Thanks, everyone, for your input. We're going to go ahead and use this vendor and see how it goes, caveats and all.
Cheers, Johanna +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Johanna Bauman Visual Resources Curator Pratt Institute Libraries 200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 718-687-5745 [email protected] Pratt -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Badilla-Melendez, Cindy Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 2:53 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Vendor Question I was a bit nervous when I found the site. I went to ReferenceUSA to see if they really were ok. I found that the phone number they listed for another company name. So, I called and is the same company, so I felt they were legit. Videos came ok. My only disappointment was one of them seems like a Chinese bootleg, with all the Chinese titles around the case etc. __________________________________________________ Cindy Badilla-Melendez, M.L.I.S 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 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael May Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 1:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Vendor Question For list searching, this seems to work: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/VideoLib/archive.html. There are older results for "iranianmovies" through "Search the archive (1995 - 2009)" at the left side. Michael May Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Johanna Bauman [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 11:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] Vendor Question Hello, I've been lurking on this list for a while, but have never posted. I'm the Visual Resources Curator at Pratt Institute and was put in charge of the film and video collection about a year ago. I'm not sure if such a question is taboo or not, but we are looking to purchase some films that are only available from iranianmovies.com, and I was wondering if anyone who has worked with this vendor in the past would be willing to share their experiences good and bad off list. Also, I was trying to see if it is possible to search the list archives, but I couldn't find an easy way to do this. Thanks a bunch. Johanna +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Johanna Bauman Visual Resources Curator Pratt Institute Libraries 200 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 718-687-5745 [email protected] Pratt 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. 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.
