[Videolib] CD/DVD cases
Good afternoon, We have approximately 2700 new, black CD/DVD cases that need a good home. They feature a full wrap-around window and hold 1-3 CDs/DVDs The only cost is shipping. If you are interested in these, please contact me off-list. Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu 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] accession numbers for multi-volume sets
Lindsay, When our Media Library was a closed collection, we used separate, sequential numbers for each physical item in a multi-volume set. One reason we used this arrangement was that we entered each title as an independent entity. The entire set could be searched by the series title; individual titles received more detailed descriptions and subject headings; and the (sometimes varying) lengths of programs were easy to specify to each title. Our faculty seemed to like this arrangement since they were usually looking for one or two titles from a series. When multiple titles in the series appeared on one physical item, we still entered each title individually, added a note to each entry stating that the DVD/VHS also contained X number of title(s), and assigned the physical item one call #. Our on-line catalog did not have a problem with multiple titles having the same call #. For serial programs (Nova, Frontline, American Experience, etc.) from which we purchased random titles, we assigned the next number in line when the program arrived to be cataloged. We relied on the on-line catalog to collate these programs by doing a series search. Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee LRC 101K MTSU Box 208 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Hansen, Lindsay J Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 3:43 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] accession numbers for multi-volume sets Dear colleagues, I am wondering how your respective libraries handle multi-volume sets that are given accession numbers rather than call numbers. Does each individual DVD or VHS (!) have a unique accession number, or do you use the same number but have an add-on such as volume 1, disk 1, etc? For example, if you have the Great Speeches collection, do you catalog them with different accession numbers or do you use 1235 vol 1, 1235 vol 2? I am only interested in how the numbering would work for a closed collection, not for anything that is browsable or in the stacks. Thank you for your feedback. Lindsay Hansen Lindsay J. Hansen Music Media Librarian - California State University, Northridge 18111 Nordhoff St. Northridge, CA 91330-8326 Phone: (818) 677-7147 Fax: (818) 677-7167 lindsay.han...@csun.edumailto:june.pen...@csun.edu [cid:51B003A7-C912-4D00-9CDC-329313125DC8] 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] VHS Recycling
Meghann, I used GreenDisk a couple of years ago and was pleased with their service. I had two medium sized U-Haul boxes of VHS tapes, and the process for sending them was easy. The only hard part on our end was determining exactly how heavy the boxes were. We had a few pounds in excess of their limit for the base price in both boxes. Once we determined the weight, using their website to pay for shipping was a breeze. Their customer service folks were very nice and helpful. Would do business with them again if I had more VHS to discard. I think they take CDs/DVDs as well. Good luck. Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee COE 205 MTSU Box 208 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:28 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] VHS Recycling Hello All, I'm interested to hear about VHS recycling services -- a colleague mentioned using GreenDisk; I thought I'd see if any others have had favorable (or unfavorable, for that matter) experiences with VHS recyclers. Thanks in advance, -- Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Film and Video Collection Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475tel:%28302%29%20831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo 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] NMM News
Ursula, Oh, my! Many thanks for all you have done, and best wishes for your new endeavor. We'll miss you! Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee COE 205 MTSU Box 208 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ursula Schwarz Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] NMM News Dear videolibbers, Some of you have probably already heard that I have accepted a new position, and will leave NMM by the end of the month. The really good news is that Jessica Hammond will be replacing me. Jessica has been with The Video Project since 2010, has attended several Markets and has served on the NMM Board of Directors. Jessica will bring new energy and fresh ideas and the Market will continue to flourish with her leadership. It has been a pleasure to work with you over the last 10 years. I thank you for your support and patience with the inevitable glitches and unforeseen challenges (who can forget the broken pipes at the Mesa Hilton) and wish all of you the very best and huge budgets! Best regards, Ursula Schwarz uschw...@earthlink.netmailto:uschw...@earthlink.net (520) 743-0280 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] Is there a listserv or good online forum where video catalogers congregate?
The Online Audiovisual Catalogers Association (http://www.olacinc.org/drupal/ ) was a great help to us. Good luck, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee COE 205 MTSU Box 208 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 11:21 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Is there a listserv or good online forum where video catalogers congregate? Titles are even worse. Nothing more fun than trying to find a film Worldcat lists with a German title for an Iranian film or in Cyrillic. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edumailto:cle...@american.edu wrote: I'm forever frustrated by the varying use of subject headings employed in cataloging videos especially for foreign language films and hope to turn our catalogers on to to some expert opinions. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257tel:202.885.3257 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] NMM
Good morning, A resounding congratulations to Jessica for winning Best in Show at NMM for Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today! I'll echo her on the shock register. Also, a tremendous thank you to all who made the NMM contest possible, to those who so graciously sent congratulations, to Ursula for another exceptionally well-organized and orchestrated conference, and to the Board for their support and hard work. Sincerely, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 www.mtsu.edu/imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/imr 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] Collecting student film productions
Kim, Before the MTSU Media Library merged into Walker Library, it did not collect student video projects of any type. Since Walker Library did not routinely collect a/v materials prior to incorporating the Media Library, I doubt that they kept student video projects on file, either. If they are kept somewhere on campus, I know neither where nor by whom. Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee COE 205 MTSU Box 208 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stanton, Kim Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 11:40 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Collecting student film productions Hi all, Do any of you actively collect films produced by the students at your institution that were made as part of a class assignment? I'm thinking specifically of final finished works that come out of your Film Department or a thesis film (from any discipline). Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edumailto:kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 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] Carrie (1976) screening license
Good afternoon, A student group at MTSU wants to screen this title in October, but I'm having trouble finding who licenses it. I've checked with Swank, MPLC, New Yorker, Criterion, Facets, and GreenLight with no results. I've emailed MGM, but don't know how long they will take to answer, especially since they're releasing a remake in about three weeks. Is this even available to license? Sincerely, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Education Resource Channel @ Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 www.mtsu.edu/imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/imr 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] Using Paypal
As long as PayPal will let us use our institutional credit card without having an account (be a guest purchaser), we will continue to do so. We are a state institution which means that we are prohibited by state law from providing anyone a tie-in to our university's bank account. If other payment facilitators provide the same guest services without our having to register our institutional banking information, we could use them, too. We've done bank transfers with a few international distributors, but a funds transfer is a whole other set of paperwork unto itself! Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2900 gail.fe...@mtsu.edu www.mtsu.edu/~imr -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of scott petersen Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 1:42 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Using Paypal I'm a filmmaker with only a few titles and most of my orders go through Paypal, but I'm happy to accept a check. I'd rather wait a few weeks or so for a check than lose an order. Has anyone used Dwolla? They transfer the money from one bank account to another. It's much cheaper than Paypal, but PP seems to be the default for folks like me. Best, Scott On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Helen P. Mack h...@lehigh.edu wrote: Checks and wire transfers take longer and are more labor intensive, because they have to pass through a number of hands. The problem is not with the filmmakers, but rather with the requirements of PayPal. I wonder what would happen if I used another email address, like gmail or something? They are pretty smart, so their system would probably see the same CC associated with multiple email addresses and correctly assume that we are trying to get around their bank acct. requirement, regardless of how stupid it is. On 10/22/2012 2:01 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: Richard I work with a number of independent filmmakers and they are just selling their own film or films. They can't really afford to set up CC accounts for just a film or two. They are always happy to take checks or wire transfers. On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Richard Hartogs rich...@landmarkmedia.com wrote: Or Perhaps the vendor should be more flexible to customer payment options. Just my $.02 Richard Richard Hartogs Vice President Acquisitions LANDMARK MEDIA rich...@landmarkmedia.com 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. -- Helen P. Mack, Acquisitions Librarian Lehigh University, Linderman Library 30 Library Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015-3013 USA Phone 610 758-3035 * Fax 610 758-5605 E-mail h...@lehigh.edu 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.
[Videolib] 16mm films
After Dennis' wonderful presentation at NMM last week, I feel chagrined about bringing this up. However, I have two choices: 1. offer the titles below to whomever may like to have them; 2. destroy them. If anyone would like to have these, or knows someone who would, please contact me off list. Entr'acte Paris and the 19th Century Novelists Language and Thought series: Language and Culture (#1 in the series) - Great Plains National Road to Santiago: Spain - IFB Road to Santiago: France - IFB Information Processing Bill Cosby on Prejudice - Pyramid Films Breaking Out of the Doll's House - LCoA Le Ballon Rouge Guilty or Not Guilty Theatre Bertrand Russel - Time Life Films With Eyes Wide Open: Richard Wawro, Artist - Creative Learning Environments Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu 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] FW: 16mm films
Many thanks for the quick responses. All the films now have a home. Gail From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Gail Fedak Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 3:19 PM To: videolib Subject: [Videolib] 16mm films After Dennis' wonderful presentation at NMM last week, I feel chagrined about bringing this up. However, I have two choices: 1. offer the titles below to whomever may like to have them; 2. destroy them. If anyone would like to have these, or knows someone who would, please contact me off list. Entr'acte Paris and the 19th Century Novelists Language and Thought series: Language and Culture (#1 in the series) - Great Plains National Road to Santiago: Spain - IFB Road to Santiago: France - IFB Information Processing Bill Cosby on Prejudice - Pyramid Films Breaking Out of the Doll's House - LCoA Le Ballon Rouge Guilty or Not Guilty Theatre Bertrand Russel - Time Life Films With Eyes Wide Open: Richard Wawro, Artist - Creative Learning Environments Thanks, Gail Gail Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu 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] G. Handman signing off...
Gary, Even though the anticipation of our loss is palpable, here's to as illustrious a second career as your first one! Best wishes, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 615.898.2899 gail.fe...@mtsu.edu www.mtsu.edu/~imr -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of hand...@berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 3:36 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Cc: gtana...@library.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] G. Handman signing off... Hi All Well, it has been a little over three months since my retirement from videolibrariandom... An interesting experiment in letting go. I've recently started a part-time (17 hr a week) gig as coodinator of public services for the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley (www.magnes.org) (now administratively a part of UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library) ...something completely new for me--both exciting and a bit scary. It's a contract job, so I'm on for the next year. Then I'll have to reassess. After a great deal of debate, I think it's probably time for me to pull the plug on my videolib subscription at the end of this week. I'm sad about doing this...seems like such a final break with my beloved professional past. But probably best to move on. Gisele Tanasse, Operations Supervisor in the Berkeley Media Center, will be managing the list after my departure (at least in the short-run). Pls address queries to her at gtana...@library.berkeley.edu My email is hand...@berkeley.edu and I'd love to stay in touch. I'd be glad to continue bouncing ideas around and sharing whatever professional wisdom I have (as long as the shelf-life is still good) with librarian colleagues or with film distributors or makers. Salud! Gary Gary Handman hand...@berkeley.edu “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” --Groucho Marx 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] DVD Lease plans
Ditto! I understand the need to weed collections and for a public library to be responsive to its community, but operating primarily or solely based on so narrow a criterion as circulation is dangerous. Unfortunately many library boards and the general public, from whom they are drawn, seem to have no broader vision than the bottom line. Wish you the best going forward, Becky. Gail From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 1:17 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] DVD Lease plans It was my understanding that it was MANY copies of Battleship with many being kept but copies that did not circ in six months being returned. I have NO problem with libraries buying and keeping popular titles , I have a BIG problem with them choosing collections with popularity being the key factor so 10 copies of Battleship and no copies of A Separation or heaven forbid more obscure foreign independent titles. Might as well be Blockbuster if you choose to keep films or books based on circulation. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Michael May m...@dubuque.lib.ia.usmailto:m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us wrote: The point would be to lease Battleship and purchase A Separation, right? The leases get returned and the purchases stay in the collection. Whether you lease or not, if your library's mission is to provide access to popular materials, you'll have to spend money on titles like Battleship. But hopefully there's some balance between titles with short-term and long-term interest. Mike From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 10:53 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] DVD Lease plans I am somewhat amazed there are companies that do lease. Does not seem like a great way to make money given that new releases seem to have as one friend put it in another context, the shelf life of milk. I do find the concept somewhat offensive. I mean if acclaimed new novel or copy of WAR AND PEACE did not circulate would you just return them? I can understand for multiple copies of popular films but as a way of deciding what you actually keep it is kind of insane. Basically you would likely keep a copy of BATTLESHIP or TRANSFORMERS get return a copy of say A SEPARATION, LA STRADA or HOOP DREAMS if they were not circulating enough. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Tatar, Becky blt...@aurora.lib.il.usmailto:blt...@aurora.lib.il.us wrote: Hi, all, Sorry for any cross duplication. My supervisor asked me to think about doing a lease program for our DVD collection that would be more tied into collection development. We would order titles on lease, and after 6 months or so, if they weren't circulating much - to be determined - we would pull them and send them back. Has anyone done this? What's your experience with it? Right now, we lease extra DVD copies of high reserve titles - usually new feature releases, but some new television show seasons. When the reserves are finished, the lease copies are pulled and returned to the company. So this new plan would be different - and I'm thinking more work - constantly getting monthly updates on the titles to check the circ. Another issue is that there is no discount on these lease titles. But - we are facing major budget cuts across the board, and materials have to earn their keep. Thanks in advance. Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100tel:630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209tel:630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.usmailto:blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.orghttp://www.aurorapubliclibrary.org 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,
[Videolib] Europe the Mighty Continent
Good morning, Does anyone know if this series is still available for sale in DVD? We checked with Ambrose, who said they no longer distribute it. It's a BBC production, but they don't list it on their BBC America or main websites. Anyone know if a secondary distributor has picked it up? Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 ph 615-898-2899 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/imr 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] Battlefield (series?)
Good afternoon, We've had a request to purchase Battlefield: The Battle of Normandy: Prelude to Battle and ...The Battle in DVD. The original VHS were produced by La Mancha Productions; a co-production with PolyGram Video International and were originally distributed by Time Life Video. Does anyone know if these have been released on DVD? Or are they extinct? Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/~imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~imr Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/~imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~imr 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] Battlefield (series?)
Good afternoon, We've had a request to purchase Battlefield: The Battle of Normandy: Prelude to Battle and ...The Battle in DVD. The original VHS were produced by La Mancha Productions; a co-production with PolyGram Video International and were originally distributed by Time Life Video. Does anyone know if these have been released on DVD? Or are they extinct? Thanks, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Ph 615.898.2899 Fx 615.898.2530 Email gail.fe...@mtsu.edumailto:gail.fe...@mtsu.edu Web www.mtsu.edu/~imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/~imr 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] PPR question
Becky, I've received permission for public showings of copyrighted titles a few times in the past from folks I did not expect to say yes. I found it very helpful to volunteer to post Used by permission of... notices on site and to offer to disseminate to potential customers relevant fliers that the company might want to send. Good luck, Gail -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 2:05 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] PPR question Hi Well, maybe you could bring in a couple of table lamps, a nice area rug, and comfy couch and call it home video viewing... Strictly speaking, what you're proposing doing constitutes public performance, and therefor requires rights. On the other hand, depends on how risk-averse you are and what it is that you're thinking of screening. If it's Bullfrog or Video Project or another indie distributor, I'd bet a nice courtesy call would get you an OK. Again, if you're feeling frisky, you might just go ahead and do it (unless it's a Disney film). Seems like the risk of mad dog litigation is pretty small. gary Hi, all, I'm going to be participating in a community Green Festival - many booths of vendors/organizations promoting Green Living. Could I take a laptop and run a couple of subject oriented DVDs to show examples of what we have? They would run for the whole program - about 5 hours. I also have a powerpoint presentation from last year that I can run on a continuous loop, but I thought the DVDs would create a little more interest in our booth. If I need PPR, I just won't do it. Thanks. Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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] Good Night and Good Luck
Oh, no!!! You will be sorely missed! Thanks for the mentoring you have given so many of us. Sounds like you have plenty of interests waiting to take center stage. Enjoy them all! Gail On 4/2/2012 10:17 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls It is with a mix of melancholy, ebullience, slight trepidation, and vast relief that I announce my forthcoming retirement from the University of California Berkeley and the Media Resources Center on June 28, 2012. Today marks my 33rd anniversary with the University, and this year my 36th as a librarian (a fact which seems more than a little surreal to me). I’ve been director of the Media Center for about 28 of those years, and there hasn’t been week, good or bad, that has gone by without my murmuring a little thanks for the cosmic hiccups that allowed me to stumble into such a cool and personally rewarding gig. I simply cannot think of anywhere that I would have been happier professionally, or another position in which I would have grown and learned and contributed as much. In some sense, I feel a bit like Mark Twain, who was born during the fiery appearance of Halley’s Comet, and who went out with its reappearance, 74 years later. I began my career in media in the early 80s, at the dawn of the home video age (or the “Video Revolution” as it was often hyperbolically called in the library literature at the time). I’m bowing out of the business at a time when the technologies and economics of video production and distribution, and the video content universe itself are again in a state of radical flux. Along with these changes, video collections and service in libraries are also bound to experience major tremors and evolutionary shifts. I’m not sure whether I’m leaving the scene feeling sanguine or pessimistic about this future, but in any case it’s definitely going to be an interesting and challenging next decade. I am going to miss all my long-time professional pals profoundly, both those on the library side and the distributor side of the fence. I grew up with a number of you in this field, and along the way you’ve become a kind of extended workaday family, complete with the obstreperous get-togethers, occasional bickering, and comforting sympathy. I’m also heartened by the number of young, creative, and energetic colleagues who have hopped on board in more recent times. Definitely makes me less gloomy about prospects for the future. Not sure exactly what I’m going to do next: I’d like to continue teaching film somewhere on campus or off; I’m up for grabs as a consultant; want to write a bit; gotta catch up on all the national cinemas I’ve given short-shrift to over the years; want to log in more gym time; would like to hone my banjo and ukulele-playing chops; want to get back to freelance cartooning and illustration. At very least, I’m aiming at becoming an accomplished and well-known Berkeley flâneur and café personality. As for the fate of the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center… In light of the dire economic straits into which UC has been shoved, it is almost completely unlikely that my position will be filled any time soon. The future of the redoubtable MRC collection and website remains murky, at best. I can’t really think about all of this too much; it’s just too damn depressing to ponder, and I’ve got other things on my mind. In other words, après moi, le deluge, and there’s not a damn thing I can do about it. For the time being, Gisele Tanasse (MLIS), crack MRC Operations Czarina, will look after the shop. She has also graciously agreed to keep an administrative eye on videolib and videonews. (Note, however, that she’s going out on maternity leave from May until around the end of September, so you’re pretty much on your own during that hiatus. Play nice!). Gisele’s email is gtana...@library.berkeley.edu. I’ll be around and wrapping things up for the next few months. My civilian email address after June is going to be garyhand...@gmail.com and I’m also on Facebook. I’d love to stay in touch (but please don’t contact me about anything having to do with copyright or fair use). Best of luck for the future, comrades! Continue fighting the good fight. It really has been an honor and a delight working with you all. Salud! Gary Handman Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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,
Re: [Videolib] posting PPR info
Nahum, Unfortunately, there are no simple answers to your questions. These are a few common ways for academic library patrons to access streamed material: 1. The streamed title can be hosted by our library: access only by faculty, students, and staff members who have a valid campus email address and unique university password or guests who use a guest password that is valid only inside the library building. 2. The streamed title can be hosted by a university's streaming server that is accessible only through a course management system. This arrangement means that a faculty member and the students in his/her class(es) who are assigned to view the title are given access to it through a password to information for a specific class. The downside to this arrangement is that students and faculty members who may want/need to use such a title have to rely on word of mouth to know that it is available. This arrangement can also be very cumbersome for university personnel to manage. 3. The streamed title can be hosted by the distributor with access as described in either situation1 or 2 above. 4. The streamed title can hosted by the distributor with individual students paying for their own license to access the title. This seems to be a very cumbersome arrangement for the distributor since the company has to keep up with individual students' payments, access rights and problems, etc. Any of these arrangements can feature various permutations on length of use: 1. Term limits: by the week(s), month(s), semester(s), or year(s) 2. In perpetuity; And number of users: 1. Individual students; 2. Specific class(es); 3. Number of potential users (based on the total enrollment or full-time equivalency, FTE, enrollment). From my perspective, the less complicated and less restrictive the terms of the license, the more likely we are to look favorably at licensing streamed content. I prefer to purchase a DVD to be housed in the library and pay some extra for streaming rights either at the time I purchase the DVD or later when requested by a faculty member. Vendors sell streaming licenses as stand-alone purchases, in conjunction with a DVD purchase, or separately at whatever time the customer needs it after the DVD purchase. I suggest that you look at the websites of other documentary distributors to assess how they construct the terms of their streaming licenses. At this time there appears to be no standard method of selling streaming licenses. Hope this helps, Gail On 3/31/2012 11:14 AM, nahum laufer wrote: Thanks Sarah Andrews For your information. I would like to get your and other librarians opinion on streaming As streaming Films is a new way to distribute films, and I would like to have our films also streamed and in the future also start streaming, as a distributer I would like to understand some points: 1)What do you mean by a password protected server, 2)Who gets the password and can use the server? Only Students faculty, or also Alumni, or anybody that asked your library for a password 3)Did the distributer that sold you public screening rights ask extra for a license with streaming rights? Best from http://docsforeducation.com/index.php Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel *From:*videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Andrews, Sarah E *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:26 PM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* [Videolib] posting PPR info Our libraries put the public performance rights, streaming rights etc. in the 540 field. It is searchable in our catalog. Here is an example from Boyhood Shadows: Includes public performance rights, including video streaming rights on University of Iowa password protected server. IaU We also include a paper copy of the license agreement in the box whenever possible---helps the end users see what we have agreed to. At least some of our librarians promote this use to student groups---especially underfunded ones that need programming ideas. Sarah Andrews 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources MiddleTennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,
Re: [Videolib] Video at Risk's Relationship to new ARL Code of Best Practices
Gary, Does this project have a proposed date to share its list of identified materials? Thanks, Gail On 2/23/2012 10:36 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Debra Berkeley is a principle partner in this project (along with NYU). A significant part of the project will be identifying materials in collections which are eligible for reformatting, primarily under the provisions of Section 108, but possibly under the mantle of fair use, as well. None of us on the project have had contact with the developers of the ARL code (to my knowledge). gary Hi- Does anyone know if the Video at Risk project (dealing with reformatting of VHS tapes) has a relationship with the new ARL Code of Best Practices undertaking ? Have there been a conversation between these parties? Just Curious. Thanks. Debra Debra H. Mandel, Head, Digital Media Design Studio Northeastern University Libraries 360 Huntington Ave. 200 SL Boston, MA 02115 617-373-4902; 617-373-5409-Fax 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources MiddleTennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Question about videolib and videonews listservs - are they down?
After checking my saved emails, I just realized I have not received any videolib or videonews postings today (Friday, Nov. 11). Everything was working fine for me yesterday (Thursday, Nov. 10). I've been working my way through so many older ones today, I did not notice the lack of new ones. :( Gail On 11/11/2011 5:05 PM, Borden, Lisa M. wrote: All: I subscribe to both of these lists but I haven't been receiving any messages from videonews for quite a while now - and *nothing* from videolib since early yesterday morning. Are others getting posts or is this some sort of glitch? Any advice/help will be appreciated - I missed the Friday Fun question for this week Thanks, Lisa M. Borden Serials Electronic Resources Librarian, Section Head Subject Selector for: Communication Film Studies The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) University Library Acquisitions Department, Room #134A 500 West University Avenue El Paso, TX 79968 (USA) PH: (915) 747-6709 FAX: (915) 747-5327 E-Mail: lmbor...@utep.edu 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime question
I just talked to NG, and the person I ended up talking to confirmed that their DVD titled Australia's Aborigines is an updated version of Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime. Hope this helps, Gail On 11/2/2011 10:56 AM, Jeanne Little wrote: Anyone have any ideas? I have been asked by a faculty member to locate to purchase the vhs (or dvd, if it exists) and the streaming rights for the title Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime, which was produced by the National Geographic Society, 1988. I have had no luck, only hit on Amazon.com.uk http://amazon.com.uk/ for the vhs used, which will give me no streaming rights. Does anyone have contact information for somebody at National Geographic who might be able to help me? Or does anyone know whether this available anywhere else to purchase? Help. Thanks Jeanne Little -- 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Concept Media
Good morning, I'm trying to find contact information for Concept Media, which seems to have been purchased by Cengage Learning. I talked to someone at Cengage, but they did not have all the replacement titles we need. The Cengage rep gave me a phone number for Concept Media (1-502-254-2234), but it does not work. Does anyone have valid contact information for Concept Media? Many thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Friday fair use question
This prof primarily uses materials from his personal collection, not so much from ours. He's been teaching this class for at least 10-15 years, and streaming video collections have been available on our campus for only 2-3 years. We have in our hard copy collection a few docs made by a couple of this prof's students. Just about all of the programs are old photos and film footage from various sources with voiceover, all credited. I worked with one of these students after he graduated to produce a Tennessee history video for our collection, and he was well aware of the issues involved in licensing and requesting permission for copyrighted material. In fact, one of the images he most wanted to use was too expensive and came with a very limited time use, so he decided to pursue something else. This prof knows the issues involved in using copyrighted material because he asked me about using clips from the streaming collection, hence my question here. Our Media Library does not have production equipment available for undergraduate students who also must use our video collection in-house. Graduate students may check out our videos and have a higher-tech computer lab, which is accessed through us, available to them, so it would be possible for them to extract clips from some DVDs, but not VHS. We work closely with the television studio, across the hall, to be sure any excerpting or duplication requested of them by faculty passes the fair use/copyright test - through me. Unless a faculty member circumvents our safeguards by checking out a video and handing it to a student to do with what they want, we assist faculty and students (undergrads through their faculty) with assigned projects, all the while attempting, as best we can, not to put any of us in the cross hairs of a copyright holder's wrath. And so far, so good. Gail On 10/21/2011 11:29 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: You know I am not much of a techie, but it appears you are trying to allow a student to download or copy a film from a stream. Not sure that is breaking encryption, but it would clearly violate most contracts and frankly freak the hell out of distributors who have set up their own streaming systems. Though I only work with films where the school buys a copy and then gets to stream it on their own system, I can sympathize with rights holders being upset if something they are specifically set up not to allow were somehow done through technology. However it seems to me that the student would he be so much better off creating a film from what I imagine is an excellent and far bigger selection in the library collection. At the risk of being attacked by distributors who stream, I think the vast majority of docs including many of the best ones are not up for streaming, but widely available on VHS DVD from which the student could obtain clips. Just out of curiosity did the Prof teach the course using ONLY titles that were licensed for streaming? On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Gail Fedak gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu wrote: Jessica, Gary, The prof who posed the question teaches a documentary filmmaking class in the history department. Although the class is not taught in the College of Mass Communication, its purpose is to teach students how to create documentaries, the final class project being to create a short one. A student enrolling in the class can petition the director of our Film Studies Interdisciplinary Minor to have it approved for completion of the minor credits. I consider these students among those who were granted permission to break encryption for fair use purposes. The collection in question is licensed/legally acquired, but I had not thought through the copyright/contract issue far enough to remember that contracts trump fair use. Unfortunately, I do not have the budget to acquire hard copies of everything in the streamed collections. However, I will suggest that this prof's students check our hard copy collection for the titles they need. My next step will be to our legal guys for a considered opinion. Will probably end up contacting the provider as well. Thanks again, Gail On 10/21/2011 4:25 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: I agree generally but you would really need to say what is involved. There are in fact significant restrictions in most streaming licenses. The most basic is that you can not download or copy the material and as that is specific and contractual I think it would indeed hold up in court and would supersede fair use. What is confusing me is what the students want to do? If they want to create some new work using clips I think that would likely be illegal IF they are using material that was licensed for streaming and forbid any copying. It would far better for them to simply use a physical copy to obtain any clips. Also depending on what
[Videolib] Friday fair use question
Is an institution's licensed video streaming content covered by fair use for said institution's students who want to use guideline compliant portions of that content for fair use compliant purposes? I want to say yes, but hesitate to do so without input from the collective wisdom. I don't remember prior discussion concerning this permutation of fair use. Thanks in advance, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Friday fair use question
Many thanks! Gail On 10/21/2011 3:57 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hey Gail I'd say yeah, definitely, unless FU is trumped by specific contractual language which forbids certain uses (I've haven't seen any such language so far--at least in the licenses we've signed). Even if the contract DID somehow short-circuit fair uses (i.e. clips for use in course-related projects), my guess is that it wouldn't stand up in court. Gary Handman Is an institution's licensed video streaming content covered by fair use for said institution's students who want to use guideline compliant portions of that content for fair use compliant purposes? I want to say yes, but hesitate to do so without input from the collective wisdom. I don't remember prior discussion concerning this permutation of fair use. Thanks in advance, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edumailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imrhttp://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Friday fair use question
Jessica, Gary, The prof who posed the question teaches a documentary filmmaking class in the history department. Although the class is not taught in the College of Mass Communication, its purpose is to teach students how to create documentaries, the final class project being to create a short one. A student enrolling in the class can petition the director of our Film Studies Interdisciplinary Minor to have it approved for completion of the minor credits. I consider these students among those who were granted permission to break encryption for fair use purposes. The collection in question is licensed/legally acquired, but I had not thought through the copyright/contract issue far enough to remember that contracts trump fair use. Unfortunately, I do not have the budget to acquire hard copies of everything in the streamed collections. However, I will suggest that this prof's students check our hard copy collection for the titles they need. My next step will be to our legal guys for a considered opinion. Will probably end up contacting the provider as well. Thanks again, Gail On 10/21/2011 4:25 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: I agree generally but you would really need to say what is involved. There are in fact significant restrictions in most streaming licenses. The most basic is that you can not download or copy the material and as that is specific and contractual I think it would indeed hold up in court and would supersede fair use. What is confusing me is what the students want to do? If they want to create some new work using clips I think that would likely be illegal IF they are using material that was licensed for streaming and forbid any copying. It would far better for them to simply use a physical copy to obtain any clips. Also depending on what they are trying to do , one could ask the rights holder for permission. Having already licensed the material for streaming there is a good chance they would grant permission to use a clip from it for a student project but again if the license specifically forbid copying you would need to ask. On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hey Gail I'd say yeah, definitely, unless FU is trumped by specific contractual language which forbids certain uses (I've haven't seen any such language so far--at least in the licenses we've signed). Even if the contract DID somehow short-circuit fair uses (i.e. clips for use in course-related projects), my guess is that it wouldn't stand up in court. Gary Handman Is an institution's licensed video streaming content covered by fair use for said institution's students who want to use guideline compliant portions of that content for fair use compliant purposes? I want to say yes, but hesitate to do so without input from the collective wisdom. I don't remember prior discussion concerning this permutation of fair use. Thanks in advance, Gail Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 tel:615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 tel:615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 tel:510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line)
Re: [Videolib] Who do you report to?
A late post, but, ditto here. I report to the Director of the Center for Educational Media in the College of Education. Here's how: We opened as part of a grand design in 1975 as the distribution component of a Learning Resources Center that also featured creation and production of academic support programming (curriculum design, photographic studio, graphics design, television studio, equipment services). Our director reported to the Dean of Learning Resources who reported to the VPAA. Over the years the grand design fractured, and our director moved up the administrative chain to report directly to the VPAA. Over the next 15+ years our director's position gradually moved down the administrative chain to Associate VPAA, to Dean of the College of Education, to a director under the Dean of COE. We landed in the College of Education because our building was given to the college in the early 90s (they did not have one, and part of the university's core mission is training teachers). No money/space were available to move us somewhere else, certainly not into the main library. So, here we are. Enjoyed seeing the varied permutations of reporting structures! Gail On 10/13/2011 10:14 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Don't get me started... The UCB Media Center started out as part of the Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and so, in the early years, reported to the Head of that library. In 1993, the undergrad library was reorganized, folded, stapled, and mutilated. Most professional staff were disbursed into the Main Library staff pool...except: a handful of librarians remained behind to form what was called the Teaching Library--i.e. the bibliographic instruction unit for the humanities and social sciences. The Media Center stayed put physically, and reported to the head of that program (now called Instructional Services) We still report to the head of that program...for historical reasons, more than anything. Makes no real sense in my book, but then again, less and less makes sense to me around here. As a grotesque side: we've recently gone through a paroxysm of what campus has ironically called an Operational Excellence planning-- i.e. grasping at straws thru layoff and reorg. As part of this madness, many org charts have been redrawn, including the reporting lines of MRC: I still report directly to the head of Instructional Services, BUT (be still, my blood pressure) so does Gisele and all the student employees in MRC...this, in reality, means absolutely nothing, except to make the library look like it did its duty by flattening the administrative org chart. More than you ever wanted to know, eh? Greetings, I see by the Videolib Archives that this question hasn't been asked in a while, and so I'll pose it to the group this morning. To those of you in media centers in academic libraries, to whom do you report? Public Services? Library Director? Collections? Thanks! Lori Widzinski Head, Multimedia Collections and Services University at Buffalo Libraries State University of New York 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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
Re: [Videolib] Methodology: The Design and the Experiment
Jennifer, We just purchased a DVD replacement of Methodology: The Psychologist and the Experiment from CRM Learning. It does not come up on their website, but, if this is the title you are looking for, contact them about it: Nicole Taylor 800.421.0833 Good luck, Gail On 9/29/2011 10:09 AM, Foster, Jennifer wrote: I am looking for the film Methodology : The Design and the Experiment. I have it in VHS, but would like it in DVD and to pursue streaming rights. The packaging lists McGraw-Hill CRM as the publisher/distributor, but neither site shows the film any longer. I have never had much luck contacting McGraw Hill. Does anyone out there know any more about this film? Jennifer Foster Media Librarian Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library 361.570.4195 http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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 (Cool) Coll. Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series
Debra, I do not require a specific amount from departments for cost sharing. I don't know their budgets and obligations, so I generally suggest 10%-25%. I prefer to pay at least 51% because that gives us controlling interest in the title. This policy is not codified in our purchase procedure statement. It is basically the same policy our first director crafted, with a dollar threshold adjustment, so after 35+ years it's indelibly etched into my brain. If we were part of the main library, I expect a codified statement would be required. I prefer to talk with department heads about cost sharing because I've found that a phone conversation is more effective than an email. And since we do not purchase that many titles in the $500+ range, I have few of these conversations. Our first director did a good job of establishing and enforcing our purchasing policies with regard to cost sharing, renting programs, purchasing PPR for non-library use, etc., so my job is significantly easier with regard to these issues than what I see others, such as yourself, having to grapple with. I also suspect our autonomy has made it easier to establish our own policies. Good luck, Gail On 9/27/2011 7:38 AM, Mandel, Debra wrote: Hi Gail- This was very helpful. You have some flexibility as you have control over the entire media budget (we no longer have such a fund)---nice. Do departments tend to contribute up to 50% for titles over $500, or does it depend on their own funds? By series, I meant film festival type series---I too would not automatically buy all the titles in a series, if not requested. I agree about us doing the research for getting PPR, because that is a specialized service we can do well (with help from this wonderful list serv). Do you actually have this written down as part of your collection development/purchase policy if you have to explain yourself in difficult situations? Debra From: Gail Fedak gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:17:48 -0400 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series Debra, I, too, dislike having to ask departments to contribute funds to a purchase, but I do so under these circumstances: single title applicable primarily to one discipline, =/$500; series (regardless of # of titles) applicable primarily to one department, =/$750. I also dislike purchasing only one or two titles out of a finite series, so I try to purchase the whole set, if possible. Understandably, it is getting more difficulty to do so with budget cuts. If a single title or series is truly multi-disciplinary, I do not ask for contributions to help cover the cost. I don't know how this would work in your situation, because our Media Library budget is separate from the main library's budget, so I don't have to be concerned about dipping into other disciplines' buckets to cover a purchase. If the only way the Media Library can purchase a title for the collection is with PPR, then we do so if the cost falls below the thresholds described above or we get cost sharing. We prefer buying titles without PPR, if possible. This is a significant change from our prior purchasing guidelines because our use of media has changed and our budget is smaller. When we purchase a title without PPR, the department, organization, individual, etc.is then responsible to purchase PPR if they need it for their specific uses. We will help facilitate the PPR purchase, but do not pay for it. Also, if we do have to purchase PPR when we acquire a title, we do not purchase additional licenses that may be needed for uses outside the original PPR license. For instance, if the original PPR license covers non-paying audiences up to 50, and the campus user is charging admission and/or is anticipating an audience greater than 50, then I will assist in initiating and arranging for a PPR license, but will not pay for it. Hope this is not too muddled to be useful, Gail On 9/26/2011 2:09 PM, Mandel, Debra wrote: Dear Colleagues, I would appreciate if anyone could send me sample policies or collection development excerpts which deal specifically with: 1. Responding to purchases for single titles from one faculty member over $xxx amount (what amount?? 2. Requests for titles that are part of a one-time series (Humanities Dept., Language, special symposium, etc.) How many titles, what amount?? 3. Policies that covers whose responsibility it is to obtain and pay for public performance rights For example, I recently had a request from one faculty member who wanted the library to purchase a DVD for $650 because she was inviting the filmmaker
[Videolib] PPR for D-Day to Berlin
Good afternoon, I need to contact BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. to inquire about a PPR license for this title. AE referred me to BBC. The BBC FAQs page does not include PPR information Their contact us page provides an email box, but the description of what we need and why exceeds their 1000 character limit, so my request won't send. We need this on fairly short notice (Oct 21), so waiting for a short, non-descriptive request to float around the corporate office for a few weeks is not an option. Does anyone have a phone number for their switchboard or legal department? Thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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 Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series
Debra, I, too, dislike having to ask departments to contribute funds to a purchase, but I do so under these circumstances: single title applicable primarily to one discipline, =/$500; series (regardless of # of titles) applicable primarily to one department, =/$750. I also dislike purchasing only one or two titles out of a finite series, so I try to purchase the whole set, if possible. Understandably, it is getting more difficulty to do so with budget cuts. If a single title or series is truly multi-disciplinary, I do not ask for contributions to help cover the cost. I don't know how this would work in your situation, because our Media Library budget is separate from the main library's budget, so I don't have to be concerned about dipping into other disciplines' buckets to cover a purchase. If the only way the Media Library can purchase a title for the collection is with PPR, then we do so if the cost falls below the thresholds described above or we get cost sharing. We prefer buying titles without PPR, if possible. This is a significant change from our prior purchasing guidelines because our use of media has changed and our budget is smaller. When we purchase a title without PPR, the department, organization, individual, etc.is then responsible to purchase PPR if they need it for their specific uses. We will help facilitate the PPR purchase, but do not pay for it. Also, if we do have to purchase PPR when we acquire a title, we do not purchase additional licenses that may be needed for uses outside the original PPR license. For instance, if the original PPR license covers non-paying audiences up to 50, and the campus user is charging admission and/or is anticipating an audience greater than 50, then I will assist in initiating and arranging for a PPR license, but will not pay for it. Hope this is not too muddled to be useful, Gail On 9/26/2011 2:09 PM, Mandel, Debra wrote: Dear Colleagues, I would appreciate if anyone could send me sample policies or collection development excerpts which deal specifically with: 1. Responding to purchases for single titles from one faculty member over $xxx amount (what amount?? 2. Requests for titles that are part of a one-time series (Humanities Dept., Language, special symposium, etc.) How many titles, what amount?? 3. Policies that covers whose responsibility it is to obtain and pay for public performance rights For example, I recently had a request from one faculty member who wanted the library to purchase a DVD for $650 because she was inviting the filmmaker to her class and wanted to show his film. She was not opening this up to a wider audience. Rental was about $395. The dept. had no funds to kick in. The library will not cover either cost. I had to say no. The distributor would not negotiate. There have been several requests for film series, more than 6 titles. Neither dept. was willing to kick in funds. We do not have one media budget---selectors order films from their subject areas, along with books. Our budget have been drastically cut due to the current climate, increase of e-materials and other steadily climbing resources. Oftentimes, I will reach out to other librarians to share in the cost of one title, but sometimes I get no feedback. Without a policy, librarians are having a difficult time deciding where to draw the line. I hate to arbitrarily decide on a price, particularly if the film is outstanding, is interdisciplinary. and comes bundled with PPR, so I thought I would ask you what you are doing. How do you negotiate, say that depts. must kick in ---age for special events, expensive titles. I have been a media librarian for 100 years, and lately I have felt guilty saying no. The reality is just getting harder. Debra Debra H. Mandel, Head, Digital Media Design Studio Northeastern University Libraries 360 Huntington Ave. 200 SL Boston, MA 02115 617-373-4902; 617-373-5409-Fax 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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
Re: [Videolib] fair use in CHE article
A library that offers duplication service for faculty can exercise some control over how much of the title they own is clipped and used for the stated purpose. They can also refuse to provide the service for titles brought in by the requestor if legality of the requestor's copy cannot be documented. Gail On 8/23/2011 12:53 PM, jwoo wrote: so, it's okay for librarians to act as the middleman for fair use, that is, a third-party can make copies for the end-user who is actually doing the research or scholarship? On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:07 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: I agree with the researcher gary handman Did anyone read the second paragraph of this article: The Common Sense of the Fair-Use Doctrine, by Patricia Aufderheide. Chronicle of Higher Education, August 21, 2011. Do you agree that the researcher's request falls under fair use? Not rhetorical, I'm actually wondering. Thanks - Janice A researcher asks a librarian if the librarian can provide her with a clip from a major motion picture, relevant to the researcher's presentation at the annual meeting of her academic association. When the librarian demurs, the researcher explains her fair-use right to show the work. http://chronicle.com/article/The-Common-Sense-of-the/128756 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Ideal Media Center
The timeliness of this list never ceases to amaze me. In answer to two threads currently running, we use video to refer to all formats of moving images. Most of our folks assume DVD at this point, so we clarify format either when asked or when the title in question is in VHS or U-matic (rare). The ideal media center for us would include almost any of the scenarios mentioned so far. Currently we are in the facility that was built for us 37 years ago and that has been face-lifted as needed for newer formats. We acquired compact shelving when the Music Library was integrated into our facility about 10 years ago. Currently we (Music and Media) are scrambling to figure out what our survival strategies need to look like in the main library as our building (excluding us) is being renovated for an academic department who's moving out of their condemned building into ours as the backfill in the ongoing game of musical chairs. If money is ever allocated for creating a suitable space for us to operate, unmolested, the ideals posted here will be retrieved from storage to form my own wish list. Until then...or if not...dreams will have to suffice. Many thanks for the ongoing collective wisdom! Gail On 8/19/2011 2:27 PM, John Vallier wrote: Hi Lori, What a timely question. The library we are located in will be going through a $16 million renovation over the next 2 years, so I've been thinking a bit about this. In addition to Gary's excellent pre-coffee (!) free-form, I've been thinking in terms of taking our media center and remolding into a media commons, a space that situates collections next to various media players (turntables, VCRs, etc.) and editing stations (Final Cut, Avid, ProTools) coupled with lots of online storage. Copyright information and consultation would be available, as would ideas for where and how to remix/publish content. This space would also incorporate a dedicated theater that is meant for screening and teaching cinema, music, and other topics presented via audio/video/film. This space would allow for criticism of media to take place and would also be outfitted with recording gear so that students could record their performances/presentations. These recordings, in turn, could be fed back into the archive. There would also be staff space for media preservation and production, something that could generate a modest income. Support for av related digital humanities and e-science scholarship would also be a core part of the mission. Here's a bit of a workflow representation of what I'm trying to say: http://faculty.washington.edu/vallier/uw_mediacommons.jpg Scott Spicer was nice enough to share some of his ideas about such a space with me. If anyone else has feedback and/or can lend advise on making something like this happen, please let me know! Thanks, - John ___ http://www.lib.washington.edu/media 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] best time of year to contact
Scott, The best time for us is between mid-August and the end of January. Most of our purchasing decisions are finished by early to mid-May. After that we are out of money until July 1. Most of our faculty are not on campus during the summer, so notifying us of new titles between July and early August means we have to put the notifications on hold until faculty return. On our campus, media purchases are driven mostly by faculty request. We do purchase some things along with way without specific faculty request, however, our budget is not sufficiently large to accommodate many just-in-case purchases. Hope this helps, Gail On 8/12/2011 12:42 PM, scott petersen wrote: Hi Folks, What is the best time of year to email librarians about new titles? Do orders for individual titles originate from librarians or the professors? Best, Scott Petersen http://www.MataOrtizMovie http://www.mataortizmovie/ 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Looking for People of the Cumberland
Matt, This title is not listed on The Highlander Center website, but you might call them and see what they know. Good luck, Gail http://www.highlandercenter.org/r-b-videos.asp On 7/21/2011 12:55 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) wrote: Hi All, Does anyone know if /People of the Cumberland/ (1937) is available for purchase? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029389/ Thanks, Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=f9bb9e66e0cb45eb9c98da126198ad7eURL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu 434-924-3812 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Study Guides , was Re: Article on educational distribution
I don't remember the last time a faculty member asked for a teacher's guide, handouts, etc. to accompany a title in our collection. We try to provide links to relevant information in our catalog. We have closed stacks in compact shelving, so don't file guides, etc. with the media. We rotate the DVD covers in public displays and can pull them if needed, but don't keep them in the cases, either. Gail On 7/7/2011 3:49 PM, matthew.wri...@unlv.edu wrote: Gary's comments about study guides made me wonder how other libraries are dealing with the fact that so many are online only now. We have lots of them in print too, but many don't come with a printed guide any longer but the web site contains a pdf link to a guide. Since our collection is browseable, I wonder if people don't always know the guides exist. I wonder if any libraries put a link in the catalog to the guide's web site? Does anyone print them out and put them on the shelves with the videos? Matthew Wright Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: rac...@energizedfilms.com, videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: 07/07/2011 01:36 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Article on educational distribution Sent by: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu very nice, Rachel! By the way, most higher ed faculty could care less about study guides, lesson guides, and other printed ancillary materials. We have shelves of the stuff gathering dust here. You neglected to include the important point about making it easy to order and pay for the stuff...Nothing drives an institutional buyer crazier than a stupid or confusing or ineffective web site...or a filmmaker who fumbles invoicing and fulfillment. gary Technically this is geared towards filmmakers but I thought y'all might find it useful anyway.a second one goes live tomorrow and I'm working on a 3rd about educational/training media usage online. http://blogs.indiewire.com/tedhope/archives/guest_post_rachel_gordon_tapping _into_educational_distribution/ Best, Rachel Rachel Gordon Energized Films www.energizedfilms.com 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Wholesalers used by academic librarians?
MTSU's Media Library does not use wholesalers. Like others have stated, we purchase directly from documentary distributors, filmmakers, Amazon, Facets, etc. Insight is last on our go-to list. Gail On 6/14/2011 5:12 PM, Randal Baier wrote: It's certainly not true for Eastern Michigan. We are very eclectic and buy from the filmmakers or the film collectives/media marketeers. Bullfrog, WMM, NewDay, Insight, /et/ a myriad of al. And yes, Amazon too. *From: *Peter Cohn pcc...@yahoo.com *To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Sent: *Tuesday, June 14, 2011 3:51:48 PM *Subject: *[Videolib] Wholesalers used by academic librarians? As part of a business research project, trying to find out the extent to which libraries buy from wholesalers such as Ingram, Baker Taylor, and Midwest Tape? I'm particularly interested in whether academic libraries buy from wholesalers. Also public libraries. I'm under the impression that many public libraries buy almost all their titles from the three mentioned above, or one of the three. Is the same true of university libraries? Thanks, Peter Cohn Hillcrest Films 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr “Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance.” – Will Durant 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] MSNBC
I apologize, I left out too much information before I sent the query. We've recorded programs off-air at faculty request for 35+ years and, back in the day, licensed a fair number of them to be kept in the collection. In so doing, we have/still do observe the Kastenmeier guidelines, but have always declined requests to record programs off cable stations (basically anything other than ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS). Not being a committed TV viewer, I'm unclear as to the nature of MSNBC (cable exclusively or hybrid station of some sort?) and whether, according to the K. guidelines, it qualifies as a station from which it is permissible to record. If it is, I do understand the convoluted follow-up restrictions. Thanks again, Gail On 5/27/2011 11:03 AM, Gail Fedak wrote: A faculty member has requested that we tape off-air a 3 hour program airing on MSNBC over this weekend. My first inclination is to say no. Is this correct? Thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance. -- Will Durant 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] Writing on Double Sided DVDs?
We have been using hub labels for several years without any problems. We print our library's name and the item's barcode # on them. Hope this helps, Gail On 4/4/2011 10:46 AM, Seay, Jared Alexander wrote: Thanks for the input. We know about the label rings. Our catalogers are reluctant to put stickers on our DVD's because we used to have all kinds of trouble with stickers on our CD's. They tended to cause the CD to become jammed in the player. Perhaps stickers and players are better these days. This was in the late 90's as I recall. Since we are creating a collection for student circulation, we are more keen to label our DVD disks themselves, which we have not done in the past. Jared Alexander Seay Reference Librarian Head, Media Collections Addlestone Library College of Charleston Charleston SC 29424 Main Office: 843-953-1428 blogs.cofc.edu/seayj/ http://blogs.cofc.edu/seayj/ Media Collections: 843-953-8040 blogs.cofc.edu/media collections http://blogs.cofc.edu/mediacollections/ Addlestone Report: blogs.cofc.edu/addlestonereport http://blogs.cofc.edu/addlestonereport/ Reference Services: blogs.cofc.edu/refblog http://blogs.cofc.edu/refblog/ *From:*videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *rb...@earthlink.net *Sent:* Monday, April 04, 2011 11:35 AM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Writing on Double Sided DVDs? I think you will damage the data, but there is a tiny ring in the center that you can mark. - richard On Apr 4, 2011, at 7:26 AM, Seay, Jared Alexander wrote: We are receiving an increasing number of Double Sided DVD's upon which we want to put some identifying mark.Our cataloging librarian wants to know if writing on one side (that obviously contains data) will damage or interfere withthe playback?Any ideas?Thanks. http://richardcohenfilms.com/goodcat.htm http://richardcohenfilms.com/ At 7pm, I went to see a film screening of *HURRY TOMORROW*...It is an extremely shocking and intense film about mental health institutions in the 70s. If you haven't seen it, I highly suggest it. It's heart-wrenching (I cried). The discussion afterward was equally profound, and I left with a renewed passion to become a clinical therapist. My PscyD can't come soon enough. Hannah Monk, Wesleyan, '12 *VOICES* blog (2011) 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Tennessee Valley Dam
Farhad, Two other sources of Appalachian titles are Appalshop ( http://appalshop.org/store/ ) and Highlander Research and Education Center ( http://www.highlandercenter.org/r-b-videos.asp ). A couple of titles may fit what you are looking for: Up the River (prisons built in rural Appalachia to house urban inmates and the resulting unintended consequences); and Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man (results of the structural failure of a coal-waste dam). Hope this helps, Gail On 3/30/2011 9:49 AM, Moshiri, Farhad wrote: Is there a documentary on the unforeseen negative results of building the Tennessee Valley Dam? If not, our faculty is looking for a documentary that discusses the unforeseen negative results of big construction projects that were built with good intentions without thinking of adverse results (by the way, we do have the Unforeseen DVD!) Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Recommended Faculty Media Development Labs
Chuck, Our IT division developed the Faculty Instructional Technology Center ( http://www.mtsu.edu/itdacad/itc/index.shtml ), which faculty may use with or without individual assistance. Gail On 3/30/2011 10:56 AM, Chuck McCann wrote: Can anyone point me to any, worthy of emulating, high ed institution faculty digital media labs (or media development lab, or open-access development lab .. .. however the phrase may be, I think you're catching my drift) .. . . media labs with a focus on faculty (and maybe graduate teachers too). Thanks -- *Chuck McCann* Florida State University FSU Online [learningforlife.fsu.edu/online http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/online] (850) 644-3695 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] looking for films about diversity/inclusion BUT
Maureen, Try this one: Where strangers become neighbors: The story of the Collingwood Neighborhood House and the integration of immigrants in Vancouver - National Film Board of Canada. Gail On 3/22/2011 8:33 PM, Maureen Tripp wrote: I'd like to find some that deal with diverse individuals or communities coming together in pursuit of a mutual goal or project. I'm open to documentaries or fiction films---this is for a mediagraphy I need to put together for our diversity and inclusion week. If possible, I'd like to list films that show what successful inclusion looks like! Help, listmates! Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] digitizing - procedural question
Rhonda, Happy birthday! In response to your questions: 1) The Media Library not duplicate anything. The TV studio (one of three departments that includes the Media Library) will not accept duplication requests without sending the requestor to me for verification of permission. We will duplicate faculty-owned video or department-owned video for campus instruction purposes IF, and only IF, I can secure permission. 2) If the faculty member wants a copy of a documentary that they are not going to use in class (they just don't want to keep up with VHS tape anymore), I will assist with securing permission, but the TV studio charges them for the duplication when it's identified as not supporting instruction. Yes, I prefer to purchase the requested title for the Media Library collection. I pursue permission for almost nothing that falls in the feature film realm. A feature film has to be at least as old as I am before I'll put time and energy into pursuing permission. 3) Our IT division operates a faculty technology lab on campus where faculty can get help crafting non-print materials, digitizing print materials, etc. to supplement their coursework on D2L. That lab does not notify me when our programs show up there to be excerpted, etc. I wish they would, but since their take on making copies is pretty typical for IT folk, they don't feel the need to let me know. Over the years, I have developed good relationships with a number of faculty who have asked us to make copies and were happy not to be told no outright. I've actually been able to secure permission for a number of titles; for others, I have purchased the available DVDs; for a few, we've made Section 108 copies. But before I invoke Section 108, I make sure the faculty member understands the limitations on use and offer to help find a suitable alternative. Videolib is always the most valuable source of information to help find a long-lost copyright holder, even if the initial information turns out to be a jumping off point. Hope this helps, Gail On 3/9/2011 12:35 PM, Rosen, Rhonda J. wrote: Hello everyone, I have probably addressed this issue on this listserve ad nauseum, but It's my birthday today and feel entitled to be, well just entitled. J So, our ITS department have begun digitizing videos, burning dvds for faculty upon request. We have made it clear to them that they are not allowed to do this with library owned items, as we would want to make sure the VHS tape was truly not available, contact copyright holders, blah, blah blah. -- that is my job. 1)do you digitize a whole video/burn a dvd to a duplicate if the item is a legitimately purchased personal copy owned by the faculty? 2) Does it matter why they want a copy? If they want it for instructional use, do you want to be notified so that you can purchase a DVD copy for your library? 3) I know some of you make clips for faculty from your collection-- if you are NOT the dept. doing it, are you notified that Prof. X has made a clip from one of your films and put it on a coursepage? Or, do you not keep track/is there a reason to keep track of who's digitizing what? Just curious. I think I'm feeling a little disconnected as it is not the library who is in control of making copies. Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu http://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. *--Monty Python* 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Deadly Deception - Gone?
We have already converted our VHS to DVD and have it in the collection coded not to leave the library (Section 108). Didn't want this one to get away. Thanks, Gail On 2/16/2011 1:50 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: The film you want has to do with the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and is long out of distribution. The other Deadly Deception is the Barbara Chasnoff film on GE--still available from New Day gary handman Nope, but thanks! -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Steve Ladd Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 11:27 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - Gone? Hi Rhonda, Is this the film you're looking for? Deadly Deception http://groundspark.org/our-films-and-campaigns/deadlydecep Steve Ladd - Original Message - From: Rosen, Rhonda J. To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 1:49 PM Subject: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - gone? Hi all, Our vhs copy of the Nova/WGBH Deadly Deception got mangled. I don't see it anywhere - is it available anywhere, or gone? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python -- L A D D M E D I A -- 925.254-2052 -- st...@laddmedia.com -- http://www.laddmedia.com/ 127 Rheem Boulevard Orinda, CA 94563 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] prioritizing media cataloging
A year +/- before we opened our doors in 1975, the main library on campus was cataloging our materials. Sometime during 1976, our director got tired of telling faculty that the video we bought for them to use in class could not be used yet (6+ months after arrival) because it was still in the main library waiting to be cataloged. She opted for minimal, barely trained (me) cataloging that could be processed somewhat more quickly. The most important benefit of this arrangement was that we could make do for a little while with temporary record keeping/tracking in order for the material to get to the classroom as soon as it was taken out of the box and a phone call could be made. Thankfully, our department now has someone who does a much more thorough job of cataloging than I ever did, and does it quickly. The turnaround time can be a couple of hours, if necessary. She retrieves hastily created, skeleton records at a later date and fleshes them out when she has the time to devote to them. She also is never out of projects to keep a GA and a student busy. Our methods are not strictly by the rules, but we value getting material into classrooms promptly one step above the fastidiousness of cataloging. Good luck, Gail On 2/11/2011 1:52 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: In a dimly remembered, pre-media life (1979 to 1984), I WAS the assistant head/Acting Head of Acquisitions at UCB (really!), so I know the ropes (or, at least, I knew them 25 years ago). I DO know that Tech Services ARE public services: if the stuff don't get cataloged, it don't get used. gary What do I think? I think I'd be in the office of the Head of Technical Services quicker than you can say MARC delimited. Since when do catalogers get to call the shots about the parts of the collection that deserve priority access (or that get sent to bibliographic Siberia)? Since when is bibliographic difficulty a measure of what gets cataloged? Besides: I'd wager a very large portion of your acquisitions have copy in one form or another...what's the big deal. Even the FMG digital stuff probably has at least passable OCLC copy. You need to kick ass, girl! To borrow a line from Big Audio Dynamite, God I love it when you're domineering! I'm afraid that there are several institutions in which the catalogers get a say in, if not exactly calling the shots for, what gets cataloged and in what order. And bibliographic difficulty, at least where video materials are concerned is a valid concern if not exactly an example of the service ethic expected of professionals. Time equals money and a lot of cataloging operations are constantly under the gun for spending too much time/money on selected items. Cataloging video material materials can be, depending on the library's technical requirements for fullness of records, very time-consuming, generally much moreso than books. However, if the Tech Services Dept. will (or is allowed to) countenance less-than-comprehensive records for some materials in the catalog, doing brief records can save time while still creating access in the catalog. As to OCLC copy, in my experience records for video materials need a lot more checking and tweaking if your cataloging standards are set as high as a lot of academic libraries like to set them. Verifying name authority, for instance, for films can take a lot longer than doing so for books just because of the number of contributors likely to be traced. If comprehensive name authority is not a necessity, however (and it's not in OCLC), tracings may become a simple matter of typing. Maureen, I'd enjoy hearing how you come out on this. And Gary, I'm glad I'm not the Head of Technical Services at Berkeley. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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
Re: [Videolib] VHS Collections
Good afternoon, We routinely check our VHS tapes on an RTI Tapechek, as well. We are also evaluating the collection in call # order, approximately 1000-2000 titles per year, to determine which titles faculty want to keep and which they do not. This is a high priority for us since the collection is driven mainly by faculty request. I reserve final judgment on all recommendations. For all titles that are requested to be retained, we either purchase them in DVD (when available), hold in VHS for a subsequent evaluation, seek permission to transfer to DVD and do so if permitted, or transfer to DVD under Section 108. So far very few titles have fallen under Section 108. We have received permission to transfer a few titles at no cost or for the return favor of providing the copyright holder with a copy of the DVD. This process is expected to take several years since we are dealing with 12,000+ titles. Hope this helps. Gail Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] notice to faculty re video/dvd acquisitions
Rhonda, I notify potential users about new releases when I receive announcements from videonews or directly from distributors. If we get requests to purchase, we either do so or place the title(s) on a wish list. Once a title is purchased, the requestor(s) and potential users are notified by the cataloger. Only one or two departments have faculty liaisons for the Media Library, and those have been only modestly successful over the years. We work most effectively with individual faculty members. Department chairs are not always keen on doing our homework for us. Our main library acquisition folks don't generally get involved in media purchases, but with streaming packages, that has changed somewhat. Our new database is supposed to handle notifications of new acquisitions, but I don't think it works yet. Prior to the new database, we posted monthly lists of new acquisitions on our website, but I doubt many people used them. Our circulation staff are good about spreading the word, as Gary described, when patrons come in. Hope this helps, Gail On 2/3/2011 12:48 PM, Rosen, Rhonda J. wrote: Hi everyone, For the academic university crowd I'm curious as to how you notify or if you notify faculty who request that the library purchase a video/dvd. 1. Do you notify the selector when the item has come in? 1a) Do you only notify the selector when it is a rush? 2. If you have Faculty library liaisons in each department, do you notify them of new media in their subject area? 2a) if so, do you ask them to spread the word 2b) if not, do you notify the department at large by sending a mass email t to all the profs? 3. Do you notify librarian subject selectors and ask them to forward on the notification? 4. Do you rely solely on an online newsletter or monthly acquisitions list for books and media in one? 5. Alternatives? Thanks for any responses, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu http://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. *--Monty Python* 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] [Videonews] Looking for a video on industrialized agriculture
We may have to go that route. The closest thing to a pro big-ag piece I can identify in our collection is a brief interview with Earl Butz in King Corn. Thanks, Gail On 1/4/2011 2:11 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Well, that's gonna be a tough one. If it were me, I'd contact a big agri-conglom (ConArgra?)to see if they have PR stuff to give away. Unlikely you're going to find an independently produced doc that sings the praises of industrialized agriculture. gary handman Good Afternoon, A new faculty member is showing Food, Inc to her students. She's also looking for a title that presents the opposite viewpoint. Does anyone know of a video that discusses the benefits of an industrialized agriculture? Thanks for your help with this. Jean -- Jean Reese Coordinator, Collection Development Instructional Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University 1301 E. Main St., P.O. Box 33 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 phone 615-898-2725 fax 615-898-2530 Email: jre...@mtsu.edu IMR website: http://www.mtsu.edu/~imr Follow us on Facebook MTSU Media Library 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. VIDEONEWS is an electronic clearinghouse for information about new services, products, resources, and programs of interest to video librarians and archivists, educators, and others involved in the selection, acquisition, programming, and preservation of video materials in non-profit settings. The list is open to all interest individuals and list submissions are unmediated. However the list owner reserves the right to revoke subscriptions to the list in cases where the intent of the list is routinely violated or where general listserv etiquette and protocol are infringed. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Can we burn DVDs of The Machine That Changed the World?
In the early 90s we did a collection-wide conversion of our U-matics to VHS based on whether we received permission from the copyright holders to do so. Titles whose copyright holders outright said no or wanted a license fee were not converted. Eventually, we were able to purchase or duplicate many of the remaining titles. On the occasions we have needed to convert VHS to DVD, we have contacted the copyright holder. Some of my queries have appeared here. All but one of the copyright holders we contacted have been very receptive to our request. We've provided a free DVD to those who requested one in exchange for permission. For the few titles for which we have not found a copyright holder, we have converted them under Section 108 guidelines. We always include on the label whether the DVD was made with permission (and from whom, on what date) or whether we invoked Section 108. We're lucky to have a TV production studio at our disposal to do the conversions. I have to agree with Gary that the non-circulating requirement of Section 108 is the most irritating part of the whole affair. Gary has bemoaned the lack of understanding (unwillingness to understand?) about formats and copyright in university IT departments. The same is true on our campus. Our IT department is in charge of equipping master classrooms, and the person in charge of this function is patently disinterested in the media library's concerns. If we have to delay or deny getting media to classrooms because of a copyright problem, then it's our problem not IT's problem - even if a lawsuit were brought against us. You can guess the outcome - most classrooms now do not have VHS players. Not that they can't be bought anymore, just that the folks in charge of classroom equipment refuse to purchase them. Faculty are now caught in the middle - we can't convert today anything they need to use tomorrow (literally), and they can't use a large portion of what we have in a timely manner. In the dwindling number of rooms where VHS players still exist, they are notoriously hungry. I'm not waiting until most of our VHS collection ends up on my desk because these old, hungry players are feasting on our tapes. Our VHS collection stopped growing almost 10 years ago (with rare exceptions), so the tapes are definitely aging. We are now in the middle of a weeding project before we pursue another conversion project. I don't mind doing the work to seek permission, but I do mind having to tell faculty they are straight-jacketed by Section 108 in the way they use the DVD conversions to fulfill the pupose of the educational content when permission cannot be obtained. My 2¢, Gail On 12/14/2010 10:20 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Let's put it this way, Jessica: I have about 32K tapes in my collection, and I can confidently say that I can show significant deterioration for the majority. This feature of 108 is perhaps the most idiotic of them all: what it effectively says is that you have to wait until the medium is unplayable or badly worn to save it. Makes no sense whatsoever. Gary So you are now claiming a VHS is automatically deteriorating? This is absurd.The VHS or whatever format is supposed to be in must be damaged, deteriorating, lost, or stolen, or if the existing format in which the work is stored has become obsolete, in order to even be considered for a digital transfer. There was no indication whatsoever that the VHS set in the case has any of these issues. I think we have discussed in the past that you don't get to just transfer all your VHS tapes to DVD if the title is not available in DVD or have you changed your mind? This is not a free pass to upgrade to easier format because a professor wants it. I have 30 year old VHS copies that play better than DVDs. I am honestly shocked you would take such a blase attitude to rights. You are right it is a slippery slope that you seem to have turned into Niagra Falls by asserting any VHS can be digitized and circulated throughout a campus. The reason I focused on if this item was PD was because that was actually the question. To be totally honest any professor claiming it is OK to digitize a VHS released in the 90s because it is PD is either a total idiot ( which I doubt) or just trying to use any excuse to justify getting a DVD because again the VHS is not damaged just inconvenient. Might one ask if any of the lawyers involved in the Mellon project represent rights holders? Since virtually no university library is in fact open to the public which is requirement of 108 you might want to be careful how you define the phrase. It is really logical to think the restriction on digital copy made from damaged VHS was intended for Joe Smith who has never ever been allowed to take anything out from a university library in the first place? I think we know from the ongoing UCLA case (more on that soon) getting opinions from only one side is not a good idea. I
Re: [Videolib] Sam Shepard's True West
Chris, We received permission to transfer our copy of True West from VHS to DVD. We contacted Joan Candee, Executive Assistant to Harold A. Thau ( chredst...@aol.com ). Hope this helps, Gail On 11/16/2010 8:49 AM, Chris McNevins wrote: Has Sam Shepard's True West ever been released on DVD?? Thanks! __ *Chris McNevins*| ACQUISITIONSCOORDINATOR UNIVERSITYOFCONNECTICUT| HOMERBABBIDGE LIBRARY 369 Fairfield Way Unit 2005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-2005 USA *PH*: 860-486-3842 |*FX*: 860-486-6493 |*EMAIL*: _chris.mcnev...@uconn.edu_ mailto:chris.mcnev...@uconn.edu Your feet will bring you where your heart is -- Irish proverb In wine there is wisdom, in Scotch there is strength, in beer there is freedom, and in water there is bacteria -- Attributed to David Auerbach /_/__ 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] WB Archive
Since we are a state institution, we are prohibited from paying sales tax. We have two options when a company can't/won't honor our tax exempt status - 1. have a staff member or friend purchase the title(s) personally and pay the tax, then donate the title(s) to our library; 2. don't buy the title(s) - which has happened on a few occasions. Gail On 10/21/2010 8:57 AM, Jessica Rosner wrote: Eileen, They are not really set up for institutional ordering and their prices are cheap. Also the regularly have 25% off sales. I would just eat the tax, but if you want I will check with a friend of mine there. On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Karsten, Eileen kars...@lakeforest.edu mailto:kars...@lakeforest.edu wrote: Dear CW, Has anybody been able to order DVDs from the Warner Archive without paying tax? I have been trying to order a DVD from them for months, but the order form does not allow me to tell them I am tax exempt. I sent them an e-mail to ask them how I could order from them and include a tax exempt number. They responded saying they needed more information which I gave them. When I did not hear back, I e-mailed them again and they did not answer this e-mail. Now, I have a request for a second title which is in their archive. I see that Amazon is selling the WB archive titles through their site, but they charge more for them. I will be greatly appreciated any help with this problem. Sincerely, Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@lakeforest.edu mailto:kars...@lakeforest.edu 847-735-5066 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] American Production Company and John H. Williams
Rick, Thanks to Diane's leads, we now have a request to convert formats in process. Will let you know the response when it arrives. Thanks, Gail On 9/30/2010 11:30 AM, Sayre, J. Richard wrote: Gail, One of our faculty members uses */True West /*every semester for his cinema class...and we've looked quite regularly in hopes of replacing the VHS with a DVD. If you find anything helpful on this, we'd be interested as well. Thanks, Rick *J. Richard Sayre* Library Director Hewes Library Monmouth College 700 E. Broadway Monmouth, IL 61462 VOICE: 309-457-2192 FAX: 309-457-2226 Email: rsa...@monm.edu URL: http://department.monm.edu/library *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Gail Fedak *Sent:* Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:22 PM *To:* videolib *Subject:* [Videolib] American Production Company and John H. Williams One of our faculty wants us to purchase an American Playhouse episode -True West. All we have found available are used VHS tapes. I don't mind purchasing one of the VHS tapes in this case since the production does not seem to be available on DVD, but I would like to contact the producer(s) to ask about permission to covert to DVD. WorldCat lists the corporate authors as Academy Home Entertainment and Program Development Company, Theatrical Division. John H. Williams and Howard K. Grossman are listed as producers. I'm not finding contact information on any of them. Does anyone know whether this is a dead end search or have contact information for either the companies, Mr. Williams or Mr. Grossman? Thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] American Production Company and John H. Williams
One of our faculty wants us to purchase an American Playhouse episode -True West. All we have found available are used VHS tapes. I don't mind purchasing one of the VHS tapes in this case since the production does not seem to be available on DVD, but I would like to contact the producer(s) to ask about permission to covert to DVD. WorldCat lists the corporate authors as Academy Home Entertainment and Program Development Company, Theatrical Division. John H. Williams and Howard K. Grossman are listed as producers. I'm not finding contact information on any of them. Does anyone know whether this is a dead end search or have contact information for either the companies, Mr. Williams or Mr. Grossman? Thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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 Collections for Academic Libraries
Benjamin, Middle Tennessee State University's responses: 1. Does your library still order DVDs primarily, or have you switched to online collections? We still purchase primarily DVDs. We have not ventured into Blue-Ray, and our foray into streaming is limited. Our statewide university system purchased ASP's Theatre in Video collection and a small FMG collection in perpetuity. The cost to individual institutions was manageable. Our main library (read really big bucks compared to my budget) has also purchased ASP's Counseling and American History collections in perpetuity. I have a problem paying for a title multiple times for any reason other than replacing lost or damaged physical media, so I've not purchased single use, semester, one/three year licenses yet. In perpetuity streaming purchases concern me because someone else besides me decides when an entire collection I've purchased can go away. 2. Have you increased, decreased, or held steady your expenditures on videos? Our overall budget has suffered in the past few years, but so far I've managed to lessen the effect on media purchases by cutting corners elsewhere. 3. Have you used any unorthodox methods for delivering video content to your users, such as Netflix? We have never rented video titles. If faculty want to rent a title, we send them back to their departments, which, I suspect, suggest yet another alternative. I don't foresee changing my mind on rentals. Good luck with your policy review. Gail On 9/7/2010 3:53 PM, Benjamin Turner wrote: Dear Colleagues, Our library is in the process of reviewing its policy for its video collection. We are interested in finding out how other academic libraries are dealing with this rapidly-changing area. Specifically, I am interested in the following: * Does your library still order DVD's primarily, or have you switched to online collections? * Have you increased, decreased, or held steady your expenditures on videos? * Have you used any unorthodox methods for delivering video content to your users, such as Netflix? Any feedback you can give on questions such as these would be greatly appreciated. Benjamin Turner Assistant Professor, Instructional Services St. John's University Libraries turn...@stjohns.edu 718.990.5562 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Now this seems like a really good idea...came inChoice this week
I'm watching one of their offerings and had a commercial pop up a couple of minutes ago. Will watch out for more. Gail ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Isn't Snag still inserting commercials every 5 minutes? Gary I haven't used SnagFilms extensively, but it is linked to our Streaming Media page: http://dept.harpercollege.edu/library/streaming.html Thanks, Hannah On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com wrote: Snagfilms is the owner of the esteemed IndieWire -- the most important news service on indie films (and its free to subscribe). I don't know their releases or services, but I suspect they're pretty good. Dennis On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Foster, Jennifer fost...@uhv.eduwrote: I had not heard of SnagFilms – am I the only one? Have others heard of it? Used it? What are thoughts? http://www.snagfilms.com/films/about Jennifer Foster Media Librarian The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library 361.570.4195 fost...@uhv.edu http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu 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. -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] Academic libraries, media centers, television, film
Good afternoon, Our campus is undertaking an attempt to organize our libraries into a cohesive structure. Currently we're under almost as many different reporting structures as there are libraries. The route the IMR Media Library took from where (administratively) we started 35+ years ago to where we are now is a convoluted one that I won't chronicle here. Two additional websites below complete the list of three interconnected departments of which our Media Library is one. In an effort to strengthen my position in support of this recent attempt at reorganization, I would appreciate hearing from library media centers that include television, film, and/or PEG channel production facilities and staff. Please send a link to your home page and let me know whether and how I may contact you if I have questions. Please to respond to me directly unless others need this information as well. Thanks, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr Web: www.mtsu.edu/~ercmt Web: www.mtsu.edu/~itsc 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] VHS cases
We have thus far amassed several hundred VHS cases as we weed our video collection. Does anyone know if they can be recycled, and if so, who to contact? Thanks in advance, Gail -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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] question about pricing
Sarah, Depends on the subject. If its business, medicine, or science, the price may not be out of line with similar programs from the same or similar producers. However, this is the price break at which I ask the requesting faculty member's department chair if the program is sufficiently important for the department to help pay for it. In a perfect world, I'd ask them for 25% of the list price. (In a perfect world, the price nor money the would be an issue.) However, I know that departments are as strapped for cash as everyone else and ask the chair to contribute what s/he can afford. I usually get $50-$100 unless the department has committed or spent all of its discretionary funds. Occasionally, the chair will say that having the program would be nice, but not at the going price. At that point I have two options: 1. spend the $ because I think the program is worth the price; 2. tell the requesting faculty member that we will put the title on the wish list to consider at the end of the fiscal year in case we still have dollars we need to spend. Good luck, Gail Sarah E. McCleskey wrote: Do you think $500 for a documentary is kind of out of line? That is for direct from producer. Producer says they are in process of partnering with an educational distributor and that the price may go up. Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 516-463-5076 sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr 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.
