Re: [Videolib] Is Streaming transformative?

2013-05-02 Thread Norman Howden
be argued that state contracts have no right to abrogate that. -- Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College 214-860-2176 nor...@dcccd.edu Please visit our website at: http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/library/ It may plausibly be urged that the shape of a culture

Re: [Videolib] A Distributor's Response

2013-02-26 Thread Norman Howden
of those assumptions that makes fools out of people! -- Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College On 2/26/2013 at 8:16 AM, in message cahnei2bpoyzy9-ogyxol-zznttffbtewf8eenzxnxdhuafb...@mail.gmail.com, Brian W Boling brian.bol...@temple.edu wrote: Someone who

Re: [Videolib] A Distributor's Response

2013-02-26 Thread Norman Howden
- there is always someone who has never tested the waters or talked to knowledgeable people that decide to enter the market expecting to make great inroads. Unfortunately both are relatively mature markets where breaking in without some forethought is a direct route to the dustbin. -- Norman

Re: [Videolib] Question about video games

2013-01-30 Thread Norman Howden
James, The person I know who has the most experience with this (and on a large scale) is Sandy Farmer at Houston Public. She's done presentations on games in libraries and is pretty much an expert. Norm -- Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College 214-860

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Norman Howden
. On the other hand, it would be difficult to do away with tiered pricing altogether since it is a common business practice. Norm -- Norman Howden Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College 214-860-2176 nor...@dcccd.edu Please visit our website at: http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/library

Re: [Videolib] Online copyright tools

2012-05-30 Thread Norman Howden
As Cindy found, the site has been taken down for repair. Most browsers automatically block reported threat sites, but you can usually configure them to just warn you rather than outright block access - at your own risk. -- Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro

Re: [Videolib] Plea from a Media Collection Decimation Zone

2011-12-21 Thread Norman Howden
. Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College 214-860-2176 nor...@dcccd.edu Please visit our website at: http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/library/ It may plausibly be urged that the shape of a culture - its mores, evaluations, family organizations, eating habits, living

Re: [Videolib] Australia's Twilight of the Dreamtime question

2011-11-02 Thread Norman Howden
-aborigines-dvd-exclusive?prevNav=true Norm Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Educational Resources El Centro College 214-860-2176 nor...@dcccd.edu Please visit our website at: http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/library/ It may plausibly be urged that the shape of a culture - its mores

Re: [Videolib] I hate to be a spoilsport re Educational Media Groupons

2011-07-08 Thread Norman Howden
Jessica, That's a point well taken. To make it more feasible I would think that we need to also encourage producers to list their materials with the book jobbers like Baker Taylor, Blackwell and others where it is possible and profitable to do so. Norman Howden, Ph.D. Assistant Dean