Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National Media Market
Any recommendations for music venues in KC? At 08:46 AM 9/24/2010, you wrote: If you are a history buff and thinking about going to the Truman Presidential Library, you should also consider the WW I museum. It is the only one in the US and highly recommended by one of the new NMM exhibitors, Eleventh Day. http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspxhttp://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx Robert A. Norris Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. 308 North Wolf Road Wheeling, IL 60090 Phone:(847) 419-0255 Fax:(847) 419-8933 Email:mailto:b...@filmideas.comb...@filmideas.com Web:http://www.filmideas.com/www.filmideas.com http://www.FIChannels.com/www.FIChannels.com Please print responsibly. 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. Patricia McVay Gorrell Media Library Manager The College of Wooster Media Library 1140 Beall Avenue Wooster, OH 44691-2364 email: pmc...@wooster.edu 330-263-2285 (office) 330-263-2253 (fax) Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essayist 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] Blu-Ray in libraries
A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edu 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.
Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 34, Issue 129
If you are going to NMM, and you have never seen Alejandro GO! Here is some more information. Alejandro Escovedo (http://www.alejandroescovedo.com/) will be at http://www.knuckleheadskc.com/ on the 24th. From Wikipedia: The son of Mexican http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicanimmigrants to Texas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas, [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Escovedo#cite_note-0Escovedo is from family that boasts several professional musicians, including brothers (and percussionists) Coke Escovedohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_Escovedoand Pete Escovedo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Escovedo, and Sheila Ehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_E(Pete's daughter and Alejandro's niece, respectively). Another brother, Mario, fronted the hard rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_rock band The Dragons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dragons_%28band%29. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Escovedo Gina (Cone) Krause Server Farm Branding, LLC LearningCORE, LLC Digital Solutions for EDUCATION. ENCODE. STORE. STREAM. INSPIRE (Phone) (843) 321-9741 (eMail) gkra...@learningcore.net (Skype) gina.cone1 On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:34 AM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.eduwrote: Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Introducing new exhibitors at the NationalMediaMarket (CROWLEY, CHRISTINE) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:29:44 -0500 From: CROWLEY, CHRISTINE ccrowl...@alamo.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National MediaMarket To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: dbce06919cb10d438b9adeb7486c3d4101d52...@accdmail2.ad.root Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Ah, yes. When I was living in KC during the Mafia wars (!), the Power and Light district was only a gleam in someone's eye. I am so glad it finally came to fruition as downtown was DEAD at night. Too bad River Quay ended up the way it did. Is Milton's Jazz joint still open on Main St?? Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Adjunct Faculty, Theatre Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 voice 210.486.4504 fax We will either find a way, or make one.--Hannibal From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of gary jenkins Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:13 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National MediaMarket The Power Light District is about 20 blocks straight north of the Plaza. Take the Max bus on Main Street. Stop at the Liberty Memorial WWI museum, Union Station and Crown Center at about 20th and Main and then to 14th and Main to Grand St.for the Power and Light for food and night life. The area between the Crown Center and the Power and LIght is called Crossroads and has a lot of art galleries and eating places. The old River Quay is part of the City Market area and not much there anymore. This area is about 4th st. and Main. I am doing a film about a mafia war that ended the River Quay in the late 1970s. Gary Jenkins www.lifedocumentaries.com --- On Fri, 9/24/10, CROWLEY, CHRISTINE ccrowl...@alamo.edu wrote: From: CROWLEY, CHRISTINE ccrowl...@alamo.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National Media Market To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 8:44 AM What kind of music? The primary areas for entertainment are the Country Club Plaza (which we will be looking down upon from the hotel), Westport (43rd Street, nearby), the old River Quay area way downtown (has a new name), the Union Station complex that has been revitalized. I am sure there are more out of the way places, too. Perhaps Elinor Barron can rustle up one of the tabloids that has listings of clubs, etc. Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Adjunct Faculty, Theatre Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 voice 210.486.4504 fax We will either find a way, or make one.--Hannibal From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Patti McVay Gorrell Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 8:24 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National Media Market Any
Re: [Videolib] Introducing New Exhibitors at the National Media Market
I¹ll be there representing New Day Films at the National Media Market and, as a lifelong resident of KC, would be happy to provide information and directions to some of the better attractions. The WWI museum is great, as is the Nelson-Atkins. If you¹re looking for a more offbeat but really interesting time, you might want to check out the Steamboat Arabia museum in the River Market area. It¹s a museum dedicated to an intact steamboat that sunk in the river about 150 years ago, then was buried when the river changed course. Someone found it and dug it up, along with all of its cargo. Surprisingly fascinating glimpse of life in that era. One of the music places not mentioned is Jardine¹s, where they have really good jazz and it¹s walking distance from the hotel. There¹s a Negro Leagues baseball museum AND another good jazz nightclub on 18th street, just a couple of blocks from Arthur Bryants, where they have the best barbequed brisket in the world. KC has some very good restaurants, but many of them are out-of-the way little joints you might not get told about at first, such as Blue Koi, where they have Asian pot roast with noodles. I¹ll have a list of stuff like this in our suite, number 1124, for anybody who wants it. Since many of you are movie people, you might like going to AMC Main Street theatre (AMC¹s HQ is here), where they have a restaurant, often with live entertainment, 6 theatres with the best digital projection, sound and amazing seats. No, really, the seats are cool. Also, if the Chiefs are still winning, hell will be frozen over and we can all go ice-skating. See you at the market. Feel free to contact me in advance if you like. Jeff Tamblyn New Day Films 913 219 6533 From: videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:07:19 -0700 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 34, Issue 130 Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/video...@lists.berkeley.e du or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu You can reach the person managing the list at videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of videolib digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: Blu-Ray in libraries (ghand...@library.berkeley.edu) 2. Re: Blu-Ray in libraries (ghand...@library.berkeley.edu) 3. Re: Blu-Ray in libraries (Meghann Matwichuk) 4. Re: videolib Digest, Vol 34, Issue 129 (Gina Krause) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:40:42 -0700 From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 110fc8ce7ebd9932c320573d064bc0ac.squir...@calmail.berkeley.edu Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 Blu-What? Look...what exactly is the point? Does the university intend to install Blu-ray machines (or HD projectors) in classrooms? Hell, they can barely get it together to put in shades on the windows. Is the media center going to install 42 HD monitors at individual or group viewing stations??? I don't THINK so... Not to mention: In the past three years, I've spent maybe 10 to 15 grand on replacing VHS titles with garden-variety DVDs...no way I can justify rebuying the collection again for the sake of sweeter eye-candy. gary handman A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edu 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
Re: [Videolib] Organic popcorn at library screenings?
This follow-up was posted on the ALA blog at http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/green-your-library/all-things-corn#comment-1073. - - - Additional links citing sources Here are two links citing the 1999 FDA Total Diet Study where popcorn is listed as one of the top ten polluted foods with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS). http://www.humanecologyreview.org/pastissues/her111/111adeola.pdf (pg. 31) http://www.isotope.com/cil/tech/library/pdfs/PDF_2002-standard.pdf (pg. 2) Submitted by Laura (not verified) on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 08:05. - - - Mike Michael May Adult Services Librarian Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 West 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244 Fax: 563-589-4217 Email: m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Antonella Ward [antonella.w...@angelo.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:41 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Organic popcorn at library screenings? Could the file called TDS Diets, Version 3, located at the bottom of the following Web page: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodContaminantsAdulteration/TotalDietStudy/ucm184232.htm on the FDA Web site be the infamous food list mentioned in earlier posts? Antonella Ward Multimedia Support Librarian/Porter Henderson Library Angelo State University Member, Texas Tech University System ASU Station #11013 San Angelo, TX 76909-1013 Phone: (325) 942-2313 Fax: (325) 942-2198 antonella.w...@angelo.edu Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. (Samuel Johnson) -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Mike Tribby Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:15 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Organic popcorn at library screenings? I found something like the described list here: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/cspi_top_10_fda.pdf but nothing with an official FDA url. And the list at that site _doesn't_ seem to include popcorn. BTW-- Gary, if Berkeley mandates organic popcorn at theaters, Madison will probably fall all over its funky metropolitan self to follow. Hope y'all have plenty of brewer's yeast to put on the organic popcorn! Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Not to piss Gary or anyone off, but as I've mentioned before, DVD sales are way down and the journalists are much more interested in covering bluray. Add to that my films usually start with $10,000 to $50, film transfers done at 2K, that our reputation is based on quality, that I tend to move into a technology when the player drops below a $100, *and* that Netflix really wants streaming more than DVDs, the decision is pretty clear for our company. (Probably not for educational films.) I'm really considering releasing Bluray only and having DVD-Rs for those who want otherwise. We are definitely at the crossroads! -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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.
Re: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National Media Market
Thanks, Bob. You are right, this one is a definite also! rhonda From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Norris Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 5:47 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Introducing new exhibitors at the National Media Market If you are a history buff and thinking about going to the Truman Presidential Library, you should also consider the WW I museum. It is the only one in the US and highly recommended by one of the new NMM exhibitors, Eleventh Day. http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx Robert A. Norris Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. 308 North Wolf Road Wheeling, IL 60090 Phone: (847) 419-0255 Fax:(847) 419-8933 Email:b...@filmideas.commailto:b...@filmideas.com Web: www.filmideas.comhttp://www.filmideas.com/ www.FIChannels.comhttp://www.FIChannels.com/ Please print responsibly. 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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Check back with me in five years, Dennis... Bluray = BetaMax gary Not to piss Gary or anyone off, but as I've mentioned before, DVD sales are way down and the journalists are much more interested in covering bluray. Add to that my films usually start with $10,000 to $50, film transfers done at 2K, that our reputation is based on quality, that I tend to move into a technology when the player drops below a $100, *and* that Netflix really wants streaming more than DVDs, the decision is pretty clear for our company. (Probably not for educational films.) I'm really considering releasing Bluray only and having DVD-Rs for those who want otherwise. We are definitely at the crossroads! -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
We are purchasing Blu-rays here at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and my approach to selection is in line with Meghann’s; film studies kinds of films, stuff like Planet earth, and a few like Avatar that I know patrons will want. Blu-ray circulation is surprisingly strong. We have one HD monitor/blu-ray player set up in our viewing area. Jeff From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:01 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries We at the Univ. of DE Library are purchasing BluRays. We only have about a dozen on shelf right now, but our two biggest circulating titles are Avatar and the Planet Earth series. I do not purchase titles on BluRay unless we have a standard-definition copy already in the collection -- there are two few of our users who have the players, and they are not supported in the classroom. I personally see it more as a novelty than a serious shift in collection priorities, however I'm starting to think that some titles will soon be purchasable only in combination (standard packaged with BluRay). I ran across a yet-to-be-released PBS title not too long ago that appeared be coming only in such a package. This will create a headache for us -- How to catalog -- split them up? Keep in original packaging and they end up with BluRays -- we encourage folks to check there for standard copies as well? Headaches aplenty. I try to purchase titles that best show off the technology, e.g. those that were filmed in high-def or have been subjected to high-quality high-def 'restoration'. The recent BBC nature titles are incredible on BluRay, as are the restored Kubrick films and some others. Animated films also benefit especially from high-def presentation, so we have a number of Pixar films on BluRay. DVD Beaver is a good source for determining the quality of BluRay releases. A few notes: * Just as some VHS titles look better on VHS than they do on DVD, some standard definition DVDs look better than BluRay. Case in point: North by Northwest. The standard (restored) version has better contrast and gives a much more pleasurable viewing experience than the BluRay, which is pretty flat / dark (albeit perhaps truer to the film) in comparison. At least IMHO. * We have several LG BluRay players and they can be somewhat fussy when playing discs. After investigation (and my own personal experience), I feel confident in saying that the best BluRay player currently available is the Sony PlayStation 3 console. Even if it's not being used for gaming at all, it's a great player. More consistent, can handle heavy use, well-designed interface. * They can be more time-intensive to catalog, thanks to menu complications and some poor design. Disney especially. Best, * Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Instructional Media Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/instructionalmedia/ On 9/24/2010 11:18 AM, Pamela Bristah wrote: A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edumailto:pbris...@wellesley.edu 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
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Gary, Agreed. Not really an argument. But DVD = VHS. DD On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:49 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Check back with me in five years, Dennis... Bluray = BetaMax gary Not to piss Gary or anyone off, but as I've mentioned before, DVD sales are way down and the journalists are much more interested in covering bluray. Add to that my films usually start with $10,000 to $50, film transfers done at 2K, that our reputation is based on quality, that I tend to move into a technology when the player drops below a $100, *and* that Netflix really wants streaming more than DVDs, the decision is pretty clear for our company. (Probably not for educational films.) I'm really considering releasing Bluray only and having DVD-Rs for those who want otherwise. We are definitely at the crossroads! -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! 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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Gary, I agree with your assessment of the streaming vs. Blu-ray argument, particularly when it has to do with the question of non-commercial vs. academic use. If the user is simply concerned with content access, streaming will do, but areas like Film Studies are usually concerned with the quality of the image and sound. If I was not supporting Film Studies I would also be questioning the never ending process of repurchasing titles. The Concordia University situation is that we are now getting 2k projectors for the auditoria where Film Studies are taught. We also enthusiastically support 35mm films. Film Studies courses have almost always been taught with a licensed projectionist in a projection booth setting up clips, projecting films and digital media. I have been buying Blu-rays for 3 years now and we have somewhere over 200 titles. My Dean managed to argue for some badly needed capital funds and I have been able to equip my 3 seminar rooms with 65 THX 1080p monitors and all-region Blu-ray players. I'm also in the process of changing the individual viewing stations to make them less institutional and more semi-private with 32 1080p monitors and all-region Blu-ray players. But all this is simply because we have an academic area that requires this and I have been able to successfully lobby for the money (and miraculously there was some money). The result has been very interesting: students are really responding and actually spending a lot of time watching movies here compared to when we had 17 monitors and DVD players. This is the beginning of the semester and it looks like the end of the semester in terms of student traffic. And as for differences in DVD vs. Blu-ray, on some films, if you have an upconverting DVD player the differences are almost indistinguishable. But, on other films, like Kino's The General, the difference is completely mind boggling. Doing a side-by-side comparison of the DVD and the Blu-ray is like watching a VHS transfer next to a 35mm print. In this particular case, I'm not exagerating. It's all a matter of budget first, and supporting client's real needs. Oksana At 11:50 AM 24/09/2010, you wrote: ...oh, buy the way: in thinking about the next evolutionary hop in mediadom, I think it's important to avoid conflating issues having to do with media delivery and ease of access (streaming)with image quality. Let's face it, unless there's a some spectacular quantum technological leap, moving images delivered over networks are always going to be inferior to what can be delivered/projected locally...at least in non-commercial contexts). In other words, the I'm not buying Blu-ray, I'm waiting for streamed delivery is sort of a misguided argument. gary Blu-What? Look...what exactly is the point? Does the university intend to install Blu-ray machines (or HD projectors) in classrooms? Hell, they can barely get it together to put in shades on the windows. Is the media center going to install 42 HD monitors at individual or group viewing stations??? I don't THINK so... Not to mention: In the past three years, I've spent maybe 10 to 15 grand on replacing VHS titles with garden-variety DVDs...no way I can justify rebuying the collection again for the sake of sweeter eye-candy. gary handman A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edu 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
I've been buying Blu-rays for my medium-sized public library for almost two years, and they circulate well. We have one Blu-ray viewing station, too. Rather than replacing DVDs, the Blu-rays compliment or supplement our DVDs. Generally I buy Blu-rays when we have 15 or more patron requests for titles on DVD, usually the newest box-office hits, about 5 to 10 Blu-rays per month. If I had more money, I'd buy older, better reviewed releases on Blu-ray, but patron demand and title availability for DVDs far outweigh Blu-rays. Mike Michael May Adult Services Librarian Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 West 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244 Fax: 563-589-4217 Email: m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Pamela Bristah [pbris...@wellesley.edu] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:18 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edumailto:pbris...@wellesley.edu 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.
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
Dennis, as much as I like DVDs, I can easily see why you (Milestone) might choose to go Blu-ray only with DVD-Rs created on demand. The decline in the DVD market is very real. The major studios staved off the stagnation in the DVD market temporarily by flooding the market with TV series on DVD, but that only lasted for so long. As people have noted in earlier threads, the major studios--Warner first and now MGM/US, Universal and Sony are starting to sell DVD-Rs on demand of classic titles that only a couple years ago would have made the cut for a standard DVD release. This is bad for libraries since DVD-Rs are not a stable medium, but I don't know what can be done about that because we're not the primary market for home video titles. At least in Warner's case they're making a lot of wonderful, rare stuff available now. Emory is collecting mostly the same kind Blu-ray titles as Jeff at Ann Arbor and Meghann at U of Delaware, not a large number. We have a Blu-ray player and Pioneer plasma display in the library's Group Viewing Room, and a couple Blu-ray players and HD LCD screens in viewing carrels. (They also play standard DVDs, of course, so they get used either way.) One newly constructed classroom building has high-definition projectors and Blu-ray players installed, but as far as I know the rest of the main campus is still standard-def and standard DVD only. I don't think that having to re-buy at least *some* video titles in a new format or upgraded version is a bad thing at all. I am quite happy to buy both the restored Criterion DVD and Blu-ray of Antonioni's THE RED DESERT when we already have the sad old Image DVD with faded color. People study that film precisely for its use of color, so I consider the upgrade money well spent. Yes it costs money, but it's far less than a lot of other things libraries spend their money on, such as public performance rights for a one-time public screening or copyright clearance fees for a single course reserves reading assignment that exceeds fair use. --James -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian Theater, Dance, ILA/IDS and LGBT Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: jste...@emory.edu Web: www.jamesmsteffen.net -- Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:49:35 -0400 From: Pearson, Jeffrey jwpea...@umich.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 3eaaba89d046bd49b271131fdf18e85c06dc905...@itcs-ecls-1-vs3.adsroot.itcs.umich.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 We are purchasing Blu-rays here at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and my approach to selection is in line with Meghann?s; film studies kinds of films, stuff like Planet earth, and a few like Avatar that I know patrons will want. Blu-ray circulation is surprisingly strong. We have one HD monitor/blu-ray player set up in our viewing area. Jeff From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:01 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries We at the Univ. of DE Library are purchasing BluRays. We only have about a dozen on shelf right now, but our two biggest circulating titles are Avatar and the Planet Earth series. I do not purchase titles on BluRay unless we have a standard-definition copy already in the collection -- there are two few of our users who have the players, and they are not supported in the classroom. I personally see it more as a novelty than a serious shift in collection priorities, however I'm starting to think that some titles will soon be purchasable only in combination (standard packaged with BluRay). I ran across a yet-to-be-released PBS title not too long ago that appeared be coming only in such a package. This will create a headache for us -- How to catalog -- split them up? Keep in original packaging and they end up with BluRays -- we encourage folks to check there for standard copies as well? Headaches aplenty. I try to purchase titles that best show off the technology, e.g. those that were filmed in high-def or have been subjected to high-quality high-def 'restoration'. The recent BBC nature titles are incredible on BluRay, as are the restored Kubrick films and some others. Animated films also benefit especially from high-def presentation, so we have a number of Pixar films on BluRay. DVD Beaver is a good source for determining the quality of BluRay releases. A few notes: * Just as some VHS titles look better on VHS than they do on DVD, some standard definition DVDs look better than BluRay. Case in point: North by Northwest. The standard (restored) version has better contrast and gives a much more
Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries
I bought 51 Blu-rays back in March, in part because I'd gotten several requests to purchase some, in part because I wanted to conduct a small trial. Part of the way I justified trying out Blu-ray was that I bought also bought regular DVDs of anything that I bought in Blu-ray. So if a student said, No fair, I don't have Blu-ray, we could say, We have the film in regular DVD format. Though our Blu-rays circulate, they don't circulate extremely well and the circs don't appear to be growing. One Avatar, for example, circulated 21 times in regular DVD format. So far, it's circulated 5 times in Blu-ray. For some of the older films, the circs are a bit more even: Raging Bull, in Blu-ray, has circulated twice since March. In regular format, it has circulated four times. On the flip side, I have gotten some anecdotal feedback from students who think it's cool to offer Blu-ray, and we've ILL'd more of the Blu-ray than we have the DVD counterpart. Like many, I think the data show that access often trumps quality. I don't really feel sorry about getting Blu-ray though, because it's not really an access versus quality paradigm. To me, it's a now versus --maybe if we're lucky-- ten years from now paradigm. Of course any library that could (legally) purchase Avatar online and offer it to its patrons, would do so. But why do we keep comparing something like Oliver Stone's Malcolm X with an online PBS Malcolm X? So, Blu-ray may not be about fulfilling the best option, as much as it is about listening to patron input, and determining if it can serve as a small part of the option. I think that each library needs to think about Blu-ray on its own terms. Mary. Mary Hanlin Media Collection Development Librarian Tidewater Community College P: 757.822.2133 F: 757.822.2149 mhan...@tcc.edu -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Michael May Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 1:06 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries I've been buying Blu-rays for my medium-sized public library for almost two years, and they circulate well. We have one Blu-ray viewing station, too. Rather than replacing DVDs, the Blu-rays compliment or supplement our DVDs. Generally I buy Blu-rays when we have 15 or more patron requests for titles on DVD, usually the newest box-office hits, about 5 to 10 Blu-rays per month. If I had more money, I'd buy older, better reviewed releases on Blu-ray, but patron demand and title availability for DVDs far outweigh Blu-rays. Mike Michael May Adult Services Librarian Carnegie-Stout Public Library 360 West 11th Street Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244 Fax: 563-589-4217 Email: m...@dubuque.lib.ia.us From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Pamela Bristah [pbris...@wellesley.edu] Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 10:18 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university libraries, since we're in the same boat.) If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles you have on DVD, or only new titles? Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. __ Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, pbris...@wellesley.edumailto:pbris...@wellesley.edu 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. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise be protected by law. Any access, use, disclosure or distribution of this email message by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized and prohibited. If you are not an intended recipient (or an agent
Re: [Videolib] Video Selection: Subject Selector or Media Specialist?
Hi Benjamin, At UVA the selection and purchase of videos is primarily the responsibility of the media librarian and are purchased from a central media budget. If subject librarians get requests from their faculty for media items they usually forward them to me. Our CJK librarian will sometimes purchase videos from his budget, as will our librarian for Middle Eastern Studies. Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mattb...@virginia.eduhttps://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu | 434-924-3812 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Benjamin Turner Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:59 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Video Selection: Subject Selector or Media Specialist? Dear Colleagues, At your institutions, is DVD and Video selection the responsibility of subject specialists, or primarily the responsibility of a media specialist? Or is the responsibility shared? Thank you very much for your feedback. Benjamin Turner Assistant Professor, Instructional Services St. John's University Libraries turn...@stjohns.edu 718.990.5562 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.
Re: [Videolib] Wolfram Alpha now provides information on box office receipts
Wonder what our biggest seller -- Killing Us Softly, 700+ student views per year -- would generate as a box office extravaganza! I mean, that's our equivalent, other than BitTorrent StarWars and Matt Damon downloads. Deg Farrelly wrote: FYI http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/60652 -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Arizona State University PO Box 37100 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 Phone: 602.543.8522 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu 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.
Re: [Videolib] PPR prices and service update
re: Rocky Horror. Time for guerrilla action. Did anyone in our group ever steal /Steal This Book/ by Abbie Hoffman? I got out the door but took it back. Kinda like that super grade B biker movie from the 60s with Peter Honda where they steal into Vegas, rob the place in a fantastic sting, and then die as fallen angels due to greed and a revengeful Hells Angel gang. On the desert no less ... this is PRE /Zabriskie Point/ mind you. Oh, GOD, I love it so .! Randal Jackson, Sandra F. wrote: Hello, all. I've had an interesting PPR day. It was my first time getting a quote from Zeitgeist films, and they just made my list of groups we will probably use again ---assuming the rest of the transaction goes as well. They quoted us a price of $300 for A Town Called Panic and said that they will send two DVDs ($8 shipping), which we can keep! In my opinion, that's a fair price for a rather new DVD and we're paying less for shipping than from other vendors. On the other hand, Criterion Pictures just told my students it will cost $1000 to show Rocky Horror on DVD, whether or not they charge admission. YEOCH. This is an increase of several hundred dollars from the showing price for last year. We've had spotty customer service from Criterion in recent years (it was better with a new rep, until just recently), so I'm not sure I'll be recommending their services on campus with rates that high that do not reflect the service we receive. My hope is that they are just jacking up the price on a popular title and that this will not reflect other DVD prices. If all the prices are going up, I'll probably start recommending other distributors. The prices from Swank have been consistent and their customer service has been excellent, as usual. The only down side is that we can't promote their titles off-campus, which impacts groups wanting to do community service and outreach. We've also had good experiences with Oscilloscope Laboratories and Film Movement, this semester. There are probably some others I could add to the good list. Sandra *Sandra F. Jackson** **Film Program Coordinator ** **Lumina Theater Sharky's Box Office** *Department of Campus Life The University of North Carolina Wilmington Phone 910.962.7971 Fax: 910-962-7438 jackso...@uncw.edu *http://www.uncw.edu/lumina*** */NOTICE: Emails sent and received in the course of university business are subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §132-1 et seq.) and may be released to the public unless an exception applies./* 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.
