Gary, It would be great if you could get them to hook up with an established streamer. We tried to negotiate a streaming license with them recently and it was clear that they did not understand the educational market, pricing, etc. They have some great stuff and it would be wonderful to be able to stream it.
Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 2005RR Storrs, CT 06269-2005 [email protected] 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 12:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Experience with asiapacificfilms.com streaming service? Hi I served as consultant for this enterprise in its start-up phase. I think their list of titles is interesting, albeit a bit uneven and off the beaten track for mainstream Asian/Asian American studies. I believe Rachel Gordon (a member of this list) is currently working with APF...maybe you can contact her. I'm currently trying to persuade Stephen Gong at the Center for Asian American Media to hook up with an established streaming provider (ASP?) THAT would be a real coup!!! CAAM's list is absolutely essential, in my book, for any institution with interests in Asian American history and social/cultural issues and events. gary > Hi Everyone, > > Continuing the theme of streaming collection services, one of our > librarians > recently received a trial offer for the Asia Pacific Films streaming > service, and I was wondering if anyone could speak to personal experience > as > it related to the quality of this resource and if so, who the audience is > for it it at your school? Our institutional context is that we have the > Ames Collection which is a special collection dedicated to south asian > materials, but we do not have a South Asian department and from my > understanding, limited course offerings specifically related to Asian > Studies. That said, there may be subject content here that is applicable > to > other disciplines, I am just not familiar with these titles. > > Feel free to contact me offline or respond here. > > Best, > 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. > 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.
