Vendors like Midwest Tape and Baker & Taylor have standing order plans for upcoming releases of box office hits.
VideoETA http://videoeta.com/ helps identify release dates. Metacritic at http://www.metacritic.com/movies and Rotten Tomatoes at http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dvd/certified_fresh.php help identify titles by current reviews. Mike Michael May Adult Services Librarian Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 West 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244 Fax: 563-589-4217 Email: [email protected] ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] automating new release selection? > Videolib folks: > A query for the collective wisdom: how do you all stay on top of current > releases? I would very much like to collect these as automatically as > possible, and free my time for hand-selecting the more obscure art, > independent, and educational films. I am sure I'm not the only one who has > wished this :) What have you all come up with? > > Thanks! > > -- > Rudy Leon > Learning Commons Librarian > Undergraduate Library > University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign > (217) 333-3503 > http://www.deepening.wordpress.com > AIM: rudibrarian > VIDEONEWS is an electronic clearinghouse for information about new > services, products, resources, and programs of interest to video > librarians and archivists, educators, and others involved in the > selection, acquisition, programming, and preservation of video materials > in non-profit settings. The list is open to all interest individuals and > list submissions are unmediated. However the list owner reserves the right > to revoke subscriptions to the list in cases where the intent of the list > is routinely violated or where general listserv etiquette and protocol are > infringed. > 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.
