-20 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hello All, Thank you to everyone who has already responded. If you have not had a chance to respond yet, we would appreciate your responses to this brief survey about video cataloging at your library. Survey will be open until Friday, January 23.

Re: [Videolib] another question about old VHS tapes

2015-01-29 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Dear Jessica, Would you please stop assuming the worst of us librarians? We’re talking about films that we can’t purchase a new copy of, but that professors still find useful. We would much rather be able to buy a DVD or streaming rights or even a secondhand videotape than to have to invoke

Re: [Videolib] Netflix Streaming and Face-to-Face

2015-01-28 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
It probably technically goes against the terms of service, but then so does having a subscription to the DVDS, but they don't seem to care that our billing address is clearly the library. IMHO, I would treat it as normal classroom use as long as they aren't sharing their password, and

Re: [Videolib] WGBH Open Vault project

2015-03-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] WGBH Open Vault project Hi folks, Thought this would be of interest. While checking

[Videolib] WGBH Open Vault project

2015-03-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi folks, Thought this would be of interest. While checking on the availability of Deadly Deception (again), I learned about WGBH's Open Vault project. So I made a digitization request. The additional info they sent was that there is a $60 research fee to confirm if they can make the program

Re: [Videolib] Favorite Vendors for Widely-Available DVDs?

2015-03-31 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We use Midwest Tapes and Amazon. I haven’t heard an concerns from Acquisitions folks, but now I feel like I should go ask again. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 |

Re: [Videolib] video transcription

2015-03-02 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Kelly - 1. Do you have collection development/ or acquisitions about selecting videos with closed captioning? Is there even a choice? I've never noticed this myself, but I have not spent a lot of time ordering films myself. In most cases, there is no choice. Cataloging will note

Re: [Videolib] Replacement Cost Policy

2015-02-25 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Our default is $200. Plus $10 late fees and $10 processing fee. Automatically bills at 7 days overdue. When the student returns it, the $200 goes away, they pay $20. (Faculty and staff don't have to pay late fees). If lost and patron reports it to us, we charge actual replacement cost up to

[Videolib] Survey - Video cataloging practices

2015-01-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
We would appreciate your responses to this brief* survey about video cataloging at your library. https://mnsu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_a3QYqoUuO1OxvdH Thank you for your time (and, as always, apologies for duplication if you saw this request on other discussion groups), Jessica Schomberg,

Re: [Videolib] looking for FEATURE FILMS on global health

2015-01-29 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Would Zombie movies fit the bill? 28 Days Warm Bodies World War Z Shaun of the Dead 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

Re: [Videolib] email requesting dvd purchase possibly a fraud

2015-05-14 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Ask what class it's for and/or that email be sent from a campus address. ~Barb On May 14, 2015, at 9:39 AM, Gretchen Lieb grl...@vassar.edumailto:grl...@vassar.edu wrote: Hi all, I may be becoming overly cynical, but I find this email claiming to be from an incoming freshman highly

Re: [Videolib] Question about Scene Selections etc

2015-06-18 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Yes. Faculty frequently make use of chapters and time codes to queue up a particular segment. Especially for films that have to be split over 2 class periods. To be blunt, if I know that a distributor doesn't include the chapter breaks, I'm less likely to order that DVD. Barb Bergman | Media

Re: [Videolib] Media Circulation Best Practices

2015-06-12 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I was going to say pretty much what deg did: Why wouldn't you allow students to checkout videos? One week for all (except reserves of course). Faculty can ask for extensions (most know they don't get fined). Students can re-check out if needed. We have far more leverage with students than the

Re: [Videolib] Roku circulation

2015-07-01 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I've been considering circulating Roku boxes to provide access to the International channels available. I know some libraries are loading the digital Ultraviolet copy that comes with many BluRay/DVD purchases, and is then viewed with Vudu. I consider this a questionable practice since it is

Re: [Videolib] Roku circulation

2015-07-01 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I hadn't heard of Overdrive being involved - that would make sense and be less questionable. Does Hoopla provide any such option for viewing? ~Barb On Jul 1, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Randy Pitman vid...@videolibrarian.commailto:vid...@videolibrarian.com wrote: Hi Andy, Good points. If this is, in

Re: [Videolib] One time screening rights?

2015-08-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
If we can purchase a DVD with PPR for them, we will. If it's a rental, usually not. I'll point them to the correct resource for arranging the rental (Swank, Criterion, Sony, etc), and advise student groups to check on funding from Student Activities. That said, the Library has occasionally

Re: [Videolib] Anyone purchased Harvard Business Review CD-ROMs for circulation?

2015-07-27 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Harvard Business Review licensing is so ridiculous, I think you're only allowed to read it in the public restroom on 2nd Tuesdays. Seriously- they make a CD-ROM that's usable on more than a single library computer? ~Barb On Jul 27, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote: A

Re: [Videolib] American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches

2015-10-28 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Since this is a freely available website of what were freely available broadcasts, I think it's just fine to use it in a classroom. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 |

Re: [Videolib] Promotional DVDs and CDs

2015-10-23 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Your choice. I generally don't add promo copies, but do send them to book sale. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] No more DVDs?

2015-11-04 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
I think the one clear answer we've gotten out of this discussion is that there is no one right answer. Academic libraries are pretty diverse. :) Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 |

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