Lorraine, This is a service that I provide to our student groups and faculty members. I also serve on the Faculty Film and Lecture Committee, since I am the campus liaison for arranging licensing. While it can be a royal pain in the arse at times – particularly having to drop other things for those “well, we want to do this next week” requests – of course other times it’s a breeze and no trouble at all.
The main reason I like having ONE person handle this for the campus is two-fold: 1) if there is education to be done regarding PPR and the legalities of screenings, it helps keep the message consistent; 2) if everyone under the sun is arranging his/her own screenings through Swank or etc., then chances are they’re NOT receiving the level of discount they could if all bookings happen through one person/one account. Even a little campus like ours managed to achieve a 15% discount last year by funneling all screening requests through me. One note. Like your situation, Lorraine, the library doesn’t typically fund the actual PPR license; but I am happy to do the legwork and make the arrangements. I just require the person/group to provide me with the account number to charge in advance. Susan Susan Albrecht Library Media Acquisitions Manager Graduate Fellowship Advisor Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax albre...@wabash.edu<mailto:albre...@wabash.edu> www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films<http://www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films> http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/ ******************************************************************* "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." --Neil Peart ******************************************************************* From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Feature Films and libraries Hi everyone, I’m writing up a PPR/Feature Film blurb for our website. When faculty / grads / students want to show a feature film, do you direct them to Swank or Criterion, or does your library (librarian, media library) investigate? How many of you consider this a library service? For the most part, this will not come out of our budget, but folks ask how to get rights and I wanted to give them a decent answer. Right now my advice to them is to contact Swank Digital (on their own). I’m completely happy to help all of them, but it might be best if they know how to begin on their own. Thanks for your input, Best, Lorraine lorraine wochna Alden Library, Ohio U Instruction Coordinator Liaison to African America Studies, English, Film, Theatre Athens OH 45701 740.597.1238 http://libguides.library.ohiou.edu/profile/lorraine
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