Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 82, Issue 69

2014-10-01 Thread Deg Farrelly
jessica Say what you will. But do NOT speak for me and/or what I will or will not "confirm". deg farrelly On Sep 30, 2014, at 11:24 PM, "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" wrote: > Sorry but you are mixing copyright laws again. The Teach Act does > specifically and explicitly exempt dram

Re: [Videolib] Libraries that stream their own titles (Carla Myers)

2014-10-01 Thread Hutchison, Jane
deg and I are developing a follow up survey to our Streaming Video Survey we conducted a year ago. This may be a question we add to our survey. We had a great return rate and hopefully we can use the follow-up for comparison as to what has happened in the past year. Times they are a-changing!

[Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Mandel, Debra
Hi- I'd be interested to hear from folks who have successfully integrated games collections and use of game consoles in their institutions, particularly in those with academic game design curricula. Do you check out consoles? How do you collect games? What are the challenges of becoming a gami

[Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence

2014-10-01 Thread scott spicer
Andrew, Yes, I agree we should be surveying classroom management professionals to get our fingers on the pulse of future institutional physical media classroom support. Of all the research topics we have discussed, this one may be the most pressing! I will follow up with you offline to discuss f

Re: [Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence

2014-10-01 Thread Hutchison, Jane
deg and I did not survey classroom management folks in particular, though some of the respondents did both classroom support and purchasing of media, such as myself. We sent out to the CCUMC listserv as well as others that hit media professionals, acquisitions, collection development and direc

Re: [Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence

2014-10-01 Thread scott spicer
Jane, Thank you, I missed your reply before I posed my question to deg regarding your study. If you are considering adding this question, I think it would be useful for us to touch base. Just out of curiosity, did you target classroom management professionals in your survey? If so, do they repr

Re: [Videolib] Libraries that stream their own titles

2014-10-01 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
I took that MOOC and really enjoyed it a LOT. It sharpened my sense re. a lot of the legal problems, and clarified that one does indeed have to consider situations on a case by case basis. However. At one point I was discussing in the MOOC, with another student, a Particular Situation (I forge

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Hello Debra, The UD Library supports a small (~60 titles) collection of video games on the PS, PS2, PS3, XBox 360, and N64 platforms (primarily PS2 and PS3). It began as a grant-funded collection which was first loaned and then donated to the Library by a Foreign Languages and Literatures pr

Re: [Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence

2014-10-01 Thread Susan Albrecht
Our present philosophy is still to attempt to build a permanent, physical collection. We frankly do not have the budget to support a lot of streamed access and recognize the "more bang for your buck" aspect of purchasing physical DVDs, as opposed to paying for a semester's access or 3-year acce

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Mandel, Debra
Thanks, Meghann! This covers a lot of discussion topics we are sure to have here. Headphones is a strong consideration for us, since our locations would not be soundproof. SO students are OK with bringing their own headphones? Because we have gotten away from that. I don't have a list of the

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Hi again, I wasn't too clear about the accessories -- oops! When I said "We do not check out other accessories -- headphones, remotes, etc." -- what I should have said was, we supply these things, but we do not charge them to the patrons' accounts. I have noticed though that the students who

[Videolib] faking the grade, merit motion pictures

2014-10-01 Thread Kelly Leu
Hello, Can anyone recommend a streaming or licensing-to-stream source for Faking the Grade? I am checking with the Merit, but was wondering if there were any third party sources. Thank you, Kelly _ Kelly Leu Copyright & Scholarly C

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Mandel, Debra
Thanks Meghann- Also, by charging to student's account, is that a fee per use, or like a deposit? Are there a lot of issues with maintenance of consoles and software, or not more than with other software and equipment that would be checked out? Debra From: Meghann Matwichuk mailto:mtw...@udel

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Hi Debra, By 'charging' I just mean checking out the controller to the student for 4-hour in-building use. We do not charge any fees for the use the equipment. One maintenance issue we've had with our PS3 console -- I recently received a 'must update software' message when checking the most

Re: [Videolib] Games and Game Technology in Your Library or Commons?

2014-10-01 Thread Mandel, Debra
OK, thanks, Meghann once again. Will help inform my discussions. Debra From: Meghann Matwichuk mailto:mtw...@udel.edu>> Reply-To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu>> Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 4:15 PM To: "videolib@lists.b

[Videolib] request for ideas

2014-10-01 Thread Schaub, Elizabeth A
Greetings, This afternoon I received the following inquiry from a teaching assistant on behalf of a professor: "The topic that we are interested in is modernist architecture in the 1920s and 1930s. Essentially, anything that discusses an overview of modernism before the International Style."

Re: [Videolib] request for ideas

2014-10-01 Thread Nina Riddel
Hi Elizabeth, We have three films that might help: * Eileen Gray - The reknowned designer and architect Eileen Gray was always ahead of her time; thirty years after her death she is still considered the very essence of the Modern. * Regular or

[Videolib] Interesting!

2014-10-01 Thread Sarah E. McCleskey
http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/10/breaking-long-lost-william-gillette.html#.VCx9odS9KSM Sent from my iPad 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

Re: [Videolib] Interesting!

2014-10-01 Thread Caryl M Ward
It can't be as good as the bbc series! On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, Sarah E. McCleskey < sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> wrote: > > http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/10/breaking-long-lost-william-gillette.html#.VCx9odS9KSM > > > > Sent from my iPad > -- Caryl Ward Head of Acquisitions Subje