Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me with the process of deciding on items to upgrade to DVD. Stats were for circs since 2004 when we switched our ILS. The results were a bit surprising to me at first -- our highest circulated item to that point was a a VHS copy of Annenberg's CH

[Videolib] Oprah transcripts

Hi All, Does anyone know if transcripts for the Oprah show are available anywhere? They have season 25 on the Oprah website but nothing prior to that. I found a source that said Burrelle's distributes them but on their website they don't mention Oprah. Cheers, Matt

Re: [Videolib] Oprah transcripts

I assume Harpo productions would know best. Can't you email them? On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) < jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > > ** ** > > Does anyone know if transcripts for the Oprah show are available anywhere? > They have season 25 on the Opra

Re: [Videolib] Oprah transcripts

Thanks Jessica. Yes, I've emailed Harpo but it's taking them a while to get back to me so I thought I check in with the hive. Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu

[Videolib] Re(2): "VHS ONLY" updates?

*This message was sent using a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) SMTP* *This message was sent using a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) FC Gateway* Slight correction --Amazon is not selling Yellow Submarine. A third party vendor is selling it via Amazon. Big difference. It is still OOP or OD. T

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

OK your students have MUCH better taste then Deg's ( Sorry Deg) On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Susan Albrecht wrote: > We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me with the process of > deciding on items to upgrade to DVD. Stats were for circs since 2004 when > we switched our ILS. The

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

I've used circulation information for the reasons cited by many of you - but also as an outreach tool. We've run "contests" for patrons as to guess - for example - how many video items circulated in a given academic quarter - and the closest guess wins a couple of movie passes (predictable - but

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

OK, here is our top 20. Multiple copies not combined, which accounts for Amelie at both 4 and 14 (total 531 circs). Forrest Gump came in at position 265, with a still respectable 166 circs... The prestige Requiem for a dream The Royal Tenenbaums Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain The lion king

[Videolib] Cinema Classics/Desert Island Films

Does anyone know anything about the recent (I think it's recent) influx of DVD-R reissues marketed as Cinema Classics / Desert Island Films? Here are a few from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Over-Hill-Gang-Rides-Again/dp/B005HRTI3G/ref=sr_1_123?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1313678106&sr=1-123 http:/

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

Doesn't anyone watch Citizen Kane or 8 1/2 anymore? On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Pearson, Jeffrey wrote: > OK, here is our top 20. Multiple copies not combined, which accounts for > Amelie at both 4 and 14 (total 531 circs). Forrest Gump came in at position > 265, with a still respectable 1

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

As I was new to media when I joined this library 2 ½ years ago, I asked for reports all the time. At that time, we couldn't separate VHS from DVD, which made it a challenge to weed. So I use it for weeding, starting with VHS tapes (generally donated or acquired en masse from other libraries to

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

>Doesn't anyone watch Citizen Kane or 8 1/2 anymore? As my now adult children are still prone to exclaim, "Ew. Citizen Kane is in black & white"... Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com -Origina

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list (again)

I think a general warning when some one is trying to combine their list with the wiki list like Gary did is a good idea though, but I think you are right, in general the likelihood is nil of multiple editors. and Chris thanks for putting this up. jhs John H. Streepy Media Services Supervi

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot

My collection doesn't even account for 1% of our holdings but before the rise of streaming netflix and Hulu; my DVD and VHS checkouts accounted for 1 out of every 5 checkouts from this building. You should have heard the laughter when I asked for one fifth the purchasing budget based on that fi

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

I'm fairly new to this list and have been "lurking" a bit until I could chime in with something of value. 8 ½ is actually in our list of top 50 circulating feature films. Our top 10 circulating titles include: Scenes From a Marriage Gallipoli Magnum Force (really?) The Deer Hunter Goya's Ghos

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

Impressive list. Hey never knock a Dirty Harry film though the original remains the best. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dorfman, Andrew wrote: > I’m fairly new to this list and have been “lurking” a bit until I could > chime in with something of value. 8 ½ is actually in our list of top 50 >

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

To answer Jennifer Foster's queries: For us, we never check out a film as many times as there are students in a class when there's a classroom screening. That's a fairly unusual way of approaching at it, I think. Also, for us, if the report shows 413 circs of a title, that would represent cir

Re: [Videolib] Public Performance Rights for Several Titles

Swank will have Hobo & United 93. For GODS & MEN you have to contact Sony directly. I know people on the list have contact info. Don't know the others On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Jeanne Little wrote: > Hello, All. > > I wondered if anyone can tell me where I may obtain the public performanc

Re: [Videolib] Public Performance Rights for Several Titles

Here's the information for Sony Jordan Press Sony Pictures Entertainment Worldwide Non-Theatrical Sales Coordinator 10202 W. Washington Blvd. | Jimmy Stewart 203-A | Culver City, Ca 90232 p: (310) 244-4485 | f: (310) 244-1525 | e: jordan_pr...@spe.sony.com Mary

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

I too am new to this list. I have been lurking and especially appreciate all of the copyright expertise that people are so willing to share. Our top 20 circulating video list is quite different because we are a technical college. Our interpersonal communications course, nursing and allied health

[Videolib] vhs only list

Hi all Well, being the obsessive/compulsive type that I am, I spent a few hours with the list yesterday and this morning. Added a fair sprinkling of literature-into-film titles. I also did a quick cull thru the entire list and updated availability for many. I've been thinking: this is a really

Re: [Videolib] Lincoln documentary

Also be aware that Henry Louis Gates's PBS doc Looking for Lincoln (2009) includes a portion where he visits Lincoln memorabilia collectors. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/featured/watch-looking-for-lincoln/290/ On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 5:38 PM, scott petersen wrote: > I'm thinking of

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

I've shared the wiki with three colleagues here---our music/dance/film/theater bibliographer, our film and video cataloger and our video acquisitions person---threee thumbs-up from them---four counting me! I wonder---merely wondering: Would there be any benefit to having a way to highlight new

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

Hi Gary, I've been working on some charts to go along with the list using my favorite screen scraper. It's a mostly automated process so there are some errors at the moment but I could see this being a very useful resource in years to come — especially when the "in X years everything will be strea

[Videolib] FW: [ccumc-ls] 2011 Conference Early Registration and Conference Workshops

-Original Message- From: Cody Gregg [mailto:cgr...@southtexascollege.edu] Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:04 AM To: CCUMC Discussion List Subject: [ccumc-ls] 2011 Conference Early Registration and Conference Workshops Time is quickly running out to take advantage of the early registr

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

WOW! This is massively cool and interesting. I'll (we all!) should try to fill in release dates for the list and in the future. Thanks Chris! gary > Hi Gary, > > I've been working on some charts to go along with the list using my > favorite > screen scraper. It's a mostly automated process s

[Videolib] multi disc DVD cases

Hello All, In an effort to possibly save some space and recombine some sets - I am investigating what other libraries do with multi disc DVD sets. What kinds of cases do you circulate them in? Do you separate them into individual cases? I have looked at a couple multi disc cases but they are

[Videolib] 2011 Conference Early Registration and, Conference Workshops

This is the first I have heard about this conference and have been doing a bit of research. Do many Non-theatrical film programming vendors attend? Do librarians look for new film product here? We love any opportunity we can to meet with librarians so very interested in your feedback. If it

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

Great I'm getting moved to another department, and something cool and collaborative is coming in. I know what I'm going to be doing when I'm on the front desk at Gov Docs and no one is needing any help. This is just fantastic. regards jhs John H. Streepy Media Services Supervisor Library-Med

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 45, Issue 102

Multi-DVD cases We changed all of our DVDs over to locking cases to fit into our 3M "unlocker," since we now use RFID tags on all of our DVDs, books and CDs. We use a case that can hold up to 6 DVDs and it's performed well in our dropbox. I don't know the brand, but you can contact our tech servic

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

A couple of quick notes from a VERY quick look. A number of the titles listed as having been out on VHS were either "grey" market, mostly pre GATT European films, or flat out illegal copies (Porgy and Bess) or mind blowing. Seriously some one has a copy of The Day The Clown Cried? I thought it woul

[Videolib] What do you call "video"?

Hi All, "Video" is the catch-all term I use to refer to the wide variety of formats that include DVD, VHS, laser disc, etc., but what we know from our students is that when they encounter the term "video" what they think of is VHS tapes. What term do you use? Cheers, Matt __

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

I've updated the list to reflect your snarky comments, Jessica gary > A couple of quick notes from a VERY quick look. A number of the titles > listed as having been out on VHS were either "grey" market, mostly pre > GATT > European films, or flat out illegal copies (Porgy and Bess) or mind > blo

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

I am not sure if you are kidding, but I was not trying to be snarky. Can someone check on OCLC and tell me if someone actually claims to have a copy of THE DAY THE CLOWN DIED? A friend of mine who programs a film festival in Atlanta sent out an April Fools press release that it would finally premie

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

I don't find it there. mb Michael Brewer Team Leader for Instructional Services University of Arizona Libraries brew...@u.library.arizona.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner

[Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

Jessica! There is no listing for the film in WorldCat. For the uninitiated this film has the reputation being one of the worst films ever made, with Jerry Lewis playing a clown in Auschwitz who seeks to cheer up Jewish tykes before they are driven into the g Sorry I cannot even finish the s

Re: [Videolib] What do you call "video"?

I use "video" generally, as you do and as Google does. The tab on their home page says "Videos" not "Digitally recorded sounds and images", or any other phrase. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Aug 18, 2

Re: [Videolib] What do you call "video"?

I admit to laziness - I use video. Our patrons use that, or ask for movies. Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org -Original Message- From:

Re: [Videolib] What do you call "video"?

As does YouTube. M- __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Aug 18, 2011, at 7:27 PM, "Brigid Duffy" wrote: > I use "video" generally, as you do and as Google does. The tab on > their home page says

Re: [Videolib] vhs only list

All the recent discussion of videos on VHS but not on DVD kinda blurred that the master list is broader than that and includes storied films that never made it out on video in any form. Thus the Day the Clown Cried and many others. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: > A couple

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

I am sure it awful, but since no one has ever seen it , kind of hard to know just how bad. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Anthony Anderson wrote: > ** > Jessica! There is no listing for the film in WorldCat. For the uninitiated > this film has the reputation being one of > the worst films ever

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

According to the reviews and comments on IMDB, Jerry Lewis has the one print, possibly finished, possibly not. The film is a legal limbo from which it is not likely to emerge. Cast members who saw the print were embarrassed. People who have read the script said it was tasteless and horribl

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT = 581 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - CHKOUT = 487 BIG LEBOWSKI - CHKOUT = 459 MULAN - CHKOUT = 445 RUSHMORE - CHKOUT = 419 CASABLANCA - CHKOUT = 408 HIGH FIDELITY - CHKOUT = 406 ERIN BROCKOVICH - CHKOUT = 401 T

Re: [Videolib] The Day the Clown Died

I don't think the film is in legal limbo, it is just that Lewis has no intention of ever allowing it out. Ironically one truly great film which is in legal limbo partly because of Jerry Lewis is HELLZAPOPPIN, Olson & Johnon's slapstick existential masterpiece from 1942. Lewis bought the rights to t

[Videolib] Rare & wonderful TV movies not on DVD and mostly not on VHS for a LONG time

A lot of the discussion of VHS only titles made me think of many great TV movies , long forgotten and some of which never even made VHS or did so in the earliest years so most copies are long gone. The 50s is generally referred to as "The Golden Age" of Television with many wonderful live dramas, b

Re: [Videolib] multi disc DVD cases

Hi Beth, We prefer to circulate in the case they arrive in, unless there is a problem with it. Mostly we use single cases, but we do have some multi-disk cases. We don't use security cases, so that is not an issue. We have signs on all the book drops asking students not to put media items in the

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

And if there's a logical or common thread in that list, John, I'll be damned! (not excepting the two forlorn documentaries in the group) gary > And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. > > THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT = 581 > SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - CHKOUT = 487 > BIG LEB

[Videolib] Snapshot lists

While I've enjoyed seeing these lists of top circs... I was hoping the initial thread would springboard into a discussion of the top NON-feature film used. That said, here is ASU's top 25: Still killing us softly 419 Dreamworlds 2 353 Killing us

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

Hi all, This is fun. Here's HKUST's top 25 video circulations. They are all feature films, except for an Eric Clapton video. I think our top circulating documentary is "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" - Carma Hinton's doc about June Fourth. Our VHS version has circulated 384 times; the DVD that we g

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot lists - top non-feature films

Hi Deg, Here's HKUST's top circ for non-feature films, starting from no. 1 and going down. 1. THE GATE OF HEAVENLY PEACE = TIANANMEN = 384. 2. SPEAK BETTER ENGLISH = 368. 3. THE TOP 50 GREAT WORLD CUP GOALS = 355 4. GOALS : EVERY GOAL OF MEXICO '86 = 311 5. GR