Read my lips: 10 grand a year! Every year! I've been corresponding with the Paley re this collection re this over the past few months. From what I can see, the collection is absolutely fabulous (I've played around with beta access). But! Lordy! 10 grand a year for single institutions!
I'm working on trying to get other UC campuses to buy in to a consortial acquisition of this license, which would lower the price somewhat. Gary Handman > Hello - > Have any of you subscribed to The Paley Center for Media's iCollection for > Colleges and Universities? If so, would be willing to share (off list) any > thoughts or insights related to your experience providing access to this > resource? > <http://www.paleycenter.org/icollection-for-colleges-and-universities> > > The content, which will continue to grow in volume, looks fantastic and > has a lot of potential for many researchers and students at my university. > Specifically, what I am looking for is some information about your > experience or feedback from users you have had regarding how the resource > actually works for them for their purposes. From my librarian's viewpoint, > the interface and functionality are a little frustrating - for example - > advertisements that played during a particular show are listed - but there > are not any times of when they played provided so it is difficult to find > the actual commercials. But maybe my concerns should take a backseat to > content provision? > > Thanks in advance! > Beth > > > Beth E. Clausen > Northwestern University Library > Evanston, IL 60208 > 847-491-2891 > [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.
