How aggravating. What's really a shame is that this is a good /
interesting / unique film. Our campus International Film Series
programmed this during the spring. But, if we didn't already have it in
the collection, this kind of dishonest marketing would make me not want
to order it on principle.
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo
On 5/14/2015 10:37 AM, Maureen Tripp wrote:
Hmmm . . . Qi Zhang certainly get around. I got one of these requests, too.
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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu <videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> on
behalf of Gretchen Lieb <grl...@vassar.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:28 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] email requesting dvd purchase possibly a fraud
Hi all,
I may be becoming overly cynical, but I find this email claiming to be from an
incoming freshman highly questionable. I'm wondering if any of you have heard
from Angelina Zhang. I suspect this is a vendor's nom de plume, since I've
never received an email like this from a freshman thinking ahead about their
research and what films they'll require. I hope I'm wrong! Here's the email:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Angelina Zhang
<angelinaqizh...@gmail.com<mailto:angelinaqizh...@gmail.com>>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:34 PM
Subject: The Land of Many Palaces DVD?
To: researchh...@vassar.edu<mailto:researchh...@vassar.edu>
Hello,
I will begin school in the fall and plan for my research to be on Ordos, China.
Do you have "The Land of Many Palaces" about Ordos on DVD? I will need to study
it in the fall.
Thank you,
Qi Zhang
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Gretchen Lieb
Research Librarian
Film and Video Librarian
Vassar College
845-437-5770
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