[Videolib] VRT Notables video featured in AL Direct

A quick video announcing this year's selections and a bit about the criteria for the VRT Notable Videos for Adults. Nice job folks. http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/al_focus/vrt-notable-videos-adults http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMBHvtIf8rA VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad a

Re: [Videolib] "Educational PPR"

Interesting. They're granting you rights that we already have for classroom instruction under section 110 of the Copyright Law. But by adding in other venues, it's practically giving you full public performance rights. Not one to worry about. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Lib

[Videolib] 1922 color film footage

Friday fun a bit early: 1922 Kodachrome film test Color footage of silent film stars posing for the camera, 10 years before first color feature film. Both links contain the embedded video, also loaded on YouTube. Aesthetics - http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2011/02/jazz-age-beauties-c

[Videolib] music reserves

Are any of you up on best practices for audio reserves? I received a question about the legalities of doing a coursepack or e-reserves of music. I don't have the list of songs/artists yet, but I think it's a history of pop music class. What resources should I take a look at for guidance? TIA, B

Re: [Videolib] music reserves

Thanks folks. You confirmed my gut reaction. I suspected that the Music Library Assoc had a document. I normally don't work music classes, but I do know that they, like film studies, usually have the students listen in class and then re-listen to write their paper or take quiz based on the music

Re: [Videolib] prioritizing media cataloging

A reminder of how much was paid for the FMG collections might be in order. DVDs become awfully expensive if they can't be used. Do you have any vocal faculty who would be happy to request several of these titles for class use? Donations are always on the bottom of the pile for processing. Barb

Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

Hi Lauren, We moved to open shelves several years ago. It has been great. DVDs are in locked cases. Take your pick from the library supplier catalogs. Shelving is adjacent to the Media service window, so we can still provide assistance. Main circ desk also has the key mechanism so that DVDs ca

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

Although I agree with Gary about not wanting to give up collection development decisions wholesale, I decided best thing to do about streamed video was to jump in big, so we're starting with some of the Alexander Street dbs. Packages were selected based on: anticipated interest and therefore like

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - gone?

Our copy died recently too. I had no luck locating a new copy. Tried to get hold of someone at Nova to see if there was a chance it would be added to their online offerings, but couldn’t get past the PBS sales reps. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State

Re: [Videolib] Netflix vs. availablility in the marketplace

Getting back to Kim's question... I think the erratic offerings for streaming is also caused by Netflix primarily offering titles available from Starz's catalog. I found a somewhat recent British film (Stone of Destiny) that was available streaming, but not on DVD in Netflix. Barb Bergman | Me

Re: [Videolib] (Electronic) Ordering: Media

Same here, using Gobi for book orders. Can't see it working well for videos even if they were in the db. For feature films, I use Midwest Tape (cart) or Amazon (wishlist) and send electronically to Acq. Rush orders - I give them printout of page 1 of the Amazon listing. Educational titles - I h

Re: [Videolib] Recommended "Faculty" Media Development Labs

Technology & Teaching Center (TnT) Housed in Library, but operated by IT. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues rela

Re: [Videolib] media cataloging question

Our feature films are classed using LC's literature schedule, using country-of-origin-of-director as the author. For the most part results in organization by language. (A few oddities: Brokeback Mountain is in with the Asian films because directed by Ang Lee). Directors are alphabetized within th

Re: [Videolib] Fw: Hannah Arendt Footage--Any ideas?

In this case, it's likely to be a recording of a local interview. And I would argue that this is one reason libraries shouldn't have a blanket no-lending policy for ILL of media. Maybe you'll get lucky and York is a lender. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota

Re: [Videolib] Fw: Hannah Arendt Footage--Any ideas?

Thanks Brian ;-) Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliogr

Re: [Videolib] ILL of Video: Was Hannah Arendt

I've often seen cost of the video used as a reason for excluding it from ILL. This is faulty logic because if something happens to the item, the borrowing library pays. Not the lender who owns the item. This is an important principle of ILL that I've found that many librarians don't know. Ther

Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray

My understanding is that unless the classroom projector is also new, the improved Blu-Ray image quality doesn’t come through on the screen anyway. Not buying BluRay, but have now run into a couple of titles only available as a combo-pack with standard and BluRay discs. (Re-releases of older film

Re: [Videolib] Frontline "An Appointment with Death" 1994

There are many Frontline programs available online, but this doesn’t appear to be one of them. Rats. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/ I assume it deals assisted suicide? Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-59

[Videolib] Other side of immigration FW: Licensing issue - First Notice

389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu From: Roy Germano Films LLC [mailto:r...@roygermano.com] Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:10 PM To: Bergman, Barbara J Subject: Licensing issue - First Notice Dear Librarian, I am writing on behalf of Roy Germano Films LLC, the copyright holder of a film you c

Re: [Videolib] Other side of immigration FW: Licensing issue - First Notice

Just got a response back from him regarding my reply… Gee, maybe if you're just concerned about PPR, you should have said that instead of trying to threaten us. "Thank you for your reply. Of course that is fine if not being used for public performance. It's often the case that campuses u

Re: [Videolib] Off air record question

Hi Kim, I'd contact the producers of the program and ask they'd be willing to provide you with a copy of the program. It's also entirely possible that their programs are archived on their website. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato |

[Videolib] Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform

Of possible interest: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/lca_copyrightreformstatement_16may11.pdf From: 9364192531.11...@e2ma.net [mailto:9364192531.11...@e2ma.net] On Behalf Of

Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players

Make up a big number. It's not the real issue. The real arguments that need to be made are that: Many of the titles being used on VHS tape aren't available on DVD, period. It's hard to guess how many VHS tapes are being used in the classroom that come from personal and/or departmental collections

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

Matt, We have our DVDs and videos classed by LC numbers. Pros: does get them ordered by subject, making them browseable. Con: Yes, call numbers tend to be too similar. Would not recommend LC for closed stacks. Something we (meaning: the AV cataloger, not me) did here was to class the feature f

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

Anthony- You're overthinking it. It was an effective way to get away from having hundreds of PN1997s. We can tweak it anyway we want to. Hitchcock is in British films, but could just as easily been classed with American. Same for whether or not to place Bunuel in Spanish or French. Billy Wilder

Re: [Videolib] Donuts, anyone?

Haven't heard of problems with the little donut hub labels. On the other hand, the full overlay with security strips have been known to cause problems. We had so much trouble with them unbalancing CDs that we stopped putting them on the audiobooks. DVDs are already so sensitive to scratches, sm

[Videolib] Attend the National Media Market - negotiate video pricing

Hi folks, We seemed to have branched from circulation to pricing... I'm throwing in a plug here encouraging folks to attend the National Media Market. The NMM really is a great way to get to talk about these issues with librarians and video vendors. It isn't the exhibit hall hell of ALA. You li

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

Pretty much the same. During the academic year. July 1 fiscal year start. Primarily faculty requests, but I sign off on all video purchases so that I know what's getting requested before we end up purchasing 3 films on the same hot topic. Emails good. Postcards good. Catalogs okay. If you send

[Videolib] come visit the National Media Market facebook page

Marvelous media folks, The National Media Market is less than 2 months away. Encouraging you to stop by over on Facebook and become a fan. (I still think "liking" is far less fun than being a fan.) We've been posting lots of info such as vendor bios, random Las Vegas facts, photos from years

Re: [Videolib] Missing parts to TV shows

Depends on the show. 24 with missing disc is frustrating. A sitcom - usually doesn't matter. We update the record. Series are always repackaged into 2-disc cases so the missing one isn't as obvious/problematic as if had to be noted when checking in/out a box of 6 DVDs for example. Barb Bergma

Re: [Videolib] DVD vendor Q - COOL WORLD

1. When materials are sent out through ILL and something happens to it before it comes home, the borrowing library pays. Period. (You should be worried about what your own patrons are borrowing, not what you're sending out. 2. But Zipporah Films usually have licensing restrictions that include

Re: [Videolib] Question for academic librarians that permit students to borrow certain videos for home viewing - Do you provide alumni the same privilege?

As a state institution, we let the public borrow almost everything. They do have to run the parking gauntlet to get here, so it's not like we're overrun. When a video is 7 days overdue (way sooner than for books), the system automatically changes status to Lost and generates a Bill for Lost M

Re: [Videolib] Question for academic librarians that permit students to borrow certain videos for home viewing - Do you provide alumni the same privilege?

Gary - your mission as a research institution is very different from most of ours. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of

Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series

Hi Debra- We generally limit departments to no more than 25% of their library allocation for non-book purchases. If the title seems multi-disciplinary, I'll usually pick it up with my video budget. If it's pricey and rather specialized, we can split the cost between their account and mine. For

Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series

irginia.edu> 434-924-3812 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:22 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series H

Re: [Videolib] Video Cool Dev.Policies Covering Cost and Special Series

well as other venues. Take all those titles you had to buy with PPR and see if group can find stuff to program On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Bergman, Barbara J mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu>> wrote: It's something new we tried out last year - we started getting more requests from

Re: [Videolib] region-free players-shhhhh

B&H carries several models. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Multisystem-Players-Recorders/ci/2159/N/4289367638 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 a

Re: [Videolib] media workflow change

I'm finding that the process of acquiring streamed media is moving things more to Tech Services - Acquisitions (license review and purchasing), Systems. And my favorite: the serials committee, because licensed material is not a one-time purchase. I make the "we should buy this" presentation and

Re: [Videolib] Similar question - NBCLearn

NBC-learn is nicely done, but very expensive for what it is. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun..

[Videolib] Captioning - Is permission required from distributor?

I just saw a memo for our system counsel that struck me as wrong, but need some backing evidence. It is telling the Office of Disability Services to ask permission from distributors before creating an open captioned version of films. My understanding is that this is allowed under ADA and that no

Re: [Videolib] Who do you report to?

Librarians have faculty status, so we all report to the dean of the library (who reports to VP Academic Affairs). Media services are part of the public access team (Circ, ILL, media) but that's an informal designation. No asst/assoc deans in our hierarchy. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interli

Re: [Videolib] Academic library video/DVD loan policies

Tim - ILL of video is kind of my soapbox. We've benefitted far more than we've been inconvenienced by opening up video lending. 1. If isn't not on reserve or booking for a screening, it's eligible for lending to university community, community, or to other libraries who lend videos. (Ex

Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray vs. DVD players for training videos

I think you're going to need the VHS player a lot more than the Blu-Ray, but a Blu-Ray player does play regular discs, so if you find a combo Blu-Ray/VHS, you should be good. I'm having a hard time picturing technical films being distributed in high definition... By HDMI, do you mean making su

Re: [Videolib] Captioning - Is permission required from distributor?

Thanks all. Disability Services is swamped enough that I didn't want them spending time on this if it wasn't necessary. (Don't get me started on the fun & games was to whether captioning is actually viewable in each classroom via a projector...) Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loa

Re: [Videolib] Media circulation terms

7 days, no renewals. Extensions upon request, but would have to have very good reason for us to allow more than an extra week. (Loan used to be 3 days, but we looked at data and more than 50% were renewed or extended, so was easier to just make it a 7-day loan standard.) If on 4-hr reserve for o

Re: [Videolib] Multi-region DVD/VHS combo decks

You should be able to find something at B&H http://www.bhphotovideo.com/ Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:

Re: [Videolib] Screening rights in Canada for Churches

The Canadians can better answer this, but last I heard, no video can be shown anywhere in Canada without paying the PPR clearance for each screening. Since schools don't get a classroom exemption, I can imagine that churches do. ~Barb -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.ber

Re: [Videolib] Long time listener, first time caller... PPR advice, please?

Can't tell you whether Swank or someone else has the rights, but to show a feature film they'll most definitely need to get the PPR. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended

[Videolib] Film archives

I have to do some very extreme weeding of our remaining 16mm films. (Losing their storage space. Space for VHS & DVDs is not effected, fortunately.) Do you have archives or other places you'd suggest I contact, who might want to give some reels a new home? (I've sent films to the Chicago Film

Re: [Videolib] Film archives

We (by which I mean a grad student who had no choice) spent a year going through our list to see which 16mm films were available in other formats and if we had last copy. When it gets down to the final reels that must be sadly recycled, I'm thinking that the Art department might had a few ideas

Re: [Videolib] Star Wars: the Complete Saga on DVD

Who knows...I stopped paying attention when I heard that the Blu-Ray versions are altered even more than the "special edition" (post-1997) releases, and don't include the original theatrical release versions. There are plenty of secondhand DVD copies available on Amazon Marketplace. If your VHS

Re: [Videolib] I could not resist passing this on. It came from a librarian friend

Sadly, I've previously spotted many of these "books" for sale on Amazon. There's a generic publisher name, no indication that they've merely printed pages from the internet. You have to be paying attention to notice that it's a 7 page publication... Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary L

Re: [Videolib] Plea from a Media Collection Decimation Zone

Jared - Sorry to hear that your admin is dictating this move without giving you time to plan. Take a deep breath. Open stacks are not the enemy, and can be a great thing for visibility & usage of the collection. Sounds like they're still going to be within sight of the library staff? That's good

Re: [Videolib] National Media Market

In addition to what everyone else has said as to why the NMM is worth attending, I'll add that it is worlds away from the hectic ALA convention hall experience. The NMM is very cozy, all within a single hotel. You literally sit down with the exhibitors in the suites and talk about your needs and

[Videolib] Media Librarian position opening - University of Vermont

FYI Position Description POSITION TITLE: Access/Media Services Librarian The University of Vermont Bailey/Howe Library seeks an innovative librarian who understands the changing environment of media and access (circulation, reserve and interlibrary loan) services in an academic library. The pos

[Videolib] National Media Market - roommate matching

Looking to keep expenses down by sharing a hotel room while attending the Market, but don't know anyone else who is attending? I'll serve as roommate coordinator. Send me an email directly at barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu (Check that you're not replying to the list when confessing to bringing your bu

[Videolib] National Media Market on Facebook

p.s. If you haven't stopped by on Facebook to "Like" the National Media Market and show that you're a fan, you should do that too :) Save the Date! The 32nd National Media Market http://www.nmm.net/ October 24 - 28, 2010 - Kansas City, MO VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively d

[Videolib] Netflix question

For those using Netflix... Has anybody tried using a Roku box or other device to provide classroom access to Netflix's streamed videos? Not trying to avoid buying or licensing films, but curious as to it being a possibility for those emergency situations that Netflix has been handy for. We wer

Re: [Videolib] Media in Book Drops

We discourage it - cases are labeled "Do not place in bookdrop." But they aren't penalized when it happens. We're not too worried about potential damage, but neither have we felt that it's worth the trouble of removing the labels. Neither external bookdrop is conveniently located, so they only g

Re: [Videolib] Question about streaming rights

Matt, Things are rarely clear in the video world; we just try to do our best. I hope you'll be able to join us at a conference soon so that you can join in the discussions. CCUMC is next week so probably a bit late to plan for that, but the National Media Market coming up at the end of Octobe

Re: [Videolib] Academic Libraries with Genocide Collections in Media

Hi Rue, We don't officially teach Genocide Studies, but between a class on Survivors and programming by the Peace Institute, I feel like I have a de facto curriculum. If it was purchased with library money, it lives in the Library. If it's in the Library, it's in the catalog and WorldCat. All vi

Re: [Videolib] vhs question

When I pulled stats for our top circulating VHS tapes (looked at overall & circs limited to past few years), I found that I could only buy half of the top 30 on DVD. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,b

Re: [Videolib] Friday question a day early

We always have some sort of "we love our student workers" theme for our student appreciation potlucks. This time it's "Students Got Game" (Scrabble and other board games for decorating theme). Plan is to use butcher paper and crayons for tic-tac-toe games on the tables. Others we've done recentl

Re: [Videolib] A fair use question re: faculty development

It's a closed educational session, the video is not the focus, the advertising doesn't highlight that the presentation includes screening the program, and you have evidence that you thought about the fair use and attempted to purchase a copy... I would just use the video. Hypothetically, of cou

Re: [Videolib] Disc resurfacing units?

We decided it was more cost effective (equipment purchase and staff time) to continue sending scratched discs to a cleaning service. We use Rubberdisc. I'm sure there are additional companies out there. Actual number of problem discs has been surprisingly minimal so this works. Barb Bergman | M

Re: [Videolib] Rosetta Stone Language Programs

We just subscribed to Mango Languages. No idea how popular & useful it will turn out to be, but it is a hosted service with library subscriptions & IP access available, so that alone made it more desirable than the frequently requested Rosetta Stone products. http://www.mangolanguages.com/ Ba

Re: [Videolib] New Library Learning Commons and Media closed reserves

Antonella, Viewing stations - whether it's using an old-fashioned monitor or a new-fangled computer -- are perfectly legal and a fairly common setup in libraries. Well, common except for the snacks. A student is sitting in the Commons watching on a computer with headphones does not turn it into

Re: [Videolib] Need advice on pricing & tech specs for streaming rights

I understand the issue of film distributors not having the right to sell perpetuity rights, but it will reduce sales. Items that have to be paid for more than once are much more time-consuming. Items that have to be renewed are treated as serials. Which get treated differently than one time pu

Re: [Videolib] Videos shelved separate or integrated into the stacks?

Hi Jared, As you'll see from responses, there are many factors about your campus and community that may affect how you handle the collection. Look at existing policies and determining how well they serve your patrons. Do practices reflect modern video collections or are they holdovers from the 16

[Videolib] U.S. Copyright Office Survey on Copyright Education

Of possible interest: "The U.S. Copyright Office is conducting a short survey as part of a public education and outreach project. The survey aims to document how diverse audiences understand copyright. The purpose of the survey is to solicit information about how different audiences understan

Re: [Videolib] domestic violence documentaries

Power and Control: Domestic violence in America Plus companion DVDs: "Domestic Violence and Law Enforcement: It Started in Duluth" "Domestic Violence and Health Care: Best Practices in Action" Dist: New Day Films More info and a lot of interview clips on the website: http://www.powerandcontrolf

Re: [Videolib] documents or instructions on weeding Media

I've been doing a lot of weeding this year of 16mm films and VHS tapes. Here's what I did. Involved objective shuffling of spreadsheet data, and then some subjective decision making: First ran reports that included copyright date, date added to collection, circulation data -- total circs and

Re: [Videolib] documentary evaluation

"Reading in the Reel World" has some good tools. I've used the section using Atomic Café. http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Reel-World-Documentaries-Nonfiction/dp/0814138756/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334616601&sr=8-1 Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State Univers

Re: [Videolib] Security System Recommendation

We use locking cases (CheckPoint, but there are other options). The case is tattletaped. At check out, the lock is removed and the case is desensitized. A plus of repackaging all DVDs into these cases is that you have uniform items for shelving. I discourage the use of the full-disc overlays wit

Re: [Videolib] Big Picture Cataloging Advice

OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers, Inc) www.olacinc.org should have some tips for you. This article I co-wrote with our AV cataloger might be helpful: Video Collecting for the Sometimes Media Librarian: Tips and Tricks for Selecting, Purchasing, and Cataloging Videos f

Re: [Videolib] Core DVD Titles

Oh dear. Well I assume that you've asked for a subscription to Video Librarian Plus already. I've noticed that Midwest Tape has lots of browsing lists that might prove useful for building a collection quickly (and relatively inexpensively so that the powers that be don't hyperventilate.) Lists

Re: [Videolib] quality check?

We check every DVD when it arrives, before it is cataloged. The policy started when it used to take a long time to get AV cataloged - not a problem now, but still good to find problems immediately. We don't find a huge number of problems, but it's bad PR if prof checks out a new DVD and discov

Re: [Videolib] Quick question - Netflix

Officially no, but they didn't reject our membership when they saw our billing address either. We borrow DVDs for very limited usage - emergency backup and/or temporary reserves while purchasing/locating the title. I think if we were foolish enough to share the password and allow an instructor t

[Videolib] Links for Unsubscribing

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html [Description: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Images/Templates/nbblack.gif] Subscribing to the VIDEOLIB and VIDEONEWS Listservs VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of iss

Re: [Videolib] Just curious - National Media Market

About time, Dennis. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,biblio

Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area

1. It really depends on the population that visits the library. The students at a small private school are presumably quite different than patrons seen at large urban university. Do you have the many visitors from the general public? 2. No case is 100% secure - locking cases are a de

[Videolib] Help - Prof wants "ultimate social justice" film

Collective wisdom, She wants something for social justice class that addresses "ageism, racism, sexism, with or without GLBT perspective." Suggestions? Does such a film even exist? She already uses Southern Poverty Law Center's Shadow of Hate in different class. (This is what I got after my 3rd

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

It's the vendor's prerogative to sell at different prices, but it annoys me when a film vendor doesn't understand U.S. copyright law and tries to grant or deny classroom screening rights -- which are explicitly allowed in section 110 of the copyright law. I expect that the higher institutional p

Re: [Videolib] Video replacement fees?

Our system default is set to bill videos and DVDs at $200 plus $20 late fees and $10 replacement processing. When they receive the automatic bill via email, this usually gets the patron's attention, and they return it. (Also, $200 is the magic number that blocks checkout of additional library ma

Re: [Videolib] Film collection CD policies

I make a point of picking up a few feature films & TV seasons each year that haven't been specifically requested, but I think will be of interest to the students. Really, just about any popular show has potential for classroom use. I'm often surprised at what later ends up being used in a class.

[Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

Yes, these are the exact words found on the website for a newly released DVD. After generously (sarcasm font) granting me classroom screening rights, they un-grant PPR in bullet 3, and forbid library lending in bullet 4. This is me beating head on desk before contacting them to talk about sectio

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

Title and its content wasn't my point. The film was requested by the Women's Center because they'll like to do a campus screening. I've warned her that they may need to pick something else. I'm guessing filmmaker is trying to do everything independently instead of going through one of our fine

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

Follow-up: I talked with the filmmaker and clarified their intentions. All is good now. As I suspected, they just really haven't done DVD sales to libraries before. ~Barb VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisiti

Re: [Videolib] No DVD if its Streaming policy

I'm having a "What the...?" reaction to this. I'm all for saving money, but if the only consideration is "is it available online for free?" this is incredibly shortsighted. Sometimes you only need onetime access so these options might be just fine, but what about films that will be used for year

Re: [Videolib] Recommendations on DVD scratch/repair machine or system

We found that using a disc cleaning service was a better option for the small volume of DVDs needing serious cleaning. We send ours out to RubberDisc.com Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu

Re: [Videolib] Media Item labels

When we repackage DVDs into locking case, we move the paper insert (or use color copier to re-create the DVD art & info.) For foreign films, we add label so that title can be read in English and original language. Ex: Como agua para chocolate / Like water for chocolate. We have a few DVDs that

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide

Jo Ann - Coincidentally, the planning board of the National Media Market had decided to make the Preview Portal freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also star

[Videolib] Try out the National Media Market Preview Portal

On behalf of the planning board of the National Media Market, we invite you to try out the Preview Portal. It is freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also sta

Re: [Videolib] Public Librarians... Hoopla??

No experience with the services, but did just see these articles re Hoopla and other subscription streaming for libraries: http://gigaom.com/2013/07/24/hoopla-wants-to-be-a-free-netflix-for-library-users/ http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/07/media/more-vendors-help-libraries-stream-video/ Barb

Re: [Videolib] Community Media check out

Fairly similar to deg's experience -- we lend to everyone, but do have a handful of titles that are flagged as limited use to community users & no ILL because of licensing. The 3 approaches to psychotherapy films pop to mind was well as the business training videos. Barb Bergman | Media Service

Re: [Videolib] online streaming sources for short films?

IndieFlix video streaming has a lot of short films in its collection (Half of the 2000 titles are under 40 minutes). Library subscriptions are managed by Recorded Books. I don't know what the pricing structure is, but I like what I've seen of the content & interface. http://indieflix.com/ Barb

Re: [Videolib] Disposing of reel to reel films

After seeing if film archives and other film collectors want any of them, contact recycling companies. We had a local company take the leftover films, reels, and racks they had been stored on. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (

Re: [Videolib] changes

Good for you Susan! Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibli

Re: [Videolib] quick poll

We have open stacks, with the DVDs in locked cases (case is tattletaped; discs are not - overlays tend to cause playback problems). We use Checkpoint, which less expensive than the more secure KwikCases. I think lack of theft is more a nature of our patron population than from the security. It's

[Videolib] Survey - Video cataloging practices

We would appreciate your responses to this brief* survey about video cataloging at your library. https://mnsu.co1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_a3QYqoUuO1OxvdH Thank you for your time (and, as always, apologies for duplication if you saw this request on other discussion groups), Jessica Schomberg, B

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