A&E and History [nee-- Channel] are out of business? Why do we keep having to catalog their output? Seems like a lot of their old stuff keeps showing up, too, though on DVD now. Hey! They even have pictures on the packaging again!
Or perhaps I missed something in the discussion. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 12:05 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff Yeah...I think you're right, Becky. gary > Along the lines of PBS - what about A&E/History, Discovery Channel, etc? > > > 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:00 AM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff > > > Thanks for all who responded to my query re out o' business > distributors. > I'm informed that the Latin American Video Archive (LAVA) did, indeed, > distribute some materials in their database, so I'll add these to the > list. > > In thinking thru which classes or varieties of material may have a > high likelihood of being OP and unobtainable, it also occurred to me > that besides the catalogs of defunct distributors, we may also want to > think about > > PBS titles distributed before 2000 (seems to me that this is > lamentable but true in a large number of cases) > > Titles purchased from associations, professional organizations, > research organizations before 2000 > > Self-distributed, independently produced titles released before 2000 > > What am I leaving out? > > > > > 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. > 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. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.439 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2970 - Release Date: 06/29/10 06:35:00 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.
