Thank you Jo Ann Very interestingŠ.
What I have heard so far re: Hoopla is that it is limited to public libraries and does not provide service to academic clients. The new ventures sound interesting. I have changed my mind about pay-per-view services. Tho I still am reluctant to have libraries foot the bill for individual views, I do see their value. We already suggest that faculty wishing to incorporate feature film into online instruction require students to pay for the Amazon, Netflix, Vudu, etc.access as they would pay for a text book. ASU does use Swank, but at this point the cost is covered by departments and programs, not the library. Something I'm hoping we can change. Last year ASU Libraries paid $20K in licensed permission to the Copyright Clearance Center for journal articles and book chapters. Why should video access be any different? deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- http://tinyurl.com/AboutNMM To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? >Interesting article about new vendors/ways for end users to more easily >obtain videos, including Indie works. > >http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/07/media/more-vendors-help-libraries-s >tream-video/ > >A pay per view subscription model might be an interesting avenue to >explore in these days of tight budgets. We really would only be paying >for what we use but could offer a wider variety of titles to our patrons. > >My favorite quote, ""What's lacking in independent films is >distribution," Jim Schmidt, vice president of business development for >Recorded Books Digital, told LJ during a demo of the service at ALA's >Midwinter Conference in January.", with regard to the distribution of >independent films streams. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that >what is lacking is a coordinated marketing effort and an easy way to view >films, e.g. see video - watch video. > >More food for thought! 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.
