[Videolib] looking for Message from Mississippi

2016-07-11 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Hi. This is a longshot – trying to locate a copy of Message from Mississippi 
closer to Philadelphia than MS. Faculty member willing to travel to view if not 
loanable. Any help appreciated!

Merle

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[Videolib] Help finding info

2014-12-04 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
A faculty member has asked me to locate articles speaking directly to the high 
cost of educational pricing of documentaries. I've been doing searches and have 
come up with nothing, which I find hard to believe. Does anyone in 
videolib-land know of any articles? Can you direct me to a good source or the 
magic keywords to sue? Thanks for your help.

Merle

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Hi. A faculty mem
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between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
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Re: [Videolib] Help finding info

2014-12-04 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
No, needs articles to cite. But thanks for the suggestion.

Merle

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 3:49 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Help finding info

I am guessing posts on videolib do not qualify?

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Merle J. Slyhoff 
mslyh...@law.upenn.edumailto:mslyh...@law.upenn.edu wrote:
A faculty member has asked me to locate articles speaking directly to the high 
cost of educational pricing of documentaries. I’ve been doing searches and have 
come up with nothing, which I find hard to believe. Does anyone in 
videolib-land know of any articles? Can you direct me to a good source or the 
magic keywords to sue? Thanks for your help.

Merle

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Hi. A faculty mem

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] Help finding info

2014-12-04 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Wonderful! Thank you Andy.

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Horbal
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 4:00 PM
To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu'
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Help finding info

Hi Merle,

I recently conducted a literature review which included articles on the 
evolution of educational pricing. Everything I found on that topic is included 
on the attached Word file!

Andy Horbal
Media Resources Librarian
0300 Hornbake Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-9227
ahor...@umd.edumailto:ahor...@umd.edu


From: 
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Merle J. Slyhoff
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 3:47 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Help finding info

A faculty member has asked me to locate articles speaking directly to the high 
cost of educational pricing of documentaries. I've been doing searches and have 
come up with nothing, which I find hard to believe. Does anyone in 
videolib-land know of any articles? Can you direct me to a good source or the 
magic keywords to sue? Thanks for your help.

Merle

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Philadelphia, PA 19104-3406
Hi. A faculty mem
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] Suggestions for reaching Law School Librarians?

2013-10-18 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Hi Jessica.  The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) sells its list of 
members to companies, I believe.  There is a listerve for law librarians but it 
isn't designed for advertisements, and when a publisher/vendor posts about a 
new item there are blasts that it's inappropriate for the list.  For direct 
contact it's best to go through AALL to obtain the contact information for the 
academic law librarians.

Merle

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 10:05 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Suggestions for reaching Law School Librarians?

I am looking for contacting law school librarians. I have really special film ( 
will be at NMM but not shilling it here) that will be of particular interest to 
law schools. I remember a few years ago trying to reach out to librarians at 
law schools and I don't recall finding a specific organization or list. I 
figure folks here might have some ideas.
Feel free to email me off list.


--
Jessica Rosner
Media Consultant
224-545-3897 (cell)
212-627-1785 (land line)
jessicapros...@gmail.commailto:jessicapros...@gmail.com
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
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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] Good Night and Good Luck

2012-04-02 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Gary,

What a shock to read your email.  With the elegance, panache, quiet humor and 
himility that I've always considered to be a major part of your character, you 
summed up the profession over the years and paved the way for the future.  But 
you failed to note what a key and vital role you have played in the growth and 
understanding of media in libraries.

When I first entered the foray of media I had to turn to ALA for advice as law 
libraries were just at the very beginning of using media and I had no 
colleagues to turn to.  You were one of the first people I met (possibly at the 
Dallas ALA which was my first ALA conference - there was a media workshop that 
year) and have since then have turned to you for advice on a number of 
occasions.  I have emails from you that I often refer to when a particular 
issues rears its ugly head.  Just earlier today I had a lively discussion about 
copyright and fair use with some not-so-by-the-books folks and wished you could 
have been there to help set these people on the right track.  

I wish you luck in your next phase of life.  I can't say to relax and enjoy it 
- I can only say enjoy it... it looks like you'll have little time to relax.  I 
look forward to seeing and hearing more from you - in the form of writing, 
cartoons, and banjo cds.

A long and prosperous life...

Merle 

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] 
On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu [ghand...@library.berkeley.edu]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 11:17 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Good Night and Good Luck

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls

It is with a mix of melancholy, ebullience, slight trepidation, and vast
relief that I announce my forthcoming retirement from the University of
California Berkeley and the Media Resources Center on June 28, 2012.
Today marks my 33rd anniversary with the University, and this year my 36th
as a librarian (a fact which seems more than a little surreal to me).
I’ve been director of the Media Center for about 28 of those years, and
there hasn’t been week, good or bad, that has gone by without my murmuring
a little thanks for the cosmic hiccups that allowed me to stumble into
such a cool and personally rewarding gig.   I simply cannot think of
anywhere that I would have been happier professionally, or another
position in which I would have grown and learned and contributed as much.

In some sense, I feel a bit like Mark Twain, who was born during the fiery
appearance of Halley’s Comet, and who went out with its reappearance, 74
years later.  I began my career in media in the early 80s, at the dawn of
the home video age (or the “Video Revolution” as it was often
hyperbolically called in the library literature at the time).  I’m bowing
out of the business at a time when the technologies and economics of video
production and distribution, and the video content universe itself are
again in a state of radical flux.  Along with these changes, video
collections and service in libraries are also bound to experience major
tremors and evolutionary shifts.  I’m not sure whether I’m leaving the
scene feeling sanguine or pessimistic about this future, but in any case
it’s definitely going to be an interesting and challenging next decade.

I am going to miss all my long-time professional pals profoundly, both
those on the library side and the distributor side of the fence.  I grew
up with a number of you in this field, and along the way you’ve become a
kind of extended workaday family, complete with the obstreperous
get-togethers, occasional bickering, and comforting sympathy.  I’m also
heartened by the number of young, creative, and energetic colleagues who
have hopped on board in more recent times.  Definitely makes me less
gloomy about prospects for the future.

Not sure exactly what I’m going to do next:  I’d like to continue teaching
film somewhere on campus or off; I’m up for grabs as a consultant; want to
write a bit; gotta catch up on all the national cinemas I’ve given
short-shrift to over the years; want to log in more gym time; would like
to hone my banjo and ukulele-playing chops; want to get back to freelance
cartooning and illustration.  At very least, I’m aiming at becoming an
accomplished and well-known Berkeley flâneur and café personality.

As for the fate of the UC Berkeley Media Resources Center…  In light of
the dire economic straits into which UC has been shoved, it is almost
completely unlikely that my position will be filled any time soon.  The
future

[Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
We had a request for a dvd from France.  The company responded that it is in 
PAL Region 0.  They seemed to indicate we would be able to use it here.  Our IT 
department isn't sure if it would work.  Does anyone have experience using 
Region 0 dvds?  Your help is appreciated.  Thanks!  And happy holidays to all

Merle

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Re: [Videolib] PAL question

2011-12-23 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Thanks for the input.  I'll let our IT/media guys know the solution.

Merle

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-Original Message-
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of 
ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 12:55 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] PAL question

You'll be able to play this on a laptop, most likely.  Otherwise, as Dennis has 
said, you'd need a code-free (all region) player

gary


 It just depends if you have a multi-system DVD player or not. In 
 Europe, they almost all are. in the United States, some are, but 
 usually you have to specifically purchase one.

 Best regards,
 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.comebackafrica.com
 www.yougottomove.com
 www.ontheboweryfilm.com
 www.arayafilm.com
 www.exilesfilm.com
 www.wordisoutmovie.com
 www.killerofsheep.com
 http://www.killerofsheep.com/
 Join Milestone Film on Facebook and Twitter!
 and the
 Association of Moving Image Archivists http://www.amianet.org/!


 Follow Milestone on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms

 On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Merle J. Slyhoff
 mslyh...@law.upenn.eduwrote:

 We had a request for a dvd from France.  The company responded that 
 it is in PAL Region 0.  They seemed to indicate we would be able to 
 use it here.
 Our IT department isn’t sure if it would work.  Does anyone have 
 experience using Region 0 dvds?  Your help is appreciated.  Thanks!  
 And happy holidays to all

 ** **

 Merle

 ** **

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 Collection Development   F: 215-898-6619 

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 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.




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 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


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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] Do you use these streaming video links?

2011-07-05 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
I need to track down an episode of America's Most Wanted.  I found 2 sites that 
say they have them - tvduck.com and tvtubex.com.  Our IT department won't let 
me use these links - do any of you use them and know them to be legit?  Thanks!

Merle

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VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
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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] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.

2010-07-30 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Is the list investigating a way to stop her vacation emails?



-Original Message-
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Ketchaver
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:47 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 
16th.

August 17 can't come soon enough

Karen

Karen G. Ketchaver
Acquisitions Unit Leader
Grasselli Library
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Hts., Ohio 44118-4581
U.S.A.
(216)397-1622 phone/(216)397-1809 fax  



 Original message 
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:33 +
From: Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu  
Subject: Re: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 
16th.  
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

No offense to Carol, but this vacation is beginning to feel like it will never 
end...



-Original Message-
From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Carol Hutchinson
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 3:26 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.


I will be away on holidays from July 30th to August 16th.


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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] Old topic, new rant...

2010-05-13 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
I get so confused by this - I thought if there was tiered pricing we had to buy 
the university copy even though it clearly falls under fair use and it won't be 
used outside the classroom.  Someone please tell me I'm wrong and save me $$!

Merle

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of CROWLEY, CHRISTINE
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:54 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Old topic, new rant...

I see no reason that the home video cannot be purchased for that use, unless 
for reason the seminar is outside the realm of a classroom situationand 
the university is clearly not a for-profit institution.

Christine Crowley
Dean of Learning Resources
Northwest Vista College
3535 N. Ellison Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78251
210.486.4572 office
210.486.4504 fax
ccrowl...@alamo.edumailto:ccrowl...@alamo.edu
Northwest Vista College is one of the Alamo Colleges
www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrchttp://www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrc



From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of John Potter-Smith
Sent: Wed 5/12/2010 5:30 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Old topic, new rant...
Welcome to Canada !!

This is what we face every day, we have no choice of not purchasing University 
copies with PPR (Public Performance Rights) like you lucky folks do in the US.

John Potter-Smith
Library - Audiovisual Technician
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Coast Capital Savings Library
Phone:  604-599-2405
Fax:  604-599-2106

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Merle J. Slyhoff
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:31 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Old topic, new rant...

$300.00 for a video for universities and colleges vs $25.00 for a video for 
home use and one faculty member wants to view it to maybe show to a seminar of 
15 students... and I have to say no because I can't fit it into the budget at 
$300.00.  No one will ever convince me that this cost differential is 
justifiable when it's being used in the classroom for 15 students.

OK, said it, no need to reply because I know what you'll all say.  :)

Merle
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distributors.


[Videolib] Old topic, new rant...

2010-05-12 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
$300.00 for a video for universities and colleges vs $25.00 for a video for 
home use and one faculty member wants to view it to maybe show to a seminar of 
15 students... and I have to say no because I can't fit it into the budget at 
$300.00.  No one will ever convince me that this cost differential is 
justifiable when it's being used in the classroom for 15 students.

OK, said it, no need to reply because I know what you'll all say.  :)

Merle


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between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
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[Videolib] What is your take?

2010-01-13 Thread Merle J. Slyhoff
Hate to bring up this topic yet again, but...

I want to buy Taking the Heat.  Their web page states:

Personal DVD Sales:  Use of personal DVDs of this film for instructional, 
demonstrational and any other commercial or institutional purposes is STRICTLY 
FORBIDDEN.

The upper case is their upper case.  This dvd will be used in the classroom and 
is certainly fair use.  What do you think?  What version do I buy?  Personal 
from the producers or Educational/Institutional from New Day films?

Merle

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