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> Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries > > ghandman > Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:50:51 -0700 > > Check back with me in five years, Dennis... > > Bluray = BetaMax > > gary Shouldn't we be as wary of rejecting technology as we are of buying into it? Mike -----Original Message----- From: Michael May Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Videolib] "In 5 years everything will be streaming." About the "abject stupidity of the '5 year' statement," see http://goo.gl/3qcTJ. Mike in Dubuque -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] "In 5 years everything will be streaming." I think the copious discussion regarding out of distribution video on this list is pretty much an indication of the abject stupidity of the "5 year" statement. I also think that, as I've ranted endlessly on this list, one of the major jobs of a video librarian (of any librarian, really) is to hold the line against procrusteanism (i.e. making sure that the head and the feet don't get cut off to match the size of the bed). I think it is becoming increasingly common for technology to dictate content, and that's a really nasty direction to take. Library administrators and tech salesmen aren't always that far apart in their witting (or unwitting) buy-in to this trend. gary > Hi All, > > A couple of months ago we were talking to an equipment vendor about > redoing a couple of our classrooms (upgrading from Extron, or > something like that) and we were telling him that we'd still need to > be able to play VHS and laser discs, to which he replied, "No you > won't, in 5 years everything will be streaming." All eyes turned to > me, probably just to see how red I would get. Not understanding the > needs and mission of your client is one thing, but contradicting them > in another. "Just how do you suppose we'll get our 16,000 VHS tapes > streaming?" "Why do you even have them anymore? Can't you just > digitize them?" I started to tell him about how the mission of > libraries is different from the commercial sector, and how there are > copyright restrictions, and besides it would take 15 years etc... but > then I realized that we weren't going to buy anything from this man so why > waste my time. > > Anyway... > > I hear this so often ("In 5 years everything will be streaming") and I > wonder how others feel about this notion. Do you think it's true, and > if not how do you respond? > > Cheers, > > Matt > > ______________________________ > Matt Ball > Media Services Librarian > University of Virginia > [email protected]<https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.as > px?C=f9bb9e66e0cb45eb9c98da126198ad7e&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia > .edu> > 434-924-3812 > > 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.
