Friday...and not a minute too soon. I need (AGAIN) to remind all subscribers to this list about the protocols for posting, and the difference between videolib and videonews.
Videolib is a commercial-free discussion forum: as such, unsolicited (and that's an important distinction)notices, reviews, announcements, and general information about commercial product (i.e. DVDs and other video-related stuff)is not appropriate. Now, that said, if someone on the list asks for input about, say, DVDs on kiwi harvesting, distributors and filmmakers who have titles to fit the bill can reply appropriately (and briefly). Videonews is the list for new product and service announcements and publicity. I urge everyone on videolib to also subscribe to videonews: the amount of traffic on the latter is really quite minimal, and, as I've said repeatedly, I find the list a really good way to keep up with new and interesting. Instructions for subscribing to both lists are posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html Let me know if you have questions. 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 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.
