Here at American U, we now have the audiovisual department, Academic Multimedia Services (faculty production support), New Media Center (student production support), and my Media Services (my crowd) all under the same roof and there's interest in having a central archive for university-produced footage (or whatever they call it in the digital realm). We had been planning to install a Final Cut Server to manage this stuff but Apple discontinued that this week so I'm looking for alternatives. Anybody have any to suggest? Ideally I'd like to find an off-the-shelf system that also yields at least thumbnail images if not low-res preview clips and allows for a reasonable amount of searchable metadata. I'm afraid Final Cut Server may have been the only game in town.
-- Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 For latest Media Services News visit our blog at http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com or on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-University-Library-Media-Services/132559226823103 Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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.
