When I looked into it, the price for a semester of streaming was about $5 per student, and the library decided that we can't afford to provide this type of service out of our collections or permissions budgets.
But I think Swank may have developed a pay-per-view model so that students can be given the option to pay for the convenience or schlep to the library for free!! Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 516-463-5076 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films ...and WHY would one want to do that, exactly? gary > Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film? Even > for a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of students? Is > it outrageously prohibitive? Does Swank do that? > > > > My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three locations > and recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental locations. > Thanks...jen > > > > Jennifer Foster > > Media Librarian > > The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library > > 361.570.4195 > > [email protected] > > http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] 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.
