Beautifully put, Judy. This is one of the discussion points we'll be addressing at the "AMIA@ALA" pre-conference in San Francisco ( http://connect.ala.org/node/232455), specifically during the section I'm chairing titled Using Films. I hope you don't mind my quoting your post since it articulates so well the way I hope we all change- ever so slightly- the way we think about accessing older media formats.
Elena Rossi-Snook The New York Public Library On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:24 AM, Shoaf,Judith P <[email protected]> wrote: > To me, “legacy” and “heritage” are good words because they imply “media > for which we *ought to* maintain playback equipment.” > > The other day someone was trying to explain to me about a documentary > film-maker who made films—“real films, on, you know, film, not video.” > Conversely, someone corrected an online friend touting “a video from 1904 > which has just been discovered”—obviously what was on the net was a video > made from a FILM for 1904 which had just been recovered. We need a > vocabulary as the formats multiply, but precision is hard to come by. > > > > Judy Shoaf > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Meghann Matwichuk > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 8:20 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] what is a good word for "obsolete" media? > > > > I also use the world "legacy" when referring to 16mm, laserdisc, etc. I > don't quite do that with VHS yet. > > -- > 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 6/8/2015 12:07 PM, Nell J Chenault wrote: > > Legacy > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Maureen Tripp <[email protected]> > wrote: > > and I know they are not really obsolete. But formats for which playback > equipment isn't always available? Like 16mm film, vhs tapes, etc.? > I've been calling them heritage media, but wondered if there are other, > more widely used, terms? > thanks-- > M.T. > > 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.
