Hi Kim, I guess I disagree with Gary. Short term access to resources for classes is something we've provided for forever in Reserve Services here at the University of Connecticut. Historically that was books but now we've grown to journal articles, full text links to journals and ebooks, personal copies, and now streaming video and audio.
We've used Swank for a couple of semesters now. They are expensive but we apply the same criteria to obtaining Swank streams as we do for other streams. e.g. when one or more of the following conditions arise: used for more than one class in more than one semester, used at a regional campus where students are non-resident, and to support distance learning and blended classes. Although nowhere near half of our streams come from Swank, our data shows that about half of what's put on Reserve are feature films. In answer to your original questions. The Library is responsible for the transaction and our name is on the invoice. We also pay for the stream. And, no, once explained to them, faculty understand the short term duration of the access. There are other departments who help faculty develop online courses but since our library has so much valuable content which already license and can be used for online courses (e.g. ejournals, ebooks, newspapers, images, etc.), the provision of moving image streams is a very natural addition to content provision. I might add that it is not just online courses which benefit from e-whatever. Blended courses and even traditional courses also benefit. Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT 860-486-1406 jo_ann.reyno...@uconn.edu Question Reality -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:17 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Swank Digital Campus Hey Kim As you know, this is one of the many things that gets me seeing crimson. I am categorically NOT one of those librarian types that refuses to let go of traditional function or to embrace new...but: I can see no justification whatsoever for libraries getting into the business of picking up the tab for short term/ephemeral access...it simply doesn't make sense to me--certainly not from a budgetary standpoint. Libraries acquire, organize, catalog...physical or not, the stuff we acquire has always been inventoriable...and that's the way it should be, in my book. Support of short-term, course-specific access belongs elsewhere, unless campus is willing to beef up your budget sufficiently... If this were to develop on my campus, I'd most definitely foist it off on our Sakai wonks (Educational Technology Services)--the folks who develop, manage, and maintain classroom technologies and resources. That's where it belongs. Gary Handman > Hi all, > > I think we're about to license our first streaming film through Swank > Digital Campus. The usage scenario is so different from what I normally > deal with. Typically, my library licenses individual films from > distributers for use by all current student & faculty, for a term ranging > from 3 years to perpetuity and we stream the content from a library-run > server and management system. The Swank content would be license for 1 > semester, would only be accessible to a specific class and would be > hosted off-site. > > I'm trying to figure out what my library's role should be in the Swank > scenario. If you've used Swank Digital Campus at your institution (or > deal with other short term/ course specific digital rights), could you > tell me how this was handled. > > > * Who is responsible for the transaction - i.e whose name is on > the contract/ invoice? The Library, the academic department, the faculty > member, another campus group? > > > > * Who directly pays for the content? > > > > * If both of the above were handled by the library, was there any > resistance to this sort of short term, limited access being the library's > responsibility? > > > > * Is there another department on your campus that more directly > supports development and resources for online courses? What was their > involvement? > > > > Thanks! > > Kim Stanton > Head, Media Library > University of North Texas > kim.stan...@unt.edu > P: (940) 565-4832 > F: (940) 369-7396 > > 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.
