We at William Paterson University prefer to purchase only those titles that are faculty need and use as we have a limited budget. We are part of a consortium, NJVID that hosts the titles for us and that way there is only one portal faculty and students have to make it easier for them. NJVID takes out of state clients as well. Once titles are ingested, anyone can see what is in the database, but cannot access until they license. We have many faculty who find titles others have licensed already in the database so once they decide they need it for their classes, it's very easy to license and access. We have a multitude of distributors in our database.
One portal and interface makes it so much easier on the student and faculty. I would suggest you try to limit the number of interfaces as it becomes sometimes confusing for the patron. Njvid.net can host commercial titles as well as those that are locally produced. We too prefer in perpetuity as we cannot afford licensing the same content over and over, but rather try to spend our limited funds only for new content each year. Regards, Jane Hutchison ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu <videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> on behalf of Jeanne Little <jeanne.lit...@uni.edu> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 9:04 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] preferred streaming service Shashwati, Our university also has the capability to host streaming on our campus servers. We rarely purchase streaming that is hosted on an off-campus site. We prefer in perpetuity since that allows us to direct our limited resources to the purchase of other needed library materials. As Deg stated, you do not have to limit to one source for your streaming. Offering a variety of access methods widens the audience who might wish to stream your titles. Jeanne Little Resource Management - Collections University of Northern Iowa Rod Library Cedar Falls, IA 50614-3675 On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:22 AM, Deg Farrelly <deg.farre...@asu.edu<mailto:deg.farre...@asu.edu>> wrote: Shashwati I am the media librarian for a large public university. It is my preference to be able to purchase videos directly, with streaming rights in perpetuity (life of file). I know that I am not alone in this preference and that many other librarians that I know, do not want an access model that requires us to repeatedly re-pay for the same content. We are accustomed to purchasing a DVD and owning the DVD for loan or classroom use. Having to pay for a title again after one or three years (a predominant licensing model) saps our acquisition budgets and limits our ability to acquire additional new content. Many of us have our own hosting systems. While we may (and most of us do) license content served on different companies¹ servers: Films on Demand, Docuseek2, Ambrose, Alexander Street, etc. (all of which offer us purchase opportunity in addition to term licensing) some prefer to host the content locally and do not need to rely on the hosting from another company. It is not necessary to limit your content to one service provider. Your streaming rights do not have to be exclusive. You can make your titles available on Alexander Street AND on Kanopy; on Films on Demand AND on NewDay. Or on all providers. AND, still license the rights to individual libraries. I am certain other librarians on this list will have other comments to make. deg farrelly Media Librarian/Streaming Video Administrator Arizona State University Libraries Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 602.332.3103<tel:602.332.3103> >On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 3:16 AM, Shashwati Talukdar ><m...@shashwati.com<mailto:m...@shashwati.com>> >wrote: > >Hi, > > >I am a filmmaker and some university libraries have approached us asking >for streaming. We are trying to choose a streaming platform, Kanopy, >Newday or Fandor. It would be good to know what librarians prefer and >what their experience is like so that we can make this easy as possible >for the librarians, teachers and students who want use our films. > > >Any feedback would be very helpful. > > > >-- > >regards, > > >Shashwati Talukdar 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.
