Hello Dear Wisdom, Few days ago I sent an e-mail about who was doing Swank Digital campus. I was asked if I could do a summary of all the replies. My issue was I would like to do Swank but have the films in our catalog and not just in blackboard or any other course management. Off the replies I got, nobody is adding the titles to the catalog because under the contract you cannot do that, even if you talk to them and agree to have them in the catalog, you can't because Swank does not have a system to recognize IPs. You could do passwords though. So far we have not found another way to go around.
It is disappointing for me because it's a good idea but way too limited. I have a lot of faculty who does not want to use blackboard, also quite some money to have them so limited. I want all students who can't use them for projects be able to do so, not just the ones in the course reserve. We have too many databases and to want to use passwords way to messy again. Anyway, thank you so much to all who replied. I will be looking at the Alexander Street new database with movies from independents that will come up later on. If anybody is doing something similar with movies and streaming please let me know. Thanks, Cindy __________________________________________________ Cindy Badilla-Melendez Media Resources Librarian O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library, University of St. Thomas Mail #5004, 2115 Summit Ave, St Paul, MN 55105 phone (651) 962-5464 fax (651) 962-5406
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