Dear Gail, when it comes to public performance blu-ray should be considered. The last three titles I have seen on blu-ray from our library stock were:
- Heaven's Gate http://www.criterion.com/films/28036-heaven-s-gate - The River http://www.carlottavod.com/film-682-fleuve-le.html - The Passenger http://www.unitel.de/en/product/do/detail.html?id=2967 To all of these you can take for sure: If you compare the DVD- und blu-ray edition being projected it's not the same film. The colors in Renoir's "The River" are quite different in both formats. Sound is also an issue. The music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg in "The Passenger" is mind blowing. Anyway if you see "The Passenger" on blu-ray you will never forget. So for film and music departments blu-ray is an important medium. And more and more documentaries are published on blu-ray, too. Concearning public performance rights even as a public library we can buy licenses, also umbrella licenses for one year, and are allowed to use many of our own discs for projection. Best Peter Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin http://www.zlb.de/wissensgebiete/kunst_buehne_medien/videos Am 08.04.2013 20:25, schrieb Gail Gawlik: > Hi, wise media people. > We have just received our first request for blu-ray discs and are > wondering what other academic libraries are doing. Up until now, we have > only purchased DVDs and an occasional VHS-tape if the film is only > available in that format. We were wondering how other academic libraries > handle this new-ish format. > In particular: > 1. Do you order blu-ray discs as a matter of course or only as a special > request? > 2. If you order the blu-ray version, do you also get the film on DVD? > 2. Do you try to get those DVD/blu-ray combo packs whenever you can? > (They look like a pretty good deal.) > And does the media crowd here expect blu-ray to replace DVDs in the near > future? > Thanks! > Gail > Gail Gawlik > Head of Technical Services > Brown Library > University of St. Francis > Joliet, IL > Wearing sensible shoes proudly since 1969. > > > 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.
