[Videolib] VHS Collections
Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Andrew J. Damico Preservation Librarian Fondren Library - MS44 Rice University 6100 S. Main St. Houston, TX 77005 -1892 PH: 713-348-2602 FAX:713-348-5862 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] VHS Collections
We maintain our VHS collection--it is actually more reliable than most DVD's we own. We do not pack or check them on any regular basis. I have played tapes from the 1980's that are still in very good condition. We only convert tapes if we have permission or it is locally produced. For all of its criticism it's a very reliable and universal format. --Mike Schmitt UW-Green Bay -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Damico Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:09 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] VHS Collections Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Andrew J. Damico Preservation Librarian Fondren Library - MS44 Rice University 6100 S. Main St. Houston, TX 77005 -1892 PH: 713-348-2602 FAX:713-348-5862 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] VHS Collections
I still have some old magnetic tape VHS from the days when they came in the fat padded boxes. Basically the first commercial releases, and they still play though the transfers where never that good. On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Schmitt, Mike schmi...@uwgb.edu wrote: We maintain our VHS collection--it is actually more reliable than most DVD's we own. We do not pack or check them on any regular basis. I have played tapes from the 1980's that are still in very good condition. We only convert tapes if we have permission or it is locally produced. For all of its criticism it's a very reliable and universal format. --Mike Schmitt UW-Green Bay -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Damico Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:09 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] VHS Collections Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Andrew J. Damico Preservation Librarian Fondren Library - MS44 Rice University 6100 S. Main St. Houston, TX 77005 -1892 PH: 713-348-2602 FAX:713-348-5862 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. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.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.
Re: [Videolib] VHS Collections
We still maintain a circulating VHS collection. We will buy VHS for a faculty member if there is no DVD available and we buying DVDs copies for VHS items based on circulation statistics and faculty requests. We are not actively weeding our VHS collection yet. We are allowing any VHS tapes that we also have a DVD copy to circulate to our consortial partners. We have some unique documentaries and foreign films on VHS that may be of interest. Sandy Sandra Macke Catalog Librarian Penrose Library, University of Denver sandra.ma...@du.edu Google Talk: nyss...@gmail.com 303.871.3127 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Damico Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 11:09 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] VHS Collections Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Andrew J. Damico Preservation Librarian Fondren Library - MS44 Rice University 6100 S. Main St. Houston, TX 77005 -1892 PH: 713-348-2602 FAX:713-348-5862 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] films related to current events in the Middle East North Africa
It's not Friday, and it may not be a very fun topic. But i am looking for suggestions for films related to the currently unfolding events in the Middle East. Do you have a filmography or list or favorite film related to Egypt, Tunisia, Sudan, Arab democracy, regime change, political stability in Africa the Middle East, etc...? I ask becasue I am less than thrilled with what I'm finding and I am more willign to blame my searching than our holdings -- Rudy Leon Learning Commons Librarian Undergraduate Library University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-3503 http://www.deepening.wordpress.com AIM: rudibrarian 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] Documentary about The Oresteia
Hi all, I have a faculty member who swears up and down that she use to show a doc about Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy (Agamemnon/ Libation bearers/ Furies) - specifically Peter Hall's National Theatre production. It was a behind the scenes look at the production of the play, including stage work and the creation of the masks. It was under 1 hour long, she thinks it was Films Media Group, but she says it was definitely not Staging Classic Tragedy (Film for the Humanities, '89) or The Oresteia : the trilogy (Films for the Humanities, 3 part, '83). Anyone have an idea? Thanks! Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 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] VHS Collections
Hi Andrew, 1) Preservation - If a user complains about a problem, we will run VHS through the TapeChek machine to detect problems and to clean. 2) Only conversion of VHS to DVD and/or streaming so far is of ones that were created at our institution (so we hold copyright) 3) Replacement - we buy DVD copies of VHS materials (and LD too, more of a headache). To prioritize we replace things that have been put on Media Reserve also those items w/ very high circulation rates. 4) We weed from time-to-time, mostly when we replace w/ DVD or VCD format. From time-to-time, we weed to get rid of what we consider more ephemeral works, for example last spring we weeded about a dozen VHS title that were how-to-use videos for things like Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect 5.0. 5) No need to persuade selectors, I am the selector. The number one constraint on our replacement is budget; the second constraint is that some titles we would like to replace are not in the market. Regards, Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science Technology http://library.ust.hk Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy -- Andrew J. Damico Preservation Librarian Fondren Library - MS44 Rice University 6100 S. Main St. Houston, TX 77005 -1892 PH: 713-348-2602 FAX:713-348-5862 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] VHS Collections
We just completed a review of the VHS holdings at ASU's west campus library. We withdrew about 125 VHS titles for which we also had the title in DVD format. Almost all were feature films. We also pulled from the video stacks any VHS title that had not been borrowed in 5 years. These titles were not withdrawn, but moved to a closed stack area of the building. They remain in the online catalog, and are available on request. We are working on a review of the titles we have in VHS that are available in the FMG Films on Demand collection. We plan to move VHS titles that are duplicated by the streaming collection to the same closed-stack location. These will also remain in the catalog. -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu From: videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:15:09 -0700 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 39, Issue 26 Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:08:36 -0600 From: Andy Damico adam...@rice.edu Subject: [Videolib] VHS Collections To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: 4d5186a4.6060...@rice.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you persuade selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy 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] 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, Barb 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,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] music reserves
Hi Barbara, You can find the Music Library Association's Statement on the Digital Transmission of Audio Reserves @ http://copyright.musiclibraryassoc.org/Resources/DigitalReserves In short, MLA supports the creation and transmission of digital audio file copies of copyrighted recordings of musical works for course reserves purposes. They look to Section 107 of the copyright law [which] states that 'the fair use of a copyrighted work...[for] teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.' The Music Library Association takes the position that the making of digital copies of entire works, in order to provide digital delivery of course reserves, is a fair use under this statute and is analogous to established practices. - John _ John Vallier Univ. of Washington Libraries, Seattle http://www.lib.washington.edu/media 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] music reserves
Hi Barb, Hong Kong copyright law is different than USA, but if one of my faculty members asked the question like this, I would answer this way: If you are talking about creating a mix-CD by copying *entire tracks*, or copying and posting entire tracks of music onto a server, it sounds like a copyright violation to me. To me it's like asking can I copy 2 chapters out of this book and 1 chapter out of that book, and post them on our intranet for home-work In our library, we will put a whole physical CD on Reserve and the students will have to find the right track by himself or herself. Also, I have found that the biggest problem for music reserves is for the professor to actually get the students to do the listening homework assignments. Frequent quizzes seem to help. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 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, Barb 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,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.
