I would pay $500 for the Cubs World Series highlights DVD ( No Dennis not one from 1908).
Gary, I'll back in the day you paid $500 for more than a few films. I think under some specialized circumstances it might be worth it. You might pay $195 for a title that would be used once in a class of 15 students, while the $500 film is for an intro course that has 250 students every semester. I think the bottom line is that the Prof needs to justify the expense. On a related note, do departments every buy something on their own or contribute to a high end item to be used by someone in their dept. ? On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I wouldn't pay $500 for footage of the Second Coming... > > Gary > > > >> Do you think $500 for a documentary is kind of out of line? That is for >> direct from producer. Producer says they are in process of partnering >> with an educational distributor and that the price may go up. >> >> Sarah E. McCleskey >> Head of Access Services >> Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library >> 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University >> Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 >> 516-463-5076 >> sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.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. >> > > > 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 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.
