My school is just starting to use streaming videos. So far we have only purchased video databases. But we currently have a professor who is asking for a single title from New Day Films. So we were wondering: 1. Are schools purchasing individual titles for streaming? 2. If so, what sort of policy to you have for purchasing these titles? That is, how do you decide what titles to buy and how much to spend? Any other restrictions? 3. What sort of licence do you choose for these titles? I see for this New Day one we could get a 5-year license or a 14-day one. I've also seen "forever" licences that seem to generally cost twice the price of a normal DVD. Thanks! Gail Gail Gawlik Head of Technical Services University of St. Francis Library Joliet, IL
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