This is starting to annoy me, Anthony... gary
> 0d 0h 51m > > 50 buyers > $200 > > --Anthony > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Sweeney > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 1:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Strange Disappearance of Bees deal > > > 0d 3h 48m remaining to take advantage of this experiment! > > Happy Friday, > > --Anthony > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Sweeney > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Strange Disappearance of Bees deal > > > Hi Everyone, > > There's 1d 3h 38m left to join The Strange Disappearance of the Bees group > coupon experiment! > > Contact me off list to get in on it. > > Take care, > > Anthony Sweeney > Icarus Films > 32 Court Street, 21st Floor > Brooklyn, NY 11201 > T: (718) 488-8900 > F: (718) 488-8642 > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > <http://www.icarusfilms.com/> www.icarusfilms.com > <http://www.fanlight.com/> www.fanlight.com > <http://twitter.com/FanlightProd> http://twitter.com/FanlightProd > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ball, James > (jmb4aw) > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 12:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Strange Disappearance of Bees deal > > > In the spirit of playing out an experiment to see how it goes, you can > count > me in. But I don't think this will be especially revealing since, even at > half off, this title is still very expensive and out of range for many > libraries. > > In general this seems like a fun idea, but I'm not sure how well it will > work in the long-term. It feels kind of gimicky and not really > sustainable > as a new purchasing model. What if next month I want Hotel Terminus, will > I > need to propose to Icarus a Groupon deal, and then wait to see if enough > people respond? In the meantime, I have a professor who needs it in two > weeks. > > Cheers, > > Matt > > > > ________________________________________ > > Matt Ball > Media and Collections Librarian > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904 > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] | 434-924-3812 > > _____ > > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Catherine Michael > [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 11:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Videolib] Strange Disappearance of Bees deal > > > Greetings Great Innovators of Media Economics: > > I checked with our Science Librarian. Ithaca College would be interested > in > participating in the pending deal for the Strange Disappearance of Bees: > http://icarusfilms.com/new2011/bees.html > > Do I take a number? > > Regards, > > Cathy > > Catherine H. Michael > Communications & Legal Studies Librarian > Ithaca College Library > Gannett Center 1201, 953 Danby Road > Ithaca, NY 14850 > phone: 607-274-1293 > http://comlaw.wordpress.com/ > > On Jul 5, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Hutchison, Jane wrote: > > > Count me in. > > Jane B. Hutchison > Associate Director > Member > Instruction & Research Technology CCUMC: > Leadership in Media & Academic Technology > William Paterson University > http://www.ccumc.org > Wayne, NJ 07470 > 973-720-2980 (work) > 973-418-7727 (cell) > 973-720-2585 (facs) > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pearson, > Jeffrey > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 11:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22 > > Me too. > > Jeff Pearson > Univ of Michigan Ann Arbor > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 5:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22 > > Count me in. 97 left. > > gary > > > > > > Jon, > > > > I pitched this to our Entymology Librarian, and we are in for "The > > > Strange > > > Disappearance of Bees". So 98 more to go for the $200 price? ;) I > > > don't > > > want to play my hand but one of our Entymology faculty, Dr. Marla > > > Spivak, > > > just won a MacArthur Genius grant and I'm told we have this new Bee > > > Lab to > > > study this monumental problem, so we will likely need to purchase the > > > 3 or > > > 4 > > > bee disappearance films. Come on folks, just need 98 more... Jon, > > > we'll > > > be in touch :-) > > > > -Scott > > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:04 PM, <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Send videolib mailing list submissions to > > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > > > https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/[email protected] > y.edu > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Groupon suggestion.. (Linda Gottesman) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:42:06 -0400 > > > From: Linda Gottesman <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Groupon suggestion.. > > > To: [email protected] > > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > In response to the Groupon suggestion and Gary's query, Filmakers > > > Library would love to participate. We'll put our heads together and > > > come up with a specific offer either for NMM or before, but consider > > > us interested! > > > > Linda > > > > > > On Jul 1, 2011, at 2:22 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > I'd like to hear from John and Winnie from Bullfrog, Jon Miller > > > from > > > Icarus, Larry Daressa from California Newsreel, Debbie Zimmerman > > > from WMM, > > > and whoever is in charge of Filmakers...and other indie > > > distributors > > > > Gary > > > > > > I think I was 15 minutes ahead of you, but then I just read a > > > Vanity Fair > > > profile on Groupon. > > > > I think we could try to set something up, however the issue with > > > current & > > > older titles might be libraries who bought them at full price > > > getting > > > upset, > > > but i guess you can't do much about that. I do think trying this > > > with new > > > releases would be a way to start. > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:03 PM, scott spicer <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Apologies for the spamming, but this got buried in the thread on > > > post. > > > I > > > am interested to hear folks take on this, and it appears Jessica > > > reached > > > a > > > similar conclusion at the same time: > > > > Just a thought experiment here... > > > > I understand that smaller distributors do not want to devalue > > > their > > > collections by cherry picking individual titles for substantially > > > lowered > > > costs and am sensitive to Jessica's claim that lowering prices > > > would not > > > necessarily make up for lost sales in terms of volume. You > > > gotta give > > > us > > > video librarians a fighting chance. Challenging times call for > > > creative > > > solutions. So I propose we crowd source this thing...in the > > > spirit of > > > Elizabeth Stanley, we need a Groupon/Social Living service for > > > Indies/educational media. > > > > Picture it: for one day (or week) only, The Strange Disappearance > > > of > > > Bees > > > is > > > $200 or The Big Sellout is $100 (PPR negotiated separately if > > > needed). > > > Let's say price predicated on collective volume sales of at least > > > 50 > > > units, > > > offer ends at 500 takers. Only 5 titles can go up at any given > > > point, > > > and > > > only once a year. Open to all filmmakers/distributors targeting > > > the > > > academic market (with a small percentage of sales recouped for > > > promotion > > > and > > > maintenance). > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -Scott > > > > -- > > > Scott Spicer > > > Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian > > > University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities > > > 341 Walter Library > > > [email protected] 612.626.0629 > > > 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. > > > > > > > -- > > > Jessica Rosner > > > Media Consultant > > > 224-545-3897 (cell) > > > 212-627-1785 (land line) > > > [email protected] > > > 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. > > > > Linda Gottesman > > > Filmakers Library, Inc. > > > 124 E 40th Street > > > NY, NY 10016 > > > 212-808-4980 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > > > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > > > End of videolib Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22 > > > **************************************** > > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Spicer > > > Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian > > > University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities > > > 341 Walter Library > > > [email protected] 612.626.0629 > > > 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries > and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [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.
