[Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide
Hi all, Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don't see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edumailto: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] Streaming video vendor guide
Hi Kim, A great idea and I have been haranguing vendors about an itunes like store where all videos and video streams can be listed. For a book there are places you can go and do a single search by title, even for songs it's easier, but video is like the Tower of Babal, hundreds (thousands?) of websites and no one place to search by title, subject, director, etc. Maybe they could use something like Summon to search all their respective databases. That way they can keep their independence and still be more discoverable. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stanton, Kim Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:03 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi all, Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don't see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edumailto: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] Streaming video vendor guide
Thanks, Bob. This is a helpful start. I know having a central database is a big job but don’t you all want to sell more films and open up new markets? Hopefully the NMM decided that the lovely web page they created for market attendees should be open to the world and not just to attendees. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Norris Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:03 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi All, Attached is the NMM list of company rights. The third to last column is for database subscriptions. It is two years old but upon a quick glance seems up to date. Jo Ann, I did push for the NMM to create the iTunes type store when I was on the Board but the majority felt it was beyond the NMM mission. After speaking with some of the distributors I concluded many of them would not participate anyway. However, never say never. Circumstances and thinking change. Anything like Summon that would facilitate the process is a great idea. Regards, Bob Robert A. Norris Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. Phone: (847) 419-0255 Email: b...@filmideas.commailto:b...@filmideas.com Web: www.filmideas.comhttp://www.filmideas.com/ From: Jo Ann Reynolds jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu Date: May 15, 2013 9:28:29 AM CDT To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Hi Kim, A great idea and I have been haranguing vendors about an ?itunes? like store where all videos and video streams can be listed. For a book there are places you can go and do a single search by title, even for songs it?s easier, but video is like the Tower of Babal, hundreds (thousands?) of websites and no one place to search by title, subject, director, etc. Maybe they could use something like Summon to search all their respective databases. That way they can keep their independence and still be more discoverable. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stanton, Kim Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:03 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi all, Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don?t see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edumailto:kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 From: fellin...@aol.commailto:fellin...@aol.com Date: May 15, 2013 9:42:34 AM CDT To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] physical vs. streaming collection development policies Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Dear All, Yes, I was too harsh...I restract my statement and offer apologies. Personally, it just not user-friendly enough for me and I wish they had installed an online tutorial as many vendors do so. Cheers, Lisa Flanzraich Film Researcher Flushing, NY -Original Message- From: Jo Ann Reynolds jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu To: videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 10:23 am Subject: Re: [Videolib] physical vs. streaming collection development policies I echo Anthoy?s comments. We really like FMG?s streaming products, too. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406
Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide
Take a look at NJVid www.njvid.nethttp://www.njvid.net which has a list of vendors with streaming rights. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jo Ann Reynolds Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:27 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Thanks, Bob. This is a helpful start. I know having a central database is a big job but don’t you all want to sell more films and open up new markets? Hopefully the NMM decided that the lovely web page they created for market attendees should be open to the world and not just to attendees. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bob Norris Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:03 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi All, Attached is the NMM list of company rights. The third to last column is for database subscriptions. It is two years old but upon a quick glance seems up to date. Jo Ann, I did push for the NMM to create the iTunes type store when I was on the Board but the majority felt it was beyond the NMM mission. After speaking with some of the distributors I concluded many of them would not participate anyway. However, never say never. Circumstances and thinking change. Anything like Summon that would facilitate the process is a great idea. Regards, Bob Robert A. Norris Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. Phone: (847) 419-0255 Email: b...@filmideas.commailto:b...@filmideas.com Web: www.filmideas.comhttp://www.filmideas.com/ From: Jo Ann Reynolds jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu Date: May 15, 2013 9:28:29 AM CDT To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Hi Kim, A great idea and I have been haranguing vendors about an ?itunes? like store where all videos and video streams can be listed. For a book there are places you can go and do a single search by title, even for songs it?s easier, but video is like the Tower of Babal, hundreds (thousands?) of websites and no one place to search by title, subject, director, etc. Maybe they could use something like Summon to search all their respective databases. That way they can keep their independence and still be more discoverable. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stanton, Kim Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:03 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi all, Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don?t see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edumailto:kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 From: fellin...@aol.commailto:fellin...@aol.com Date: May 15, 2013 9:42:34 AM CDT To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] physical vs. streaming collection development policies Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Dear All, Yes, I was too harsh...I restract my statement and offer apologies. Personally, it just not user-friendly enough for me and I wish they had installed an online tutorial as many vendors do so. Cheers, Lisa Flanzraich Film Researcher Flushing, NY -Original Message- From: Jo Ann Reynolds jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edumailto:jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu To: videolib videolib@lists.berkeley.edumailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Wed, May 15
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Landmark Media should be on the list as vendors with streaming rights. On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Katherine Mcgivern kmcgiv...@bergen.eduwrote: ** ** ** ** Take a look at NJVid www.njvid.net which has a list of vendors with streaming rights. ** ** *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jo Ann Reynolds *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:27 AM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide ** ** Thanks, Bob. This is a helpful start. I know having a central database is a big job but don’t you all want to sell more films and open up new markets? Hopefully the NMM decided that the lovely web page they created for market attendees should be open to the world and not just to attendees. ** ** Best, Jo Ann ** ** Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) *http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources * ** ** ** ** *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Bob Norris *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:03 AM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide ** ** Hi All, ** ** Attached is the NMM list of company rights. The third to last column is for database subscriptions. It is two years old but upon a quick glance seems up to date. ** ** Jo Ann, I did push for the NMM to create the iTunes type store when I was on the Board but the majority felt it was beyond the NMM mission. After speaking with some of the distributors I concluded many of them would not participate anyway. However, never say never. Circumstances and thinking change. Anything like Summon that would facilitate the process is a great idea. ** ** Regards, Bob ** ** *Robert A. Norris* Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. Phone: (847) 419-0255 Email: b...@filmideas.com Web: www.filmideas.com ** ** *From: *Jo Ann Reynolds jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu *Date: *May 15, 2013 9:28:29 AM CDT *To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide* *Reply-To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu ** ** Hi Kim, A great idea and I have been haranguing vendors about an ?itunes? like store where all videos and video streams can be listed. For a book there are places you can go and do a single search by title, even for songs it?s easier, but video is like the Tower of Babal, hundreds (thousands?) of websites and no one place to search by title, subject, director, etc. Maybe they could use something like Summon to search all their respective databases. That way they can keep their independence and still be more discoverable. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) *http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources * *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [ mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.eduvideolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Stanton, Kim *Sent:* Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:03 AM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Hi all, Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don?t see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 ** ** *From: *fellin...@aol.com *Date: *May 15, 2013 9:42:34 AM CDT *To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject: Re: [Videolib] physical vs. streaming collection development policies* *Reply-To: *videolib@lists.berkeley.edu ** ** Dear All, Yes, I was too harsh...I restract my statement and offer apologies. Personally, it just not user-friendly
Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide
Jo Ann - Coincidentally, the planning board of the National Media Market had decided to make the Preview Portal freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also start finding links to the Preview Portal from some reviews in Educational Media Reviews Online. http://emro.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/ The exhibiting partners have been encouraged to load 10 minute clips, to give you a better feel for the film content than you get from a teaser clip. Vendor specs include information about availability of streaming video option. Try it out, let us know what you think. Librarians registered for the 2013 NMM will receive access to the Preview Portal until the next market in 2014. National Media Market | November 3-7, 2013 | Charleston SC | http://www.nmm.net/ 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.
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Thanks, Barbara. Ursula had given me a guest login when she asked me to preview the website. It's good to know others can get to it. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Bergman, Barbara J Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 1:14 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide Jo Ann - Coincidentally, the planning board of the National Media Market had decided to make the Preview Portal freely available through the end of October even if you weren't able to attend last year's Market. Go to http://nmm-previewportal.net/ to create a guest account. You will also start finding links to the Preview Portal from some reviews in Educational Media Reviews Online. http://emro.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/ The exhibiting partners have been encouraged to load 10 minute clips, to give you a better feel for the film content than you get from a teaser clip. Vendor specs include information about availability of streaming video option. Try it out, let us know what you think. Librarians registered for the 2013 NMM will receive access to the Preview Portal until the next market in 2014. National Media Market | November 3-7, 2013 | Charleston SC | http://www.nmm.net/ 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.
[Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide issue
Hi Everyone, I thought the vendors out there might like to hear our (the buyers) stories about how we go looking for films. It might help them to understand what we go through and that would hopefully help them better understand the need for a centralized place to search. So here I am, reserve services coordinator for a fairly large university. I used to put over 1000 books on reserve every year and now it's about 300. Instead of putting books on reserve I put links to full text articles, some 3000+; ebooks, small but growing as availability grows; and video, both DVD's and streams. Video is the second largest medium I put on reserve and is the fastest growing medium I put on reserve, about 1000+ per year. How do films get chosen to go on Reserve? Some faculty talk to other faculty and learn about them, others watch PBS or see a popular movie that will make the point they want to make, while others say to me, I need a film(s) on X topic, can you suggest any? So now I reach into my memory and might manage to retrieve one or two, I search the database of material I put on course reserve and see what other faculty are using and might come up with a few more. Beyond that, IF I have the time, I'm faced with a website to website search by vendor to see if I can find something they might be looking for. It's a cumbersome process and I tend to gravitate toward known vendors who've proven to provide quality films in the past and who have good search engines. I keep a list of those vendors in my media guide (see the Shop for Videos tab here: http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources ). By the time I've gone through some or all vendors on that list I'm done, no more time. So whether I've found anything or not I let the faculty member know. You might argue that there's a whole lot of filmmakers whose work is not represented here and you'd be right. The result is we both lose out on an opportunity. Think of Amazon where multiple vendors sell the same thing and make money. The benefits of having a unified database far outweigh the perception of customer loss via competition with other film vendors. I think if you continue on this same path you will be committing market suicide in the long run and you will sell less, not more, which means you message will reach fewer people. I invite other librarians to share how/why a unified search for video/streams would be useful to them. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources 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.
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Thank you, Jo Ann, for sharing this very helpful insight! With respect and appreciation in wishing you continued success... Dean W. Stevens Vide-O-Go / That's Infotainment! Serving library and school media acquisitions since 1989. 206 Winding Ridge, Cary, NC 27518-8934 Phone: 919-363-7920 / Fax: 919-363-7921 Email: _videogo@aol.com_ (mailto:vide...@aol.com) Yes, AOL... loyalty is a virtue! Visit us on the web:_ www.videogo.com_ (http://www.videogo.com/) In a message dated 5/15/2013 2:41:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu writes: Hi Everyone, I thought the vendors out there might like to hear our (the buyers) stories about how we go looking for films. It might help them to understand what we go through and that would hopefully help them better understand the need for a centralized place to search. So here I am, reserve services coordinator for a fairly large university. I used to put over 1000 books on reserve every year and now it’s about 300. Instead of putting books on reserve I put links to full text articles, some 3000+; ebooks, small but growing as availability grows; and video, both DVD’s and streams. Video is the second largest medium I put on reserve and is the fastest growing medium I put on reserve, about 1000+ per year. How do films get chosen to go on Reserve? Some faculty talk to other faculty and learn about them, others watch PBS or see a popular movie that will make the point they want to make, while others say to me, “I need a film(s) on X topic, can you suggest any?” So now I reach into my memory and might manage to retrieve one or two, I search the database of material I put on course reserve and see what other faculty are using and might come up with a few more. Beyond that, IF I have the time, I’m faced with a website to website search by vendor to see if I can find something they might be looking for. It’s a cumbersome process and I tend to gravitate toward known vendors who’ve proven to provide quality films in the past and who have good search engines. I keep a list of those vendors in my media guide (see the Shop for Videos tab here: http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources ). By the time I’ve gone through some or all vendors on that list I’m done, no more time. So whether I’ve found anything or not I let the faculty member know. You might argue that there’s a whole lot of filmmakers whose work is not represented here and you’d be right. The result is we both lose out on an opportunity. Think of Amazon where multiple vendors sell the same thing and make money. The benefits of having a unified database far outweigh the perception of customer loss via competition with other film vendors. I think if you continue on this same path you will be committing market suicide in the long run and you will sell less, not more, which means you message will reach fewer people. I invite other librarians to share how/why a unified search for video/streams would be useful to them. Best, Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources 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.
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JoAnn's point is of great concern to all librarians and that is why National Media Market's portal is such a great idea. It can become a one-stop place to evaluate new titles. I think from a vendor's point of view it shows us the importance of making the portal a viable tool for our clients. Sonia Maltais CineFete 1586 Fleury St. East Suite 210 Montreal, Quebec (Canada) Tel. 1-800-858-2183 http://usa.cinefete.ca/ On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Deborah Benrubi benr...@usfca.edu wrote: A unified search portal that offers preview clips would be ideal, though it probably would never include all the independent filmmakers and distributors. We do have some tools at hand though. I'm always surprised that more librarians don't use worldcat.org to identify potential titles, and find distributors for known titles. Deborah Benrubi *** Technical Services Librarian University of San Francisco Gleeson Library|Geschke Center 2130 Fulton St. San Francisco, CA 94117 ph. 415.422.5672 fax 415.422.2233 On 5/15/2013 11:40 AM, Jo Ann Reynolds wrote: Hi Everyone, ** ** I thought the vendors out there might like to hear our (the buyers) stories about how we go looking for films. It might help them to understand what we go through and that would hopefully help them better understand the need for a centralized place to search. ** ** So here I am, reserve services coordinator for a fairly large university. I used to put over 1000 books on reserve every year and now it’s about 300. Instead of putting books on reserve I put links to full text articles, some 3000+; ebooks, small but growing as availability grows; and video, both DVD’s and streams. Video is the second largest medium I put on reserve and is the fastest growing medium I put on reserve, about 1000+ per year. ** ** How do films get chosen to go on Reserve? Some faculty talk to other faculty and learn about them, others watch PBS or see a popular movie that will make the point they want to make, while others say to me, “I need a film(s) on *X* topic, can you suggest any?” So now I reach into my memory and might manage to retrieve one or two, I search the database of material I put on course reserve and see what other faculty are using and might come up with a few more. Beyond that, IF I have the time, I’m faced with a website to website search by vendor to see if I can find something they might be looking for. It’s a cumbersome process and I tend to gravitate toward known vendors who’ve proven to provide quality films in the past and who have good search engines. I keep a list of those vendors in my media guide (see the Shop for Videos tab here: * http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources ). *By the time I’ve gone through some or all vendors on that list I’m done, no more time. So whether I’ve found anything or not I let the faculty member know. You might argue that there’s a whole lot of filmmakers whose work is not represented here and you’d be right. The result is we both lose out on an opportunity. ** ** Think of Amazon where multiple vendors sell the same thing and make money. The benefits of having a unified database far outweigh the perception of customer loss via competition with other film vendors. I think if you continue on this same path you will be committing market suicide in the long run and you will sell less, not more, which means you message will reach fewer people. ** ** I invite other librarians to share how/why a unified search for video/streams would be useful to them. ** ** Best, Jo Ann ** ** Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Libraries 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR Storrs, CT 06269-1005 jo_ann.reyno...@lib.uconn.edu 860-486-1406 860-486-5636 (fax) *http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources * ** ** 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. -- Sonia Maltais Institutional Sales CinéFête 1586 Fleury East, Suite 210 Montreal, QC (Canada)
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Jo Ann Reynolds wrote: I thought the vendors out there might like to hear our (the buyers) stories about how we go looking for films. It might help them to understand what we go through and that would hopefully help them better understand the need for a centralized place to search. So here I am, reserve services coordinator for a fairly large university. I used to put over 1000 books on reserve every year and now it's about 300. Instead of putting books on reserve I put links to full text articles, some 3000+; ebooks, small but growing as availability grows; and video, both DVD's and streams. Video is the second largest medium I put on reserve and is the fastest growing medium I put on reserve, about 1000+ per year. How do films get chosen to go on Reserve? Some faculty talk to other faculty and learn about them, others watch PBS or see a popular movie that will make the point they want to make, while others say to me, I need a film(s) on X topic, can you suggest any? So now I reach into my memory and might manage to retrieve one or two, I search the database of material I put on course reserve and see what other faculty are using and might come up with a few more. Beyond that, IF I have the time, I'm faced with a website to website search by vendor to see if I can find something they might be looking for. It's a cumbersome process and I tend to gravitate toward known vendors who've proven to provide quality films in the past and who have good search engines. I keep a list of those vendors in my media guide (see the Shop for Videos tab here: http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/mediaresources ). By the time I've gone through some or all vendors on that list I'm done, no more time. So whether I've found anything or not I let the faculty member know. You might argue that there's a whole lot of filmmakers whose work is not represented here and you'd be right. The result is we both lose out on an opportunity. Think of Amazon where multiple vendors sell the same thing and make money. The benefits of having a unified database far outweigh the perception of customer loss via competition with other film vendors. I think if you continue on this same path you will be committing market suicide in the long run and you will sell less, not more, which means you message will reach fewer people. I invite other librarians to share how/why a unified search for video/streams would be useful to them. Amen to what Jo Ann has outlined here. I had her precise scenario arise in my workflow today: prof walks in, tells me she will be doing a freshman tutorial on Food and wonders what we might have that could be helpful to her. Because I know our collection well, I steer her to 10-12 films, including King Corn, The Future of Food, The World According to Monsanto, The End of the Line, Farmageddon, In Organic We Trust, Fresh, Food Stamped, What's On Your Plate?, etc. However, as I realize we're probably lacking a bit on GMOs, I start looking around for docs on that topic. It really, truly, is what Jo Ann describes: a website to website search by vendor; which *is* cumbersome and *is* imperfect. Bullfrog, Video Project, NFB, Films for the Humanities, etc. are known to me, and I head there... but I also wonder what I'm missing. Perhaps one would be inclined to argue that the same is true with books. However, I would argue back that - at least in academe - we have Choice, which provides subject-specific scholarly peer reviews of new works by subject. This makes it much, much easier to find up-to-date offerings in a particular area, with a peer review attached. I *love* Video Librarian - particularly as something to pick up and scan through from cover to cover - but it reviews such a wide range of material that it simply doesn't cover enough. Does that make sense? Probably not, but as an example, I just searched GMO and got 0 matches; searched Monsanto and turned up 8 matches (2 of which were actually pretty much false positives). I know that there have been many more documentaries made on this topic than 6. Resorting to Google searches is an option, but it certainly makes it harder to ascertain the scholarly review status of what's out there - at least without a fair bit of (time-consuming) additional searching. This is a long way of saying that I agree with Jo Ann. As one who does acquisitions for both films and books, I can assure you that the film world is MUCH more labor-intensive and much more frustrating. This is one reason I love attending National Media Market, as it makes discovery so much easier, and it provides an opportunity to get to know what particular vendors are particularly good at, so that when one of these faculty requests comes up, I have a bit of a sense where to begin my website to website search. Attendance at NMM is a help; the preview portal is a help. Still, I'd love to see a more complete mechanism for unified search. Susan
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Deborah Benrubi wrote: A unified search portal that offers preview clips would be ideal, though it probably would never include all the independent filmmakers and distributors. We do have some tools at hand though. I'm always surprised that more librarians don't use worldcat.org to identify potential titles, and find distributors for known titles. WorldCat is definitely a resource. I think the issue with it, though, is that lack of accompanying review. Given that the cost of documentary films is often quite high - especially when compared to books - it's harder to make the call to just purchase something based on its title and subject areas. This is, again, why NMM is so vital for me - I get the chance to view the content and assess the quality of the filmmaking before handing over my dollars. (Do I sound like an NMM commercial?) Susan Albrecht 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] Streaming video vendor guide issue
Regarding Kim's question about streaming vendor lists, Scott Spicer (U of MN) put together a good list on ALA Connect (http://connect.ala.org/node/183711), though it is not entirely complete (e.g. Media Education Foundation and New Day are missing). The list can be updated by any registered user, so maybe it can work as a community focal point? As to Jo Ann's lament about the absence of one database to rule them all -- it's a great idea. In a less grand way it was also one of the ideas behind Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films working together to set up Docuseek2, which also includes films from Terra Nova Films and now Kartemquin Films too. Not exactly exhaustive, but we set it up as a big tent for the founders and other distribs and independent producers in the academic social issue / documentary space. Jim Davis Docuseek2 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.
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Is this a good time to mention how affordable it is to attend the National Media Market? For a very low registration fee you get lunches and receptions, professional development sessions and access to the preview portal plus Market discounts from the exhibitors. I definitely do sound like an NMM commercial. Ursula Save the Date! The 35th National Media Market http://www.nmm.net/ November 3 7, 2013 in Charleston, SC -- From: Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 12:41 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming video vendor guide issue Deborah Benrubi wrote: A unified search portal that offers preview clips would be ideal, though it probably would never include all the independent filmmakers and distributors. We do have some tools at hand though. I'm always surprised that more librarians don't use worldcat.org to identify potential titles, and find distributors for known titles. WorldCat is definitely a resource. I think the issue with it, though, is that lack of accompanying review. Given that the cost of documentary films is often quite high especially when compared to books it¹s harder to make the call to just purchase something based on its title and subject areas. This is, again, why NMM is so vital for me - I get the chance to view the content and assess the quality of the filmmaking before handing over my dollars. (Do I sound like an NMM commercial?) Susan Albrecht 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.
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Scott Spicer put together a web page of streaming video collection providers, including both licensed and open access. It is available here: http://connect.ala.org/node/183711 I understand that this is an open wiki that others can contribute to. It does not list all possible video vendors who may provide streaming rights for individual titles. Nor should it be interpreted as a list of distributors who only handle bundled collections. deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? On 5/15/13 8:26 AM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: Has anyone put together a guide that lists all of the vendor-hosted educational streaming video databases out there? I believe Monique put together a spreadsheet several years ago that listed distributors offering digital rights, but I don?t see it on the VRT site anymore. If no one has done this, I can get something started. If someone has compiled this info, it would be great to link from the VRT or NMM site. There have been several messages on the listserve lately of folks looking into streaming collections. I think this kind of resource would be of use to them. Thanks, Kim Kim Stanton 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.
