Hi Matt (et al.) The Mellon project--a partnership involving NYU, UCB, and Loyola University (New Orleans)--is much more broadly empirical than that. The deliverables include the formulation of general strategies and best practices for identifying current/potential out-of-distribution VHS materials (i.e. materials which are OD and unavailable for purchase in other formats). We will also be considering best practices for dealing with/preserving these titles, particularly digital solutions as allowable under Section 108 (BE QUIET, JESSICA--we have a high-powered media/communications lawyer on board keeping us honest).
The difficult initial task has been to identify a manageable, or least likely, collection universe for investigation. The first-pass at doing this has involved identifying titles held uniquely by the institutions involved. (We're using OCLC records to do this...not an easy task!) These operational strategy discussions have been complex and sometimes slightly contentious. Although the strategy discussed above seemed sensible to me initially, now that we're into it, I've got some concerns: items which are unique to a collection are often not items which are most significant or useful in the life of working collections. (All three collections involved are working collections, not archives, after all). I'm currently trying to figure out alternative ways of going about this identification business... In any case, the lists I put out there were earlier, rough attempts at informal sampling of MRC's collection--not a formal part of the Mellon. More later! (The grant runs for two years) gary > Hi Becky, > > It seems like the hard part, creating the list, has been done. > > Gary, you mentioned that the grant included NYU, have they published their > list? Also, was there a deliverable for the grant? Was it just the list > you published or was there also something else, if you're allowed to say? > > Cheers, > > Matt > > ______________________________ > Matt Ball > Media and Collections Librarian > University of Virginia > [email protected] > 434-924-3812 > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 8:41 PM, "Tatar, Becky" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Um - a question from the peanut gallery - Wouldn't a list of vhs titles >> that have not been released on DVD, while not infinite, be very very >> large, and almost unwieldy to maintain? Just sayin, but for your >> level, what do I know. >> >> Becky Tatar >> Periodicals/Audiovisuals >> Aurora Public Library >> 1 E. Benton Street >> Aurora, IL 60505 >> Phone: 630-264-4100 >> FAX: 630-896-3209 >> [email protected] >> www.aurora.lib.il.us >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ball, James >> (jmb4aw) >> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 5:25 PM >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "VHS ONLY" updates? >> >> It depends on what we mean by "maintain." In its simplest form there >> could be a webpage with columns for title, laserdisc, VHS, and DVD, and >> then someone (me?) to update it. Then I would just depend on people to >> let me know what needs updating. Or there could be a Wiki that anyone >> could update. I'm sure there are other, better (more 21st century) >> tools that we could use. I'm happy to help. >> >> Ideas anyone? >> >> Matt >> >> ______________________________ >> Matt Ball >> Media and Collections Librarian >> University of Virginia >> [email protected] >> 434-924-3812 >> >> On Aug 4, 2011, at 6:11 PM, "Grant, Tyra" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was wondering the same---and Gary or someone else might have a good >> sense of this---seems that maintaining such a list could be messy >> business, eh? >>> Tyra >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ball, James >>> (jmb4aw) >>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 3:43 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "VHS ONLY" updates? >>> >>> In Gary's original message there is this postscript: >>> >>> "PS: Chris Lewis...weren't you maintaining a list of titles that had >> never been released on DVD? If so, could you pls publish the list. >> Merci!" >>> >>> Chris, do you indeed have such a list? >>> >>> I wonder if some enterprising media librarian(s) should compile a >> "master list" of these titles in a format that can be accessed by anyone >> on this listserv so that it can be updated when anything changes, and >> list members notified? Or has this idea already been floated and shot >> down? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Matt >>> >>> ______________________________ >>> Matt Ball >>> Media Services Librarian >>> University of Virginia >>> [email protected] >>> 434-924-3812 >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:16 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "VHS ONLY" updates? >>> >>> You're a better librarian than I am, Tyra...couldn't find my original >> anywhere. >>> >>> I also sent a subsequent listing of literary adaptations and >> performances that seem to be OP...list attached. >>> >>> gary >>> >>> >>>> Here's my copy. >>>> Tyra >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] >>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>> [email protected] >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:36 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "VHS ONLY" updates? >>>> >>>> Hmmm...not sure where I put this. I'll see if I can dig it up. >>>> >>>> gary >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hey Gary, >>>>> >>>>> Do you have a link to your list of VHS ONLY titles?? We've embarked >> >>>>> on a VHS --> DVD project here too. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Chris McN >>>>> >>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>> Chris McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT >>>>> | HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY >>>>> 369 Fairfield Way Unit 2005AM | Storrs, CT 06269-2005 USA >>>>> PH: 860-486-3842 | FX: 860-486-6493 | EMAIL: >>>>> [email protected] ________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:06 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [Videolib] "VHS ONLY" updates? >>>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> No updates on this end. >>>>> >>>>> It may go without saying, but...I'd definitely focus on non-fiction >>>>> film first (maybe exclusively). >>>>> >>>>> When approaching feature (i.e. non-fiction), start with foreign >>>>> language films first. >>>>> >>>>> There are certain distributors that are no longer in business: >>>>> >>>>> Films Incorporated >>>>> Time-Life Film and Video >>>>> Coronet Films (mostly) >>>>> Carousel Films >>>>> CRM Films >>>>> National Latino Communications Center (NLCC) Drift Distribution >>>>> International Film Bureau International Media Resource Exchange >>>>> (IMRE) >>>>> >>>>> University of California Center for Media and Independent Learning >>>>> (note: >>>>> some titles in this catalog are still distributed by Berkeley Media >>>>> LLC) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Likely to be Out of Distribution >>>>> >>>>> PBS Home Video/PBS Video: films with release dates before 2000 >>>>> Annenberg/CPB Project pre-2000 CPB New Yorker Film and Video >>>>> (feature >>>>> films) >>>>> >>>>> Anything distributed by a non-profit organizations, or academic >>>>> institutions (e.g American Mathematical Assn.) pre-2000 >>>>> >>>>> Available for re-purchase on VHS only (and therefor not eligible for >> >>>>> Section 108 copying) >>>>> >>>>> Roland Films on Art (many titles in this catalog only available on >>>>> VHS) Lannan Foundation Video Library (available on VHS only) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm beginning to plan a VHS holdings survey where our first step >>>>>> would >>>>> be >>>>>> to determine how many of our VHS collections might be unavailable >>>>>> on >>>>> DVD. >>>>>> I do have Gary's 8/11/11 "Berkely's 'VHS ONLY' list" . Are there >>>>>> updates, compiled or other lists available in addition to Gary's? >>>>> Also, >>>>>> thoughts or words of advice for conducting VHS collection surveys >>>>> would be >>>>>> welcome---I'm just now beginning to plan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Tyra Grant >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tyra Grant >>>>>> >>>>>> Digital preservation and electronic media officer >>>>>> >>>>>> University of Kansas Libraries >>>>>> >>>>>> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> Phone: 785-864-8951 >>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> >>> 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. > > 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.
