Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
On 4/27/12 9:32 PM, n2books n2bo...@frontiernet.net sent this: Gary - After reading all the farewell posts and good wishes I have little to add. Truly you are a giant in the field and well respected all around. We understand however that when you started in this gig you were 6'3 and you are now like, what? 5' 4 ?? Fighting the good fight does take its toll. I can tell you from the other side of the fence, after 8 years of retirement, It's great on the outside ! I have one small piece of advice about retirement - Don't be tempted to volunteer in the local library or get involved with the local FOL group ..it will just make you crazy . . ..pick something you know nothing about to volunteer in - like building houses for Habitat For Humanity or a food bank. You'll be happier for it. Congratulations on a stellar career. Your presence will be missed. Enjoy life, smile, travel, read and eat good food. Cheers, Mark Richie Hey Mark, Good to hear you. Remember you and me invented streaming video in education back in the day! :) Best Rick Faaberg 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
I am sorry to see you leave my email. I want to thank you for all your support and wise information over the time I have been a member. I will always remember that you wrote me back when I lost my old job last year. The new job turns out to be a new challenge and a good place to be, though the job title is almost identical! Best of luck in the new phase of life you are entering. I hope you enjoy it for many years to come - at whatever height you meet it! Yours truly, Val Gangwer -- Val Gangwer Media Services Coordinator Smith Library Shenandoah University 540-665-4637 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
Thanks, Mark NO ONE in my family has every been more than 5'6 (xcept for one weird uncle who made it to 6'...where he came from, no one knows)...I'm, like, 5'5'--a function of genetics, not career stress. I have no intention whatsoever of volunteering in libraries...After 34 years working in them, I'm pretty much done with libraries...I'm gonna stick to bookstores from now on. I DO want to do some museum volunteering...or other...haven't quite figured it all out yet, except for the smiling, traveling, reading and eating good food. Cheers! Gary Gary - After reading all the farewell posts and good wishes I have little to add. Truly you are a giant in the field and well respected all around. We understand however that when you started in this gig you were 6'3 and you are now like, what? 5' 4 ?? Fighting the good fight does take its toll. I can tell you from the other side of the fence, after 8 years of retirement, _It's great on the outside !_ _ _I have one small piece of advice about retirement - Don't be tempted to volunteer in the local library or get involved with the local FOL group ..it will just make you crazy . . ..pick something you know nothing about to volunteer in - like building houses for Habitat For Humanity or a food bank. You'll be happier for it._ _Congratulations on a stellar career. Your presence will be missed. Enjoy life, smile, travel, read and eat good food. Cheers, Mark Richie_ _ 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
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Gary - After reading all the farewell posts and good wishes I have little to add. Truly you are a giant in the field and well respected all around. We understand however that when you started in this gig you were 6'3 and you are now like, what? 5' 4 ?? Fighting the good fight does take its toll. I can tell you from the other side of the fence, after 8 years of retirement, _It's great on the outside !_ _ _I have one small piece of advice about retirement - Don't be tempted to volunteer in the local library or get involved with the local FOL group ..it will just make you crazy . . ..pick something you know nothing about to volunteer in - like building houses for Habitat For Humanity or a food bank. You'll be happier for it._ _Congratulations on a stellar career. Your presence will be missed. Enjoy life, smile, travel, read and eat good food. Cheers, Mark Richie_ _ 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 isgtana...@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 begaryhand...@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
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Gary your emails have helped me numerous times and I for one will miss the wonderful little puns you are so great at. Now the Wizard of OZ clip. FANTASTIC!!! It will be hard to say Goodbye to an online friend. Good luck with the retirement. Enjoy Life - Run Wild - Have Fun. Pat Patricia Stockwell Head of Technical Services / College Archivist Pikes Peak Community College 5675 S. Academy Blvd. Box 7 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-502-3238 patricia.stockw...@ppcc.edu I Like Good Things - But - I Prefer God Things -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 12:50 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck Damn it, deg, now you're gonna make ME cry! gary Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkG6pnr7-g :( -deg Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:17:07 -0700 From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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. 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
Gary, I don't know you as well as many of the other listserv followers, but I'm sorry to see you go. I hope that your future challenges will be wonderful. Patti Berky ___ - Original Message - -- Patti Berky Audiovisual Acquisitions The Pennsylvania State University 126 Paterno Library University Park, PA 16802-1808 p...@psu.edu Tel: 814-865-1858 Fax: 814-863-7293 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
Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration of communication, this time between retired (obsolete) media professionals. Oksana who will have to watch deg's clip when she crosses the border to the U.S. Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 11:17 AM 02/04/2012, you 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). Iâve been director of the
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Thanks, Oksana. I'm going to have your wonderful note gilded and framed
(even tho I DO take a bit of affront at being associated with
archaeology ;-{)} ).
Thanks also to all for the really lovely words...best going away present a
guy could possibly ask for.
g.
Dear Gary,
It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me
and then all the analogies began streaming in.
Your timing for retirement does comes at the
end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main
analogy is that for people like you and I, who
grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20
years have been essentially comparable to the
first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images.
I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of
the internet. The internet arrived, access to
information was at the tips of one's typing
fingers and a new system for the distribution of
all kinds of information was available to
everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several
years of experimentation, motion pictures were
being shown in many parts of the world and
provided access to worlds beyond anyone's
imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions
about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better
as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked
betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around
1912, motion pictures came into their own and
serious feature-length films were becoming
standard fare, attached to film directors whose
development of film style left a lasting mark. In
2012, content distribution is taking a serious
turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how
we think about owning digital files of images -
moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken
content. Content itself is becoming more
physically intangible. We can personally own
books, films, music, but they do not reside on
shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There
and we need devices to access them and to pay to
store them. So, you are leaving us at a time
where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology.
I remember when I first met you in person, as
opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at
the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin
entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember
giving a paper about film preservation and making
some off the cuff remark about video on demand.
Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we
are with access to more things than we thought
were even possible 17 years ago.
Now about you and what you have done for us: I
started my career at a time when correspondence
meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's
phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette
on the answering machine attached to one's analog
phone (and prior to that, calling into one's
answering service and talking to someone who gave
you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail
and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us
videolib and a new way of professional
communication. In the old days the easiest way to
find a distributor for a film was to contact
someone who might know. Information was passed
along verbally by those who knew or who knew
someone who would know. Many reference books
tended to be out of date by the time they were
published and so after a few years on the job, a
media librarian finally had the training to get
the job done in a timely manner based on he or
she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the
wonderful personal contact that we all felt
during a conference where we could discuss topics
without physical or temporal borders. Listservs
changed everything and for media librarianship
Gary's helming of this invaluable professional
resource is undeniably one of the most important
developments in the field in the last 15 years.
Videolib has truly changed the face of the media
librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you
for your vision, for your guidance, for your
patience and persistence, and for your sense of
humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship.
May I suggest that we all compile an essential
screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy
his time appropriately later this summer?
My contribution is the final episode of the
second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man
(episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2,
1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian,
who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged
obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty
powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but
in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv.
Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next
iteration of communication, this time between
retired (obsolete) media professionals.
Oksana
who will have to watch deg's clip when she crosses the border to the U.S.
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
At 11:17 AM 02/04/2012, you 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
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Gary, I've done the same thing with something you sent - I had reported my
experience in getting PPR for some Twilight Zone episodes, and you sent out ..
I present for your... little quote adaptation from the Twilight Zone. It's
not framed, but I printed it out, laminated it, and it hangs on my bulletin
board next to my desk. It makes me smile every time I look at it.!
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
-Original Message-
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of
ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:46 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Thanks, Oksana. I'm going to have your wonderful note gilded and framed
(even tho I DO take a bit of affront at being associated with
archaeology ;-{)} ).
Thanks also to all for the really lovely words...best going away present a
guy could possibly ask for.
g.
Dear Gary,
It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me
and then all the analogies began streaming in.
Your timing for retirement does comes at the
end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main
analogy is that for people like you and I, who
grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20
years have been essentially comparable to the
first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images.
I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of
the internet. The internet arrived, access to
information was at the tips of one's typing
fingers and a new system for the distribution of
all kinds of information was available to
everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several
years of experimentation, motion pictures were
being shown in many parts of the world and
provided access to worlds beyond anyone's
imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions
about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better
as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked
betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around
1912, motion pictures came into their own and
serious feature-length films were becoming
standard fare, attached to film directors whose
development of film style left a lasting mark. In
2012, content distribution is taking a serious
turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how
we think about owning digital files of images -
moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken
content. Content itself is becoming more
physically intangible. We can personally own
books, films, music, but they do not reside on
shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There
and we need devices to access them and to pay to
store them. So, you are leaving us at a time
where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology.
I remember when I first met you in person, as
opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at
the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin
entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember
giving a paper about film preservation and making
some off the cuff remark about video on demand.
Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we
are with access to more things than we thought
were even possible 17 years ago.
Now about you and what you have done for us: I
started my career at a time when correspondence
meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's
phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette
on the answering machine attached to one's analog
phone (and prior to that, calling into one's
answering service and talking to someone who gave
you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail
and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us
videolib and a new way of professional
communication. In the old days the easiest way to
find a distributor for a film was to contact
someone who might know. Information was passed
along verbally by those who knew or who knew
someone who would know. Many reference books
tended to be out of date by the time they were
published and so after a few years on the job, a
media librarian finally had the training to get
the job done in a timely manner based on he or
she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the
wonderful personal contact that we all felt
during a conference where we could discuss topics
without physical or temporal borders. Listservs
changed everything and for media librarianship
Gary's helming of this invaluable professional
resource is undeniably one of the most important
developments in the field in the last 15 years.
Videolib has truly changed the face of the media
librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you
for your vision, for your guidance, for your
patience and persistence, and for your sense of
humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship.
May I suggest that we all compile an essential
screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy
his time appropriately later this summer
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
On the heels of all these wonderful tributes, here's another. Gary, I have had a respectful professional crush on you these many years. As another old timer, I can admit that I've stuck it out this long knowing you were out there, keeping us well-humored, informed and centered. Continuing in these tranches without you will be a lonlier experience. What will sustain me is the passion you have given to our profession and your commitment to doing the right thing. Debra Mandel On 4/3/12 12:38 PM, Oksana Dykyj oks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration of communication, this time between retired (obsolete) media professionals. Oksana who will have to watch deg's clip when she crosses the border to the U.S. Concordia University Montreal, Canada At
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Wow, Oksana, that was wonderful. Does that make you Constance Talmadge and Gary, John Gilbert? Dennis On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Oksana Dykyj oks...@alcor.concordia.cawrote: Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration of communication, this time between retired (obsolete) media professionals. Oksana who will have to watch deg's clip when she crosses the border to the U.S. Concordia University Montreal, Canada At 11:17 AM 02/04/2012, you 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
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Gary, I think Newton's quote, If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants fits this occasion best. As a relative newcomer to the profession, I owe you a great debt of gratitude for contributing significantly to the development and sustainibility of our institutions (VRT, NMM, VideoLib, MRC Site, to name a few) and at the professional level, for helping to instill in me a respect for the craftsmanship of media bibliography, and the criticality of media preservation, media copyright, media advocacy, and damnit, you gotta just get the instructor what they need. Finally, thank you most of all for helping me to understand that the voices of oracles able to swiftly provide responses to I need exemplar titles with tracking shots of Paris, suggestions? will fall silent without advocacy for media. Business models and copyright debates considered, I am entirely optimistic that we are entering a rich era where our users will increasingly engage with media in a number of ways, some very different and most very exciting. Hopefully, building off some of the foundations you (and other modern founders) have helped lay we can continue to lead in this transition through familiar and emerging roles. Mazel Tov, Scott -- Scott Spicer Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities 341 Walter Library spic0...@umn.edu612.626.0629 Media Services: lib.umn.edu/media SMART Learning Commons: smart.umn.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.
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Dennis, (you crack me up as always) John Gilbert had a good voice. He sounded like Edmund Lowe. Bad luck and certain people with grudges made sure his career ended, then again he helped by drinking a tad too much. Gary (who has much better hair than Gilbert) is retiring of his own volition after many years of service but I expect the zaniness (and proximity to Napa) is yet to come. As for Connie, I'm flattered you compare me to her rather than the much less talented Natalie. O. At 03:15 PM 03/04/2012, you wrote: Wow, Oksana, that was wonderful. Does that make you Constance Talmadge and Gary, John Gilbert? Dennis On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Oksana Dykyj mailto:oks...@alcor.concordia.caoks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that he could occupy his time appropriately later this summer? My contribution is the final episode of the second season of Twilight Zone. The Obsolete Man (episode 65) was originally broadcast June 2, 1961 and starred Burgess Meredith as a librarian, who, in a future totalitarian state, is judged obsolete and sentenced to death. It's pretty powerful, particularly the totalitarian stuff but in no way reflects current individuals on this listserv. Who knows, maybe Gary will helm the next iteration of
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Oksana, Are you suggesting that Gary *doesn't* have a good voice and you really think that he could stand my emails *without* a bottle of bourbon by his desk? :-) As for the choice of Talmadge Sisters, it's obvious that you're more of a Connie. And for the Videolibers who have yet experienced the joy of Talmadge, Kino has a lovely DVD set that you should buy! DD On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Oksana Dykyj oks...@alcor.concordia.cawrote: Dennis, (you crack me up as always) John Gilbert had a good voice. He sounded like Edmund Lowe. Bad luck and certain people with grudges made sure his career ended, then again he helped by drinking a tad too much. Gary (who has much better hair than Gilbert) is retiring of his own volition after many years of service but I expect the zaniness (and proximity to Napa) is yet to come. As for Connie, I'm flattered you compare me to her rather than the much less talented Natalie. O. At 03:15 PM 03/04/2012, you wrote: Wow, Oksana, that was wonderful. Does that make you Constance Talmadge and Gary, John Gilbert? Dennis On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Oksana Dykyj oks...@alcor.concordia.ca wrote: Dear Gary, It wasn't until early this morning that it hit me and then all the analogies began streaming in. Your timing for retirement does comes at the end of an era/beginning of a new one. The main analogy is that for people like you and I, who grew up during the analog era, the last 15-20 years have been essentially comparable to the first 15-20 years of the advent of moving images. I'm equating the birth of film to the birth of the internet. The internet arrived, access to information was at the tips of one's typing fingers and a new system for the distribution of all kinds of information was available to everyone (more or less). In 1895 after several years of experimentation, motion pictures were being shown in many parts of the world and provided access to worlds beyond anyone's imagination. In 1995, we were making decisions about whether we liked Mosaic or Netscape better as browsers. I liked Mosaic (but then I liked betamax over VHS). Roughly 17 years later, around 1912, motion pictures came into their own and serious feature-length films were becoming standard fare, attached to film directors whose development of film style left a lasting mark. In 2012, content distribution is taking a serious turn to streaming and leaving its mark about how we think about owning digital files of images - moving or still, and sounds - music or spoken content. Content itself is becoming more physically intangible. We can personally own books, films, music, but they do not reside on shelves, rather they reside somewhere Out There and we need devices to access them and to pay to store them. So, you are leaving us at a time where we have crossed the threshold to the next phase of technology. I remember when I first met you in person, as opposed to online. It was in Austin in 1995 at the Summer Institute at U of T at Austin entitled, Video, CD-ROM and Beyond. I remember giving a paper about film preservation and making some off the cuff remark about video on demand. Be careful what you wish for, I guess. Here we are with access to more things than we thought were even possible 17 years ago. Now about you and what you have done for us: I started my career at a time when correspondence meant writing memos and letters. Retrieving one's phone messages meant rewinding the audio-cassette on the answering machine attached to one's analog phone (and prior to that, calling into one's answering service and talking to someone who gave you your messages). Then modems and clunky e-mail and the internet arrived. And then Gary gave us videolib and a new way of professional communication. In the old days the easiest way to find a distributor for a film was to contact someone who might know. Information was passed along verbally by those who knew or who knew someone who would know. Many reference books tended to be out of date by the time they were published and so after a few years on the job, a media librarian finally had the training to get the job done in a timely manner based on he or she knew. Listservs arrived and continued the wonderful personal contact that we all felt during a conference where we could discuss topics without physical or temporal borders. Listservs changed everything and for media librarianship Gary's helming of this invaluable professional resource is undeniably one of the most important developments in the field in the last 15 years. Videolib has truly changed the face of the media librarian profession. Thank you Gary. Thank you for your vision, for your guidance, for your patience and persistence, and for your sense of humor. You are indeed important to the archeology of media librarianship. May I suggest that we all compile an essential screening list for Gary, so that
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Dear Gary, Well, thank god you didn't send this out yesterday! But then again, I wish it was April Fools... Thank you from one of the distributors -- you've blessed us with many lively discussions, encouragement, admonishments when needed, and strangely enough, sanity. Amy and I look forward to the Gary Handman 2013 World Banjo Tour and promise to bring AV groupies. As for Gisele, thank her for volunteering and tell her that child rearing is excellent practice for running the listserv! ;-) -- Fondest regards, Dennis 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.comebackafrica.com www.yougottomove.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com http://www.killerofsheep.com Join Milestone Film on Facebook and Twitter! and the Association of Moving Image Archivists http://www.amianet.org! Follow Milestone on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms 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.
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Gary, speaking for a all the newbies who have graced this list; I want to give a very big thank you for assisting us grow beyond being newbies. You have been a source of helpful information and I became a better public servant with the help you provided. Enjoy the next phase of your life. regards jhs John H. Streepy Library-Government Publications James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Documents Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian -- James Turner Rex Libris Transitus profusum est nocens! ghand...@library.berkeley.edu 4/2/2012 8:17 AM 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
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Thanks, Gary for all your great insight, advice and humor throughout the years. You will be missed. 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 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 8:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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
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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,
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Gary, while I wish you well in your retirement, I will personally mourn the loss of your experience, knowledge, good sense, and humor. Have a wonderful rest-of-your-life! You have certainly earned it after leaving an indelible mark on our profession. Like you, I have been around forever and have tentatively chosen 12/31/13 as my retirement date. I am already at the point, however, where I threaten to go earlier if presented with an assignment that I truly dread! No one believes me though ... at least not yet. On 4/2/2012 11:17 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
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Dear Gary, Now I am officially depressed. Happy for you, of course, but sad for all of us who will miss your wisdom and guidance. Best wishes to you, Gary. You will be so very missed! -Bonnie Brown Avery Fisher Center E.H. Bobst Library New York University On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Helen P. Mack h...@lehigh.edu wrote: Gary, while I wish you well in your retirement, I will personally mourn the loss of your experience, knowledge, good sense, and humor. Have a wonderful rest-of-your-life! You have certainly earned it after leaving an indelible mark on our profession. Like you, I have been around forever and have tentatively chosen 12/31/13 as my retirement date. I am already at the point, however, where I threaten to go earlier if presented with an assignment that I truly dread! No one believes me though ... at least not yet. On 4/2/2012 11:17 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,
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Gary: I'm glad you left some time for all of the accolades to fall your way - you are so deserved of them. I've learned so much from you. I've gained so much from your knowledge, from the Media Resources website, from the stimulating commentaries you've made. I've giggled at your humour, and saved some of your outstanding statements on multi-tier pricing, on streaming media, and other topics that I know will arise for me in my work. I wish I could be as erudite as you are. Thank you for your numerous contributions to media librarianship, to film, to copyright analysis. Thank you for Videolib and Videonews. Please don't leave the list with no moderator - say it isn't so. I'm sure this will not be The End but rather the start of new things. May you enjoy the next phase, chapter, movement, ...Act 2. Regards, Susan Weber On 02/04/2012 8:17 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
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Hi Gary - Thank you for all your help, and good luck in your retirement! We will miss you tremendously! Sheila Urwiler Director Starke County Public Library Knox, IN From: John Streepy john.stre...@cwu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Mon, April 2, 2012 11:07:38 AM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck Gary, speaking for a all the newbies who have graced this list; I want to give a very big thank you for assisting us grow beyond being newbies. You have been a source of helpful information and I became a better public servant with the help you provided. Enjoy the next phase of your life. regards jhs John H. Streepy Library-Government Publications James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/Documents Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian -- James Turner Rex Libris Transitus profusum est nocens! ghand...@library.berkeley.edu 4/2/2012 8:17 AM 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
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Best of luck dear Gary! I am sure you have a wonderful time but I, one among many, will miss you. Cheers, Linda On 4/2/12 11:17 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu 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). I¹ve been director of the Media Center for about 28 of those years, and there hasn¹t 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 Halley¹s 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 ³Video Revolution² as it was often hyperbolically called in the library literature at the time). I¹m 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. I¹m not sure whether I¹m leaving the scene feeling sanguine or pessimistic about this future, but in any case it¹s 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 you¹ve become a kind of extended workaday family, complete with the obstreperous get-togethers, occasional bickering, and comforting sympathy. I¹m 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 I¹m going to do next: I¹d like to continue teaching film somewhere on campus or off; I¹m up for grabs as a consultant; want to write a bit; gotta catch up on all the national cinemas I¹ve 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, I¹m 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 can¹t really think about all of this too much; it¹s just too damn depressing to ponder, and I¹ve got other things on my mind. In other words, après moi, le deluge, and there¹s 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 she¹s going out on maternity leave from May until around the end of September, so you¹re pretty much on your own during that hiatus. Play nice!). Gisele¹s email is gtana...@library.berkeley.edu. I¹ll 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 I¹m also on Facebook. I¹d love to stay in touch (but please don¹t 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.e du/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
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Gary, Thank you very much for shepherding us through so many ups and downs in this profession. I can't begin to tell you how much you have helped me professionally. Enjoy the next phase of your life. Steven Steven C. Matthew -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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,
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Damn it, deg, now you're gonna make ME cry! gary Now I know I've got a heart, 'cause it's breaking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkG6pnr7-g :( -deg Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 08:17:07 -0700 From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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. 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.
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Gary, I'm just a piker in video land, but you will be missed - you have helped me many times. But will you and Jessica still 'debate' copyright issues? :) Best of luck in whatever you do and wherever you go! lorraine Ohio U 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
Gary, What a shock to read your email. With the elegance, panache, quiet humor and himility that I've always considered to be a major part of your character, you summed up the profession over the years and paved the way for the future. But you failed to note what a key and vital role you have played in the growth and understanding of media in libraries. When I first entered the foray of media I had to turn to ALA for advice as law libraries were just at the very beginning of using media and I had no colleagues to turn to. You were one of the first people I met (possibly at the Dallas ALA which was my first ALA conference - there was a media workshop that year) and have since then have turned to you for advice on a number of occasions. I have emails from you that I often refer to when a particular issues rears its ugly head. Just earlier today I had a lively discussion about copyright and fair use with some not-so-by-the-books folks and wished you could have been there to help set these people on the right track. I wish you luck in your next phase of life. I can't say to relax and enjoy it - I can only say enjoy it... it looks like you'll have little time to relax. I look forward to seeing and hearing more from you - in the form of writing, cartoons, and banjo cds. A long and prosperous life... Merle *** Merle J. SlyhoffV: 215-898-9013 Collection Development F: 215-898-6619 Document Delivery Services Librarian E: mslyh...@law.upenn.edu Biddle Law Library University of Pennsylvania 3460 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-3406 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu [ghand...@library.berkeley.edu] Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
Gary, What a long strange trip it’s been! The profession owes you a deep debt of gratitude for being—excuse the sexist gender label--the Founding Father in the Good Fight to bring legitimacy to the video format in libraries, tirelessly slogging through a serious uphill battle from the mid-to-late ‘80s through the end of the millennium. Whether they know it or not, today’s young video librarians stand on the shoulders of a giant. As a mentor, colleague, and friend, you will indeed be sorely missed (and miserably envied, of course, in your retirement). Aargh, this is worse than Mister Rogers signing off—but well-deserved, well-deserved. Best, Randy Randy Pitman Publisher/Editor Video Librarian 3435 Nine Boulder Dr. Poulsbo, WA 98370 Tel: (360) 626-1259 Fax (360) 626-1260 E-mail: vid...@videolibrarian.com Web: www.videolibrarian.com -Original Message- From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 8:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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
Re: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck
AS I said last month - thank you for all you've done for us. On the other hand - more time to watch all your favorite movies, and all that! 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 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 10:17 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck 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
Re: [Videolib] GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
Dear Gary, On behalf of everyone at Newsreel, I want to congratulate you on your upcoming retirement. I can think of no one who has done more for the educational media community over the years than you. Videolib has become as important a part of our lives as our morning coffee - and sometimes as astringent. What will wake us up now! The loss of one of our most loyal and discerning clients is only compensated by the thought of how rewarding your retirement years will prove. In particular, for the reason you cite, I can't help but suspect you are leaving the field at an opportune moment; après vous le deluge! Newsreel is especially delighted to learn that you'll be staying in the Bay Area where we can join you in café society ourselves. Indeed, I can think of several areas where Newsreel could make good use of your encyclopedic knowledge of film history and use - if you can take time off from your leisurely jaunts around the world. We too will follow in your footsteps into the sunset (or is it dawn?) shortly. Sincere Good Wishes, Larry and the Crew at Newsreel. . -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 3:38 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 53, Issue 12 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Good Night and Good Luck (Nellhaus, Tobin) 2. Re: posting PPR info (Gail Fedak) 3. Rights issue (Susan Weber) -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:03:39 + From: Nellhaus, Tobin tobin.nellh...@yale.edu Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: dae5c10160795249ad2648484ba60c19a70...@x10-mbx2.yu.yale.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Gary, Thanks for all you've given us on this list -- your knowledge, insights, and sometimes much-needed doses of humor or forcefulness. Thanks also for our occasional separate exchanges. I'll join the others in missing you. Enjoy retirement! Best wishes, Tobin Nellhaus Librarian for Performing Arts, Media and Philosophy Coordinator for Humanities Collection Development 226 Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University 130 Wall Street, P.O. Box 208240 New Haven, CT 06520-8240 Tel: 203/432-8212 Fax: 203/432-8527 tobin.nellh...@yale.edu -- Message: 2 Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:31:41 -0500 From: Gail Fedak gfe...@mtsu.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] posting PPR info To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 4f7a1abd.50...@mtsu.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 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
