[Videolib] INTELECOM
Hi Maria: We have cataloged all the INTELECOM programs for them, and also cataloged the clip repository. In my opinion, their programs are excellent. The staff in charge are also very well informed and quick to respond to all questions and concerns. Kindest regards Lorraine. Lorraine Knight President marc4media 10645 N. Tatum Blvd., Ste. 200-316 Phoenix Az. 85028 480-998-0283 www.marc4media.com <http://www.marc4media.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] DVD enhancements
Good reason to have MARC records that list supplementary materials in fields that provide title access. Lorraine. Lorraine Knight marc4media 10645 N. Tatum Blvd., Ste. 200-316 Phoenix Az. 85028 1-800-799-3988 480-998-0283 www.marc4media.com -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Brigid Duffy Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 8:46 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] DVD enhancements I have occasionally bought a DVD because it included a short film we needed. We also had a professor in business request Disney's "Ratatouille" not for the film, but for a supplementary interview on filmmaking and running a gourmet restaurant - "Fine Food and Film: A Conversation with Brad Bird and Thomas Keller" (2007, 14 minutes). Problem is, unless the supplementary materials are well publicized, nobody will know they are there, and that's not much of a selling point. And how many people buy anything (cars, phones, books, DVDs or whatever) because they want the add-ons? Brigid Duffy Media Acquisitions Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Sep 29, 2010, at 8:18 AM, wrote: > Hi all > > With almost no exception, DVD enhancements, supplements, add-ons, > bonuses, and the Special Features are almost completely ignored here. > There are a few interesting exceptions. Last year, we bought the TV > series "Young Indiana Jones", which includes (I kid you not) over 20 > hours of supplements. In that case, the supplements (historical > background related > to the adventures of young Indie) are the ONLY things ever used. > The only > other time that supplements get used are cases in which unique, whole > films (alternate versions, short films by the director of the feature, > etc) are included: e.g.: "White Fawn's Devotion" (the first American > feature by a Native American filmmaker) which is included with > Milestone's redoubtable "The Exiles". Maybe these bells/whistles mean > something in the home video marketplace, but in academia, not so > much...at least not in Berkeley academia. > > Gary > > >> Your point about enhancements is similar to textbook enhancements - >> CD-Roms, workbooks etc. Here is a link to the Government Accounting >> Office's report about the tripling of textbook prices: >> http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05806.pdf Spoiler: It is due to the >> enhancements and extras that come with the textbooks. >> >> Is there any indication that for face-to-face instruction that these >> enhancements or extras are utilized in class or as part of the >> curriculum? In the case of textbooks, sometimes professors actively >> use the enhancements (for instance test banks, many of which are >> available online via password - streaming, as it were) or assign >> students to use them, while some do not. If I had the choice to >> purchase a film for $100.00 to add to the collection and one for >> $395.00, I'd select the $100.00 cut even if I missed out on the >> enhancements. Because that means I could buy two more titles at that >> price for the cost of one film with enhancement. Perhaps some >> film/media faculty would make a special request for a DVD with >> extras, but as part of a collection development policy, I'd have to >> say that the most affordable item would be the priority. >> >> On 9/28/2010 2:43 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: >>> Matt, >>> >>> The simple answer is this. A DVD is a physical item that you have to >>> drop into a player. It is illegal to copy if it's encrypted (in most >>> cases). A streaming version is a digital file, and if it's on your >>> hard drive, it's literally forever. (Though, of course, this is >>> ridiculous because how many people can open files from 1992 even? >>> but >>> let's assume a file can migrate over the years.) >>> >>> As Jessica points out, distributors have limited contracts of >>> usually seven to fifteen years, but even more important, livelihoods >>> (and the >>> filmmakers') are based on repeated licensing of the same film. That >>> was the also case in most leasings of 16mm prints before the video >>> age as well, so it's not a new thing. And of course, if you have a >>> digital file, you can pass that file on to other hard drives so it's >>> like buying ten copies for the price of one. And if you have to >>> stream off of the distributor's hard drive, they would be
Re: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff
For the past 15 years, we've been cataloging for several educational media distributors. I'll add my two-bits to this strain, in case it's useful info. for some of you. Several BARR Film titles are now distributed by Lucerne Media. Rainbow Education, AIMS (Multi)Media, CLEARVUE & SVE, and United Learning are now distributed by Discovery Education. The Altshuhl Group (AGC) including older titles by Perennial Education etc. went to United Learning (then to Discovery?--I'm not sure if Discovery has rights to all the older AGC titles, but I could check on this if there is interest). Cerebellum Corp. has taken over the distribution of titles by Teacher's Media, and Sunburst Visual Learning (Media). There was a progression where hard copy versions of Teacher's and Sunburst were distributed by AIM Ed., but these hard copy versions are now distributed by Cerebellum. (We're still cataloging for Cerebellum Corp., so they can't be an out-of-business distributor, unless I'm confusing corporate names) ...there's no better way to keep up on this than to have to change distributor names or add new distributor names to existing MARC records. It's a headache. I could get into all the rules on this vs. the client demands, but I'll spare you the details... The main reason why hard copy sales have changed hands so much lately, is because the future seems to be in streaming rather than hard copy sales. In most cases, that doesn't mean the hard copy versions are not available. (note I'm talking mainly K-12 titles, but Education faculties need these as well, don't they?) Lorraine. Lorraine Knight marc4media 1-800-799-3988 480-998-0283 www.marc4media.com -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Brigid Duffy Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:45 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff More out-of-business distributors: AGC United Learning Blackhawk Films Brandon Films Cerebellum Company Encyclopedia Brittanica Educational Corporation Film Images Grove Press Harper and Row Publishers Home Vision Learning Corporation of America Macmillan Films Menninger Video Productions Multifocus International Mystic Fire Video Serious Business Company Tamarelle's International Films Television Licensing Center The Voyager Company Wishing Well Distributing CRM Films is now CRM Learning, a management training video distributor; it is still in business. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:00 AM, wrote: > Thanks for all who responded to my query re out o' business > distributors. > I'm informed that the Latin American Video Archive (LAVA) did, indeed, > distribute some materials in their database, so I'll add these to the > list. > > In thinking thru which classes or varieties of material may have a > high likelihood of being OP and unobtainable, it also occurred to me > that besides the catalogs of defunct distributors, we may also want to > think about > > PBS titles distributed before 2000 (seems to me that this is > lamentable but true in a large number of cases) > > Titles purchased from associations, professional organizations, > research organizations before 2000 > > Self-distributed, independently produced titles released before 2000 > > What am I leaving out? > > > > > 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. 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 rela
