I continue to buy DVD format for all genres. Blu-ray is preferred for feature films for our Film Division faculty -- with a few exceptions. Most of our electronic classrooms on campus for courses outside of film do not support Blu-ray players yet. DVD and Blu-ray are still preferred for projection -- I agree with Meghann's points here. We have had mixed experiences with projection of streaming video. I also consider it important to continue to collect the artifact -- we will have it into the future. For feature film content, DVD is still the format that provides the largest catalog in support of our curricular and research needs.
I acquire streaming video either through purchase or subscription database collections if the content supports our curricular and research needs. We prefer when MARC records are provided and can link from our catalog -- this remains a relevant discovery tool. Streaming licenses for individual titles are acquired if requested for course reserves. If we have the streaming access through a database, we link to it through a reserves list or faculty can provide link through their course module. If we purchase the license specifically for a course -- we link from the reserves list. As all of us are facing major budget challenges in support of streaming -- and I assume many of us are still facing workflow issues. Nancy On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Meghann Matwichuk <mtw...@udel.edu> wrote: > Scott: Definitely go the standard DVD route. Like others, we at UD only > purchase Blu-ray content if we have a specific need to do so, and even then > we always try to have a standard copy of that title in the Collection. The > market never moved away from standard DVD and Blu-ray will largely remain a > niche format, imo. I also strongly agree with Winifred in that you want to > make it as easy as possible for libraries to acquire your content, whether > it's streaming or hard-copy. > > Judith: This (assigning streaming video as supplemental viewing) is > exactly how I recommend use of our streaming media database materials to > instructors. With few exceptions, the quality of a stream in a classroom > setting is not going to be as good or as reliable as screening something > from a hard copy. There are also bandwidth issues to contend with, many of > which are out of ours or the instructors' control. Blowing an image up to > a large screen often results in pixelation and motion-blur. And of course > there is much more flexibility outside the classroom when students are > assigned to watch material individually -- if they run into a problem with > the stream skipping / buffering / etc., they can stop it and go back to it > at a later time. Not as easy to do when you're dealing with a scheduled > class time. Watching on a lap top or monitor also makes the quality of the > image less of an issue. > > Re: both points -- hard copy is the most reliable way to build a long-term > collection that will be accessible over time. That is still of great > importance to many librarians, who are trying to balance new streaming > models (which necessitate paying repeatedly for the same content in many > cases) with building collections that will be of value into the future. > > -- > > Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. > Associate Librarian > Coordinator, Film & Video Collection > Morris Library, University of Delaware > 181 S. College Ave. > Newark, DE 19717(302) 831-1475https://library.udel.edu/filmandvideo > > > > On 9/6/2016 7:43 PM, Judith Dancoff wrote: > > Thank you, Scott, for posting this important question. A quick added > question: are teachers ever assigning streams to their students' syllabi > for them to watch at home, as they would, say, a book or article? > > Thanks, > > Judith Dancoff > > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 4:26 PM, Kielley, Elizabeth < > <ekiel...@messiah.edu>ekiel...@messiah.edu> wrote: > >> We buy our documentaries on DVD, seldom streaming, and try to purchase >> combo packs for feature films. DVDs can be played in laptops. >> >> >> >> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: >> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *scott petersen >> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 6, 2016 6:15 PM >> *To:* videolib <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> >> *Subject:* [Videolib] DVD vs. Blu-ray >> >> >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> >> I'm getting close to releasing my latest documentary. Are you folks >> transitioning over to Blu-ray? Do DVDs still have a place in libraries? How >> much of your new purchases are streaming as opposed to physical media? >> >> Best, >> >> Scott Petersen >> >> Producer/Director "Hitchhiking to the Edge of Sanity" >> >> www.HitchhikingDocumentary.com >> >> 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.
