We have and I wish we didn't. I'd love to cancel it but it is a politically connected subscription which is very difficult to end.
The content pieces are small, many clips from morning talk shows. There is no real long form or depth to the content. For news you would do better with Vanderbilt Television News Archive or the free news archive from Internet Archive http://archive.org/details/tv If you can avoid getting this resource, your money could be much better spent on other content. 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? On 9/4/13 8:19 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Who has subscription to NBC Learn? Who knows how valuable it is? It costs >close to $9000 per year. Is it worthwhile for an academic library or it >is mostly for high school audience? Thanks. > >Farhad Moshiri, MLS, Post-Masters Certificate >Audiovisual Librarian >University of the Incarnate Word >4301 Broadway - CPO 297 >San Antonio, TX 78209 >210-829-3842 > 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.
