Interesting points, all -- I agree with Susan that the distance ed /
online course point is crucial. Those kinds of courses require more
attention in this area since support via hard copy is a much trickier
alternative. I had a faculty member request that we license a
documentary recently for a typical on-campus that we have in multiple
hard copy formats just so that her students would have the option. When
I told her how much a semester license would be, she understood how we
couldn't support that. If she had been teaching an online class,
though, pursuing the issue would have been much more important.
Re: Canistream.it -- I have found the site to be receptive to
corrections and have suggested a few myself. Yes, it takes a little
time, but since it's a free service and I've benefited so much from it,
I don't mind. It is an incredibly complicated thing to keep track of
though; at a certain point will it get too complex to maintain its
usefulness?
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Interim Head, Multimedia Collections and Services Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://library.udel.edu/filmandvideo
http://library.udel.edu/multimedia
On 9/15/2015 11:10 PM, Susan Albrecht wrote:
I will offer up just a few thoughts.
1) I have loved working with Swank, and our faculty love the films
they can provide. Their model has changed in the past year, and you
might find it more affordable than you think.
2) Criterion on Demand also offers (via a package that they have
pre-selected) streaming to popular feature films.
3) When we cannot provide streaming access to a film that a faculty
member wants, I honestly have no problems "reminding" them that I am
still in the business of building a physical collection, which offers
us ownership for the lifetime of the item, as opposed to access for a
fairly brief period of time. Sometimes the math just does NOT justify
short-term access, if it means not purchasing 10 or 12 DVDs for the
same cost. Course reserves may seem antiquated, but they still work!
(Of course, we are a residential college, with no distance education
or online courses, so this flies better on our campus than it would on
many others.)
Susan Albrecht
Wabash College
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*From:* [email protected]
<[email protected]> on behalf of Jennifer DeJonghe
<[email protected]>
*Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2015 4:20 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [Videolib] canistream.it and the streaming of major motion
pictures
Hello,
At my university library we provide streaming films through Kanopy,
Films on Demand, and Alexander Street Press. We also have some films
that we purchased streaming rights for and host/ stream locally. But,
we don’t currently support anything else, such as going through a
licensing agent like Swank. Instead, if a faculty member tells us that
they want their entire online class to watch a major motion picture/
“big studio film” (for example), that we can’t provide streaming
access to, we recommend that their students use Netflix/ amazon/
itunes or a public library. We send faculty and students to
http://www.canistream.it/ and say that the PPV cost is the student’s,
like buying a textbook.
However, recently I’ve noticed that canistream.it seems to be
increasingly inaccurate, showing no streaming available where it is. I
also frequently get push back from instructors who are very angry that
they cannot stream say /The Wolf of Wall Street/ in their online
class, though they may show it in an in person class. (Sympathizing
with them over copyright law only goes so far..).
What do the rest of you tell faculty who ask for films you can’t
provide access to? Is there a better directory than canistreamit for
directing people to PPV for popular films? Have you come up with any
great language to use with faculty? Do I need to consider working with
someone like Swank? (I don’t know if I can manage the licensing from a
financial or staffing standpoint…)
Sorry, this is starting to feel more like a vent than a question, but
I’d appreciate any insight you can provide.
Jennifer
Jennifer DeJonghe
Librarian and Professor
Metropolitan State University
St. Paul, MN
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.
