Yeah, sort of weird! I'm definitely not known for my concision! gary
> Dang it Gary , I just spend 20 times as many words to say the same thing. > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:52 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Formally: Any screening outside of a course that appears in the course >> catalog or is otherwise credit-bearing--i.e. a regularly scheduled class >> held in a place where instruction usually occurs--is a public >> performance. >> >> gary handman >> >> >> >> > As a matter of practicality, where is the cut off between public and >> > private >> > screenings in an academic setting? Is it the facilities, funding, >> > advertising, intended audience, or all of the above? >> > >> > Chris Markman >> > Resource Library Coordinator >> > Visual & Performing Arts >> > Clark University >> > 508.793.7481 >> > [email protected] >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Shoaf,Judith P <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> This discussion reminded me of an event in my freshman year. Kenneth >> >> Clark's Civilisation series had recently been shown on TV, I think, >> but >> >> not >> >> many undergrads had (or cared to have, except maybe at 6 pm) >> television >> >> access. The university sponsored a showing of the series as films >> >> projected >> >> on the big screen--where the images were ravishing and the event >> really >> >> had >> >> a community feeling (definitely more than 50 people there every >> >> evening!). I >> >> suppose they rented rather than purchased the films. (A few years >> later, >> >> my >> >> husband and I bonded over a similar showing of the restored >> >> Astaire-Rogers >> >> RKO films.) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Since Civilisation was I think long featured in Ambrose Media's >> >> collection, >> >> I think of that when I think of the combination of institutional >> price + >> >> limited PPR that Ambrose sells. Of course showing a videotape of an >> >> older >> >> series to 50 students is not at all the same as the "event" quality I >> am >> >> recalling. Nowadays the event tends to be the actual broadcast, which >> >> gathers people in common areas with TV viewing (or something like the >> >> Met's >> >> HD opera broadcasts, which form local & virtual communities). >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> But memories like that do lead me to support the idea of film >> societies >> >> *with budgets*! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Judy Shoaf >> >> >> >> 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. 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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. 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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.
