Thanks for the heads up Cathy, DCMP included one of Film Ideas series. I'll send them a letter of thanks for including us with such good company.
Regards, Bob > > From: Cathy Michael <[email protected]> > Date: March 17, 2015 9:09:32 AM CDT > To: "Educ. & Behavior Science ALA Discussion List" > <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > Subject: [Videolib] Fwd: Video-on-Demand Children’s TV Programming Now > Accessible for Thousands of Students with Visual or Hearing Disabilities | > U.S. Department of Education > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Good morning: > > Was just reading this press release and thought I'd pass it along: > > The U.S. Department of Education today announced the availability of free, > video-on-demand children’s television programming for thousands of students > who are blind, visually impaired, deaf or hard of hearing. > http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/video-demand-children%E2%80%99s-tv-programming-now-accessible-thousands-students-visual-or-hearing-disabilities > > Best, > > Cathy > > > > From: Jo Ann Reynolds <[email protected]> > Date: March 17, 2015 9:10:29 AM CDT > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in > academic libraries > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > It is, indeed, a very interesting question since different vendors count > views or engagement differently. I was recently looking closely at > views/engagement for some streams from different vendors for a course and > comparing vendor data with data from Ares. The Ares data shows user id by > date/time. When you look at this level of granularity you see multiple hits > by the same user within very short periods of time, sometimes 10 hits or more > in a minute. Clearly they are not watching a full film in that short space of > time nor are they gaining a meaningful browse or “engagement”. This type of > data must be taken with a grain of salt. Someone should be able to devise an > algorithm based on data (patron behavior, hit length, and computer issues) > that could be applied to the hit data to provide a more realistic picture of > what patrons are actually watching. > > Engagement, depending on how it is defined by the vendor, is probably a > better measure but still requires some framing. For me, engagement would have > to be at least 15% or more of the total run time. Certainly not a hit of 30 > seconds or less, even a couple of minutes for a two hour films is > questionable. And, if, over time, a film never shows that it is watched in > its entirety, should we be paying full price or purchasing access to the > desired clip? Or, dare I say it?, claiming fair use instead. > > We need to ask vendors pointed questions about the data they are supplying > us. Vendors need to be very transparent about that data collection and > presentation process in order to avoid being labeled as the fox guarding the > henhouse . > > What data are you counting? Hits to a url or some percentage of the total > film length a user spent with a film (engagement)? > If its number of minutes watched, what percentage of the total films did > those minute comprise? > How do you define engagement? > How many different users engaged? > What was the date range of the engagement/hits? > What was the last date of engagement/hits? > Were the hits/engagement all for the same portion of the film (clips vs. > watching a film)? > > Streams are expensive and I am sure we are not the only library to be taking > budget hits. We need to be sure we are paying for streams our patrons are > actually watching and not just browsing or pinging on trying to get them to > load, or some other computer issue that is clouding patron use. > > I would advocate for a different model altogether, purchase of streams > outright for a reasonable price the way we purchased VHS, then DVD. Actual > ownership of the format until it changes to a new format. Then all this > counting could be amortized over a much longer period of time, the enormous > and expensive investment libraries make in purchasing licenses, tracking > licenses, and renewing licenses could be better spent on other activities. > And perhaps we would have the time to devise an automated way to track patron > viewing behavior that would provide us with meaningful and reliable data on > which to base purchase decisions. > > Jo Ann > > Jo Ann Reynolds > Reserve Services Coordinator > University of Connecticut > Homer Babbidge Library > 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR > Storrs, CT 06269-1005 > 860-486-1406 voice > 860-486-0584 fax > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah E. McCleskey > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 4:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in > academic libraries > > I think Jonathan asks a very interesting question. The different platforms > for streaming report “engagement” or how long someone viewed the content, > with varying degrees of granularity. But I know that for us hard copy > circulation is steadily declining and streaming use is growing every year. > Unfortunately our hard copy collection also took an accessibility hit a > couple of years ago when I had to reduce hours in the Film and Media Library, > because of a rather unexpected staff loss due to a layoff. So I think the > physical collection has had several strikes against it. I have hatched a > scheme to move the physical collection back to the main library for greater > accessibility, but that may not come to fruition for several years. > > Accordingly, I am adding fewer and fewer DVDs and more and more streaming > titles. > > Sarah > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Miller > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 4:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in > academic libraries > > Dear Jane > > How do you determine a streaming “circulation” ? is that like a view, and if > so for how long a time (30 seconds, 2 minutes etc)? > > Also if I read your graph correctly, hard copy circulation since 2010 is > basically flat, and in fact from 2013 to 2014 it went up, and more or less > just as much as streaming went up? > > Best > > Jonathan > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 4:07 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in > academic libraries > > Thanks Jane and Chris, > > I am working on the same project at Ohio U in order to make my case for > streaming services, along with providing enough data to show that we need a > general fund for purchasing media either in streaming or DVDs. For us, I > don’t think all subject librarians are aware of how much use our collection > gets; so getting stats together will help me raise awareness and promote > collections. > I’m also trying to put together a ‘media team’ as we have no official ‘media > librarian’ (I’m the ‘go to/cares about’ person and have not updated our > collection policy in quite a while. Lots to gather, but these kinds of > conversations are very useful to me, so thank you. > > Best, > lorraine > > lorraine wochna > Reference & Instruction librarian > Alden Library, 2nd floor > Ohio University > Athens OH 45701 > W 740-597-1238 > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hutchison, Jane > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 3:20 PM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in > academic libraries > > You can see where our circulation is heading at William Paterson University. > We have invested much in building our streaming titles and through a careful > collection development plan, we have been purchasing individual titles that > are requested or identified that support the curriculum. > > <image001.png> > Regards, Jane > > Jane B. Hutchison > Associate Director > Instruction & Research Technology > 300 Pompton Road > Wayne, NJ 07470 > (w)973-720-2980 > (cell) 973-418-7727 > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 3:10 PM > To: Videolib > Subject: [Videolib] Looking for annual data on video circulation in academic > libraries > > I know the general trend is declining based on the growth of > Amazon/Netflix/iTunes and YouTube but I'd like to get some numbers for > comparison to our trend locally. > > If you are willing to share and prefer to do it privately I will reciprocate. > > -- > Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257 > > > >
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