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2011-05-16 Thread ghandman
Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About

Re: [Videolib] Fwd: [SCHOLCOMM] SMPTE to Launch Digital Library on HighWire Platform

2011-05-16 Thread ghandman
Now if I could just understand a single word that SMPTE publishes, this might be cool... Gary Saw this on Scholcomm thought I'd forward. Sorry for duplication -- Best, Cathy Catherine H. Michael Communications Legal Studies Librarian Ithaca College Library Gannett Center 1201, 953

Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players

2011-05-12 Thread ghandman
I feel your pain, Vicky! Unfortunately, even big bushels of money won't help, I'm afraid... Some of that money could be spent on re-purchasing titles that are available in DVD. That's definitely a fairly easy thing to do. Beyond that... There are few, if any, blanket anythings in this

Re: [Videolib] FW: streaming clips

2011-05-10 Thread ghandman
Well, there are the CCUMC guidelines, which have big problems, I think, in terms of being overly proscriptive... Not much else. I think case by case is the way to go. My general mantra to faculty is always: Shorter is Better; Fewer is Better. I usually start to balk if the quantity is over 3

Re: [Videolib] Streaming Question

2011-05-09 Thread ghandman
Hi Troy Well, ages ago I put together a white paper with Larry Daressa (of California Newsreel) which attempted to provide a snapshot of the terrain, including issues (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vod08b.pdf) which was subsequently turned into an article in Library Trends (Volume 58, Number 3,

Re: [Videolib] Challenge to using a home video instead of institutionally licensed video

2011-05-05 Thread ghandman
Hey deg Here's what I wrote back to this guy (with a copy to UC legal counsel)...I'm pissed off! Dear Film Distributor The title in question was bought from a valid home video distribution source and is perfectly legal under both contract and copyright law. Since we do not require public

Re: [Videolib] Streaming Question

2011-05-05 Thread ghandman
...and ya gotta keep firmly in mind that Swank licenses for access by specific courses for a specified amount of time. I may be a voice shrek-ing in the wildness, but I simply can't support that kind of circumscribed/limited access by the library (at least my library). gary Prohibitively

Re: [Videolib] Off air record question

2011-05-05 Thread ghandman
Nope The instructor can off-air tape and use in class (Kastenmeier is stupidly restrictive...45 days, I think, but remember, these are guidelines, not law)...but keeping the thing around for the long-haul (in a library collection, say) is probably skating on thin ice. gary handman Hi all,

Re: [Videolib] Tiered pricing on amazon.com

2011-05-05 Thread ghandman
Yeah...interestingly we've had a few orders bounced back from amazon as requiring institutional prices...these are generally titles that amazon is brokering via amazon marketplace, rather than stuff sold by amazon itself. gary handman Hi all, Just spotted tiered pricing on these DVDs at

Re: [Videolib] Tiered pricing on amazon.com

2011-05-05 Thread ghandman
In amazon marketplace, the order is fulfilled by a third-party vendor (i.e. the distributor of the film) not by amazon directly. So, when the order hits, the distributor rejects it if they're charging institutional prices and you're trying to buy it cheap. I know they have been actively goind

Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray

2011-05-03 Thread ghandman
If this were utopia 1) Deadwood would have run ten more seasons 2) world peace would have reigned 3) all classrooms on all campuses would be tricked out with Blu-ray and Dolby sound. (OK, OK, Dennis, 35mm and THX) Unfortnately... As far as media center viewing goes, most of us have under 17

Re: [Videolib] streaming clips

2011-05-03 Thread ghandman
Hi Jeff We selectively stream clips here...I DO think the practice holds up under FU We only do it within the password protected confines of a learning management system for a particular class and for a limited amount of time. gary handman Hello video uber-mind. I've received a question about

Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray

2011-05-03 Thread ghandman
I'm glad to report that Godot (with monkeywrench) has come and gone (at $100 hr.) It's not the Milestones and Flicker Alleys that I'm worried about, Dennis. It's the Bullfrogs and Icaruses and WMMs... gary Dear Gary, First of all, no one waits for the plumber here in Jersey. Godot will

Re: [Videolib] An American Family

2011-04-28 Thread ghandman
Serves the Loud Family right for not getting with it... gary handman Check it out. An American Family is currently up on UbuWeb. No doubt it's bootlegged though and may not last long. http://www.ubu.com/film/aaf.html On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: The

Re: [Videolib] ILL of Video: Was Hannah Arendt

2011-04-20 Thread ghandman
Hi all UC Berkeley loans (highly selectively) to other UC campuses, and that's it. We do not loan: 1. titles that are regularly or heavily used for particular classes 2. titles for which we are the sole Western US holder 3. titles which are out of distribution 4. titles which have

Re: [Videolib] NY Times article on movies as a shared experience

2011-04-10 Thread ghandman
...on the other hand: The Castro and other cinephile venues are one thing; the urban cineplex, definitely another. I'm increasingly appalled by the lunkheadedness and rudeness of movie-going audiences in urban cineplexes... gary handman This is definitely how I feel when we talk about the

Re: [Videolib] Canyon Cinema in financial trouble

2011-04-01 Thread ghandman
This is really bad and sad news. On the other hand...I'm not surprised. Both Canyon and EAI are/were living in a fantasy world as far as pricing goes. I love the avant-garde as much as the next guy, but I refuse to pony us $500 for a 7 minute DVD, I don't care how avant-garde it is. I'm hoping

Re: [Videolib] Catholic movies 1940-1960

2011-03-29 Thread ghandman
Anything that Martin Scorsese ever made. gary h. A faculty member asked me this question: from 1940's to 60's, there were many movies made with Catholic themes. Is there a source that tells how many movies were made during this period? I know Gary has a list of movies with religious

Re: [Videolib] Catholic movies 1940-1960

2011-03-29 Thread ghandman
Catholic guilt: Hitchcock! g Also anything starring Bing Crosby or based on the writings of Graham Greene On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:33 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Anything that Martin Scorsese ever made. gary h. A faculty member asked me this question: from 1940's to

Re: [Videolib] Another interesting copyright case

2011-03-24 Thread ghandman
You go, Judge Mahan! We should send him a bouquet! gary handman Again, not videos, but this case shows how the four-factor test for fair use can be interpreted: Righthaven loses second fair use ruling over copyright lawsuits

Re: [Videolib] looking for films about diversity/inclusion BUT

2011-03-23 Thread ghandman
Hi Maureen Howz bout Not in Our Town http://www.theworkinggroup.org/orderatape.html Documentary about the people of Billings, Montana who joined together to stand up for Native American, Afro-American and Jewish neighbors who were under attack by white supremacists. In response to a series of

Re: [Videolib] FW: DVD Question: Dream of Passion

2011-03-23 Thread ghandman
hasn't been--at least not to my knowledge. gary handman Hi All, Does anyone know if Dream of Passion/Melina Mercouri (1978) was ever released on DVD? TIA, Chris McN Chris McNevins | ACQUISITIONS COORDINATOR UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT | HOMER

[Videolib] Criteria for choosing streamed delivery

2011-03-21 Thread ghandman
Here 'tis for Berkeley 1. Title is in high demand / used frequently either for teaching or research 2. Title is frequently used by large classes 3. We also stream a handful of things which fall into the category of canonical--that is: they are defining works, either documentary or cinema,

Re: [Videolib] database or entity that ranks media libraries?

2011-03-18 Thread ghandman
Nothing exists, Jeff...It's all anecdotal (which means Carlton Jackson and I and others arguing about who's bigger over drinks at the National Media Maret...size, in ACRL terms, DOES matter. gary handman An instructor asked today if there is some kind of published ranking for media

Re: [Videolib] up-to-date copyright guides or primers on streaming videos?

2011-03-16 Thread ghandman
Hi Mike There are no primers...there are no court cases (yet)...there's only community wisdom and experience (which would be slim comfort or use in a court of law) The UCLA case (pending) may break this log-jam, one way or another. Until then, what you put up as streamed video without license

Re: [Videolib] Friday flicks - need suggestions

2011-03-11 Thread ghandman
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/sports.html#track gary h. Hi all, I write a weekly Film blog for our students - this weeks theme is 'getting to the finish line' - (finals are next week) any suggestions out there? so far I have Chariots of Fire, Rocky, Invictus, (things like that).

[Videolib] Friday finish line

2011-03-11 Thread ghandman
It's totally goofy, crammed with scenery-gnawing stars, and as un-nutritious as cotton candy, but I adored it as as kid: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057193/ (Has there ever been a director as shamelessly ham-fisted, but good-hearted as Stanley Kramer?)

Re: [Videolib] digitizing - procedural question

2011-03-09 Thread ghandman
Happy Birthday, Rhonda! Thought I'd get the jump on Jessica here: For an institution, making a DVD copy copyrighted vhs tape is really only allowable if the process adheres to the terms and conditions of Section 108 of the copyright law. Basically, you can copy if: 1) you're a library or

Re: [Videolib] digitizing - procedural question

2011-03-09 Thread ghandman
ooops...I forgot one crucial condition in my 108 checklist below: the item must unavailable for purchase at a fair market price, which generally means you can't score a DVD copy of the tape. Happy Birthday, Rhonda! Thought I'd get the jump on Jessica here: For an institution, making a DVD

Re: [Videolib] Another copyright case

2011-03-08 Thread ghandman
o crap! Just what we all need, less freedom. gary So this involves a University of Denver music professor, works by Prokofiev and the Uruguay Agreement -- http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/supremes-will-decide-if-public-domain-works-can-be-re-copyrighted.ars Shouldn't this

Re: [Videolib] Another copyright case

2011-03-08 Thread ghandman
I never underestimate the power of capitalism... gary Oh, c'mon Gary! Don't you have faith in our system of governance and law? Surely the Supreme Court can see the folly here! Bryan Griest Glendale Public Library -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] eager to join an organization

2011-03-07 Thread ghandman
You shame me, Randall Guess I didn't see that this guy has a berkeley.edu account. But how the hell did he get onto videolib weird! gary Dear Mr. Huang, Since you have a UC-Berkeley email, you are most likely able to view a plethora of audio-video stuff at Berkeley's Media Resource

Re: [Videolib] eager to join an organization

2011-03-06 Thread ghandman
uh...well...uh...hmmm...uh... So nice to hear from you. Gary Handman what I can do or you can do for me? I want to watch and listen to all kinds of audio-visual stuff VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,

[Videolib] Yipes!

2011-03-03 Thread ghandman
...leaned on the accept rather than reject message. sorry! Who IS Frank Faton at SUNY, and why is he messing around with the estate of Kruger Kroger? Stay tuned! gary Original Message Subject: [Videolib] 4 more details From: Fato,

[Videolib] [Fwd: [Videonews] Upcoming Online Course: Open Source and Open Access]

2011-03-02 Thread ghandman
Original Message Subject: [Videonews] Upcoming Online Course: Open Source and Open Access From: Olga Francois ofranc...@umuc.edu Date: Wed, March 2, 2011 11:01 am To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] noir

2011-02-25 Thread ghandman
So? Was it Blood Simple you were thinking about? g Gary, This sounds fascinating. I hope Columbia puts it out one day. Oksana At 04:22 PM 24/02/2011, you wrote: She Played with Fire (1958)This film was viewed by AFI staff Alternative Title(s): Fortune Is a Woman Country: Great

Re: [Videolib] who needs the rights?

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
Non problema magna est gary handman Oops, make that /denarius/, but who's counting? Oh, God, I'm so embarrassed, Commander Yates (high school Latin teacher) is rolling in his grave. On 2/23/2011 10:23 PM, Randal Baier wrote: Well, in my very humble opinion, and mind you, I am spouting

[Videolib] videolib spam

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
Hi all I think I may have screwed up by accepting rather than deleting a handful of unauthorized subscriber posts (i.e. spam) my routine videolib/news maintenance this morning. If weird stuff continues to show up, I'll have to do more digging... Sorry for the inconvenience gary Gary Handman

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 39, Issue 79

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
Done! gary How do I get off of this listserve? I would like to unsubscribe please. Thanks. Ashley Chadwick Emily Carr University Library videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: Send videolib mailing list submissions to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To subscribe or

Re: [Videolib] A Quick Question About You

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
What is this, Jay? Thought I'd made it clear that this kind of post isn't appropriate for this list. Why are you responding to what is basically spam with a pitch for your company. Once more, and I'm afraid I'll have to bounce you from the list. gary handman We are wholesale distributors

Re: [Videolib] name that film noir

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
A real noir or neo? Blood Simple Spare, stylish, and totally satisfying, from the retro opening credit sequence where the windshield wipers wash away the text to the startling but not unexpected conclusion. Dear Collective Memory, I am trying to find the title to a film that begins with the

[Videolib] noir

2011-02-24 Thread ghandman
She Played with Fire (1958)This film was viewed by AFI staff Alternative Title(s): Fortune Is a Woman Country: Great Britain and United States Language: English Production Company: John Harvel Productions, Ltd. A Frank Launder-Sidney Gilliat Production Distribution Company:

Re: [Videolib] What gets streamed...what gets used

2011-02-23 Thread ghandman
Hi We don't use Swank. Swank may be a good (albeit over-the-top expensive)source for individual, short-term course reserve viewings, but they really don't offer the type of license that's appropriate for longer-term collection building. gary Do you use a Swank license for most of the studio

Re: [Videolib] Today's puzzler

2011-02-22 Thread ghandman
My guess is that it has never been released. On the other hand, you might recommend as alternative Pontecorvo: the dictatorship of truth Cinema Guild...a really good documentary...it's also included as supplement on the Criterion version of Battle of Algiers gary handman Hello All, I got

Re: [Videolib] Tuesday fun

2011-02-22 Thread ghandman
Thanks, Tom Man, we REALLY need Groucho in these humorless and fraught times! (Guess we'll have to settle with watching Duck Soup for the millionth time--Hail, Freedonia!) I would have LOVED to see Groucho and Jack Warner going ten rounds! One of my coolest experiences was getting to see

Re: [Videolib] L.A. Plays Itself

2011-02-21 Thread ghandman
Interesting...only the first scene in Easy Rider has anything to do with L.A. Maybe you should be looking for New Orleans Plays Itself? gary handman Thanks to all who responded with advice (including my error regarding the title. I had just shown EASY RIDER in my class and they keep

Re: [Videolib] Sources for screenplays

2011-02-21 Thread ghandman
Alexander Street Press: http://alexanderstreet.com/products/afso.htm but it ain't cheap! Scriptfly here in Southern Calif. Word of caution, they mostly come unbound Mary E. Edwards Director of Library Services The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles 2900 31st Street Santa

Re: [Videolib] fun for friday - An American Family revisited

2011-02-18 Thread ghandman
I've been on the Loud family mailing list for years...they keep promising to put out the AF on DVD, but nothing as of yet. gary handman That IS interesting and it reminds me to ask, is it possible to purchase the original An American Family??? I know I've looked a few times and haven't been

Re: [Videolib] L.A. Plays Itself

2011-02-18 Thread ghandman
We got ours directly from Thom Anderson. We'll look around and see if we can find an address for you. gary handman Looking for a DVD of Thom Anderson's documentary. I have a feeling that the rights issue is daunting enough to prevent this from being released, but if anyone has information

Re: [Videolib] L.A. Plays Itself

2011-02-18 Thread ghandman
I spent the first 22 years of my life in *LOS ANGELES* and have called it a hell of lot worse things in my subsequent life. gary h. Michael, Well, first, it's *LOS ANGELES* PLAYS ITSELF -- anyone who sees the film (or knows Thom) knows that he is offended when people call his city L.A. --

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - gone?

2011-02-17 Thread ghandman
No, it's not. gary handman Hi Rhonda, Is this the same video? http://www.newday.com/films/DeadlyDeception.html Regards, Victoria Caplan HKUST Library Hi all, Our vhs copy of the Nova/WGBH Deadly Deception got mangled. I don't see it anywhere - is it available anywhere, or gone?

Re: [Videolib] Statistics on streaming video

2011-02-17 Thread ghandman
Hi Victoria I think you've made an exceptionally important point re streamed video circulation statistics. Partial viewing of titles over several sessions and brief browsing make individual titles or collections look like they're being used considerably more or more intensively than they

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Dentist?

2011-02-16 Thread ghandman
You're kidding, right? I'll stick with Oliver in The Marathon Man and Jack Nicholson in Little Shop of Horrors, and, of course, W.C. Fields (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022807/) gary handman Deadly Dentist? That was a new one for me. As a daughter of two dentists, I've always been bothered

Re: [Videolib] Deadly Deception - Gone?

2011-02-16 Thread ghandman
The film you want has to do with the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and is long out of distribution. The other Deadly Deception is the Barbara Chasnoff film on GE--still available from New Day gary handman Nope, but thanks! -Original Message- From:

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

2011-02-15 Thread ghandman
Hi The Anthro librarian came into a huge chunk of unrestricted donation money and is looking for ways to spend it intelligently. I've bought stuff selectively for that department for years (they tend to be very focused in what they use, even more so since the demise of the visual anthropology

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

2011-02-15 Thread ghandman
Do you run statistics on use of these things? In my experience, anecdotal evidence (or unsolicited individual testimonials)are not really sufficient to justify the acquisition of expensive curated collections. gary Admittedly, we are a community college and don't have the demand for higher

Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions

2011-02-14 Thread ghandman
If your counsel is liberal, you wy ahead of the game. Ultimately they're the ones who would have to back these policies. If it were me, I'd think that clips should be well under 10 minutes (under 5 is even better). A 15 minute clip gets into much murkier territory, but, again, if

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

2011-02-14 Thread ghandman
Hi Rhonda Berkeley currently has access to ASP's Theater on Video, which was licensed via the California Digital Library as a consortial buy...I was not a strong supporter, but I was out-voted. We also have ASP's Ethnographic Video collection, purchased by our Anthro librarian with $ from a

Re: [Videolib] Valentine's Day Pick

2011-02-13 Thread ghandman
You're my kinda gal, Nancy! Pam and I used to have a fox terrier that was the spittin' image of Mr. Smith! gary h. http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/ -- Nancy E. Friedland Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies Performing Arts Columbia University 206 Butler Library 535 West 114th

Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions

2011-02-12 Thread ghandman
Hello (on a Saturday) There is no formally codified definition of reasonable and limited. Years ago, the Consortium of College and University Media Centers developed a set of Fair Use Guidelines which attempted to do such (see http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/ccmcguid.htm). A

Re: [Videolib] prioritizing media cataloging

2011-02-11 Thread ghandman
In a dimly remembered, pre-media life (1979 to 1984), I WAS the assistant head/Acting Head of Acquisitions at UCB (really!), so I know the ropes (or, at least, I knew them 25 years ago). I DO know that Tech Services ARE public services: if the stuff don't get cataloged, it don't get used. gary

Re: [Videolib] VHS Collections

2011-02-10 Thread ghandman
The RTI EcoSenior cleaner belongs in Terry Gilliam's Brazil... garyh Ah, yes, the RTI that's the machine ... so industrial, so analogue -- indeed, a glorious beast. - Original Message - From: Gail Fedak gfe...@mtsu.edu Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 1:48:19 PM Subject:

Re: [Videolib] looking for a documentary...

2011-02-04 Thread ghandman
--? Haven't heard of it. Who's the director? gary -- Valerie Gangwer Media Services Director Mary Baldwin College Ask@GraftonLibrary #7267 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic

[Videolib] Happy Friday!

2011-02-04 Thread ghandman
http://wonder-tonic.com/filmthesis/ Damn! If this thing had been around 40 years ago I would have graduated s much quicker! Cheers! gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I

Re: [Videolib] Happy Friday!

2011-02-04 Thread ghandman
uh...Jessica...it's a joke... g. ICK!!! . This is what I got when I punched in KISS ME DEADLY ( greatest film of all time) Through the use of the male gaze, *kiss me deadly* launches visual salvos against the fascist aesthetic. Not even close. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:33 PM,

[Videolib] [Fwd: Re: [Videonews] Streaming rights for three docs]

2011-02-03 Thread ghandman
Original Message Subject: Re: [Videonews] Streaming rights for three docs From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Date: Thu, February 3, 2011 8:15 am To: Video Library News videon...@lists.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] [Fwd: Re: [Videonews] Streaming rights for three docs]

2011-02-03 Thread ghandman
oh yeah... There's a Film Media Group title, Margaret Sanger (http://films.com/id/9878/Margaret_Sanger.htm), if that's the one you're looking for, I'm sure you can buy a license from FMG... gary PS: you originally posted this to videonews, Val. Should have gone to videolib...that's why I'm

Re: [Videolib] Educational PPR

2011-02-03 Thread ghandman
The vendor's statement is considerably more liberal than the copyright law in defining classroom...I wouldn't squawk! Gary Handman List members, I noted this today on a vendor website: Educational Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow for screening IN A CLASSROOM SETTING ONLY for

Re: [Videolib] FW: notice to faculty re video/dvd acquisitions

2011-02-03 Thread ghandman
Hi Rhonda Our budget is in the mid 80Ks...a lot of stuff coming in, so, unless a faculty person or grad instructor has specifically requested the title, we don't really push any information out. What I DO do (daily)is schmooze with almost each and every instructor that walks in the door to find

Re: [Videolib] Another DMCA question

2011-01-27 Thread ghandman
I'd say that if the clips are few and short, the uses you cite would qualify...but that's just me. gary This is not about ripping, but since we're on a related track . . . I am not a professor. So, if I go to a national or regional conference for Student Affairs staff and students and

Re: [Videolib] Films about saving cultural heritage

2011-01-27 Thread ghandman
And speaking of Algeria: How about Battle of Algiers! gary handman Matt, our film Beat of Distant Hearts about Saharawi refugees in the desert of southwestern Algeria might be something to consider. You can find film info here: http://www.arabfilm.com/item/180/. Best, Alex

Re: [Videolib] DCMA exemption question

2011-01-25 Thread ghandman
Hi Jacqueline The recent DMCA ruling is basically about exemptions for circumventing DVD encryption for the purpose of taking out short clips for use in teaching (or other academic enterprises). That's all. The laws relating to the specific USES of those clips are another matter altogether.

Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press

2011-01-24 Thread ghandman
Thanks, Sue I get nervous easily these days. I like Alexander Street Press, generally, and think they'll do right by you...IF, as I am reassured, they will offer streaming of single-titles, rather than requiring the purchase of whole collections or sub-collections. I'll be curious to see what

Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press

2011-01-23 Thread ghandman
Fabulous! Thanks, Eileen, for the clarification. I'm forwarding this on to the list, per your request. Makes me breath a bit easier! I'm still curious about the future of FL new acquisitions. Will ASP be taking this over, or just the backlist? Best, Gary Hi, Gary- I thought this

[Videolib] Videos shelved separate or integrated into the stacks?

2011-01-23 Thread ghandman
Interesting takes on this question, so far. One thing that hasn't been addressed--and it may be more relevant to large, established research collections than others--has to do with long-term preservation and access to collections. At least 1/4 of our tape collections at UCB have gone out of

[Videolib] Venice

2011-01-21 Thread ghandman
Perhaps the creepiest: Don't Look Now 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

[Videolib] cine-Veneto

2011-01-21 Thread ghandman
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Venice,%20Veneto,%20Italy 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

Re: [Videolib] Videos shelved separate or integrated into the stacks?

2011-01-21 Thread ghandman
Hi Jared Yeah, this topic pops up periodically. There are widely divergent opinions. It's a fairly complex issue, actually: a lot depends on 1) the mission of the media collection (and the library in general); 2) the nature of the collection (all video is not created equal in terms of pricing

Re: [Videolib] Still images copyright question

2011-01-20 Thread ghandman
Fair (i.e. transformative) use. I'd stand behind it! gary handman For a dramaturgy class project at Texas State, I used images of Tennessee Williams and some famous productions to illustrate info on a production of Night of the Iguana. All images were identified and URLs provided. It

Re: [Videolib] Video Streaming rights for This is What Democracy Looks Like

2011-01-12 Thread ghandman
What can you expect from a bunch of anarchists... g I was assuming that Jeannie asked because she could not reach them. They clearly have a web site but hard to tell if it is active. If you can not reach them, then try the director. Her info was easy to google

Re: [Videolib] SPAM crap mail

2011-01-11 Thread ghandman
urk! ak! ug! Here's the deal: I was cleaning out the bounced crap from the list queue yesterday and inadvertently hit the ACCEPT rather than the DELETE button. Sorry...t'won't happen again. gary I thought this list was vetted before stuff went out. What is going on? I am receiving all

Re: [Videolib] looking for Oaxacalifornia

2011-01-11 Thread ghandman
Hi Nope...it's gone with the wind. The producer was Tricia Ziff...she's still making films and you can contact her at: trishaz...@mac.com Gary Handman Hi All, Does any know of another distributor for this title? It was originally distributed by UC-CMIL and it's not in Berkeley Media's

Re: [Videolib] cumulative top DVD rentals lists

2011-01-06 Thread ghandman
Can't remember exactly, but Variety (December issues) may have these numbers. gary handman Hi there: Can anyone recommend a source that publishes cumulative Top DVD Rentals lists? The only online source I found is IMDB's - which includes the information but isn't cumulative, and is

Re: [Videolib] cumulative top DVD rentals lists

2011-01-06 Thread ghandman
Isn't Billboard mainly about music? g What about Billboard? Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurora.lib.il.us From:

Re: [Videolib] Question regarding availability of streaming rights/services for another set of videos

2011-01-05 Thread ghandman
Hi Against All Odds is available free as streamed video from http://learner.org/resources/series65.html Gary Handman Hi again, everyone: Happy New Year! I have received another list of videos (*below*) from one of our faculty for an online course via Blackboard. We’re interested in

[Videolib] [Fwd: job posting]

2011-01-04 Thread ghandman
Position open at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Also available online at https://jobs.illinois.edu/default.cfm?page=jobjobID=5040 Media Preservation Coordinator Academic Professional University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Position Available: Position is open

[Videolib] double....help!

2011-01-04 Thread ghandman
Hi all: OK: Could one of you forward to me an example of a double posting. Forward the ENTIRE email message, including the header (the header is really important). Once I get an example, I'll get our network consultant guys on it. gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt

Re: [Videolib] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread ghandman
Hey Chris and happy new year Sounds like a contractual issue, not necessarily a PPR issue. What they seem to be saying is that the higher price is the institutional price, period. Don't think there's much to fight. gary handman Happy New Year all! I recent purchased a home movie from a

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Here we go again...

2011-01-03 Thread ghandman
Well, Judy...it sucks, put it isn't illegal, as far as I'm aware. There continues to be a fair amount of confusion about the PPR/institutional pricing gambit... Here's the deal: Some distributors charge higher prices to institutions (or others) because they bundle items in their catalogs with

Re: [Videolib] Question regarding obtaining permission for converting videos/DVDs to streaming format for educational use

2010-12-21 Thread ghandman
Hi Well...There is no set strategy and there are no best practices at present for such stuff. In looking over your list very quickly, it's apparent that many titles are currently in distribution from extant distributors (eg Cunningham Dance, Blackwood, Dance Horizons, Creative Arts TV...). In

Re: [Videolib] Question regarding obtaining permission for converting videos/DVDs to streaming format for educational use

2010-12-21 Thread ghandman
Ich hore eine stimme in mich und ich kann es nicht helfen! g PS: Special christmas treats to anyone who can identify the film in which the above was spoken (and by whom) Hey I thought you were on vaction Santa? On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:28 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi

Re: [Videolib] For your Christmas pleasure

2010-12-21 Thread ghandman
Macy's in SF just canned it's Santa of 25 years because the poor old guy told a vaguely risque joke (and I mean vaguely) to an older couple standing nearby (http://www.aolnews.com/2010/12/07/san-fran-macys-cans-santa-for-naughty-joke/). Maybe they need one of THESE rare santas to take his place!

Re: [Videolib] [Videonews] Question regarding obtaining permission for converting videos/DVDs to streaming format for educational use

2010-12-21 Thread ghandman
Holy crap, James...you mean there's someone cinematically wonkier than I out there! Have a wonderful holiday! g. Can you say that in your Peter Lorre voice? Nothing like a little M to bring in the holiday cheer! --James -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian

Re: [Videolib] Question regarding obtaining permission for converting videos/DVDs to streaming format for educational use

2010-12-21 Thread ghandman
ach! Du bist ganz korrekt, Ursula! (I fault my keyboard for the lack of umlaut, but the failure to use the dative is entirely mine) xoxo gary I can’t help myself either. It should be “Ich höre eine Stimme in mir” Ursula National Media Market P.O. Box 87410 Tucson, AZ 85754-7410

[Videolib] Long Winter's Nap

2010-12-16 Thread ghandman
Hi all I'm heading out for my traditional long winter's nap (Dec 17 thru Jan 3, 2011) Play nice while I'm away... Hope you all have lovely holidays. Best wishes for a healthy and sane new year. Gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566

Re: [Videolib] Documentary on Boat People

2010-12-15 Thread ghandman
Try Bolinao 52 (http://www.bolinao52.com/) gary I'm looking for a documentary on Boat People. I found a few movies. But I need actual footage of Vietnamese refugees and their plight leaving Vietnam on boat after the fall of Saigon. Any suggestions? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian

Re: [Videolib] Documentary on Boat People

2010-12-15 Thread ghandman
I believe it has stuff in it about the 70s as well... g Thanks Gary. I saw this in my search. It is about an event in 1988 not 1975. Farhad From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of

Re: [Videolib] Documentary on Boat People

2010-12-15 Thread ghandman
Here's another Films Media Group has a two-part set entitled Vietnamese Americans. The second part is about the Fall of Saigon and the Vietnamese diaspora. There are a number of shots of boat people near the beginning of the video. gary Thanks Gary. I saw this in my search. It is about an

Re: [Videolib] Can we burn DVDs of The Machine That Changed the World?

2010-12-14 Thread ghandman
Let's put it this way, Jessica: I have about 32K tapes in my collection, and I can confidently say that I can show significant deterioration for the majority. This feature of 108 is perhaps the most idiotic of them all: what it effectively says is that you have to wait until the medium is

Re: [Videolib] Can we burn DVDs of The Machine That Changed the World?

2010-12-14 Thread ghandman
Jessica... There's a HELL of a lot of difference between freely digitizing and delivering in-distribution content (under the banner of 107 or other rationales) and invoking 108 to save content that is out-of-distribution and at risk of going away for good. Come on, J. You KNOW these two things

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