Hi Gary,
Just to set your mind further at ease Filmakers Library will be
continuing to acquire quality films as we have for the last 40
years. The staff here, Linda Gottesman and Andrea Traubner and I
will remain and continue acquisition with the encouragement of ASP.
Now we can offer filmmakers the added benefit of streaming their
works as well as DVD sales.,
Sue E. Oscar
Filmakers Library
124 East 40th St
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-808-4980
Fax: 212 808-4983
e-mail: [email protected]
web: www.filmakers.com
On Jan 23, 2011, at 3:59 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Fabulous! Thanks, Eileen, for the clarification. I'm forwarding
this on
to the list, per your request.
Makes me breath a bit easier! I'm still curious about the future of FL
new acquisitions. Will ASP be taking this over, or just the backlist?
Best,
Gary
Hi, Gary-
I thought this should get an immediate reply, and as it's the
weekend and
the editors won't see it until Monday, let me send just this
quickly. I'm
not on the listserv, so I can't post.
I wonder if someone can hop on to explain that the Filmakers Library
titles
aren't going to be on a streamed-only model. The videos will
continue to
be
available, title by title, as DVDs. No change there. We're also
working
on model for streaming individual titles. Filmakers Library is now
part
of
Alexander Street Press, but it's there and it's not disappearing, the
Filmakers Library staff are still doing their splendid work with
community
of film makers, as before. You ask about the future. We'll be, as
you
say,
"scouting for new titles." We expect Filmakers Library to continue to
grow.
Eileen Lawrence
Alexander Street Press
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Jan 22, 2011 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street
Press
To: <[email protected]>
Wow
This is not particularly wonderful news, in my book. I admire ASP,
but
the business model they've established for video doesn't make my heart
sing. There are lots of reasons why streamed-only content doesn't
work
well in academic library contexts, and the model whereby single
titles are
not available for purchase and licensing is really a serious
problem as
well. Also, I'm wondering what the future of Filmakers Library new
acquisitions is going to be: Is ASP simply buying the FL backlist, or
will they actively be scouting for new titles...
Lots of questions.
gary handman
I understand that this was announced at ALA MidWinter last week, but
didn't see anything posted about it here. I've been off the list
for a
while, so apologies is this has already been posted or discussed
here.
Information Today, Inc. had an article on Thursday about Alexander
Street
Press's acquisition of Filmakers Library and new directions the
company
is
taking the collection. Read it here:
http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Streaming-Video-and-
Music-Develop
ments-at-Alexander-Street-Press-73341.asp
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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
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