Dear Colleagues, It may be dark, cold, or rainy where you are today, but things are bound to look brighter this June when thousands of information professionals from all over the country will be converging on sunny Orlando, Florida. ALA Annual 2016 will be a place to learn, share ideas, meet old friends, and make valuable new connections.
With panels on film programming, media preservation, video tutorials, streaming video, and publishing opportunities for media librarians, there will be something for everyone. The ALA Video Round Table has a 2016 lineup that you won’t want to miss: Further Down the Alphabet—Embracing B Movies! (co-sponsored with PLA). Explore the world of B, C, and D movies to find films your patrons will love. Section 108 VHS Preservation: A Collaborative Database for Due Diligence on VHS Videotapes in Academic Libraries (co-sponsored with PARS/ALCTS). It is possible to preserve the VHS in your collection while staying on the right side of copyright law. Come learn how! Academic Library Streaming Video Revisited: Key Findings from the Follow-up Survey. Everything you want (and need) to know about recent trends in library streaming video collections Creating Effective Instructional Video: From Collaboration and Design to Assessment. Get expert advice on creating top-notch video tutorials. Publishing Opportunities in Media Librarianship: A Panel Discussion. Ideas and advice on writing and publishing Best of all, don’t miss the chance to network at the VRT Mixer (sponsored by Kino Lorber Edu). If it’s your job (or your aspiration) to work in a library or archives, manage a media collection, do film programming, or teach information literacy or digital production, you’ll want to make time in your schedule for VRT programming at ALA Annual, running from June 24-26. Register by noon on March 16th to take advantage of early-bird pricing. We look forward to seeing you this summer! VRT 2016 Programming Committee Brian Boling Chair, Video Round Table Media Services Librarian Temple University Libraries [email protected]
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.
