Count me in. 97 left. gary
> Jon, > > I pitched this to our Entymology Librarian, and we are in for "The Strange > Disappearance of Bees". So 98 more to go for the $200 price? ;) I don't > want to play my hand but one of our Entymology faculty, Dr. Marla Spivak, > just won a MacArthur Genius grant and I'm told we have this new Bee Lab to > study this monumental problem, so we will likely need to purchase the 3 or > 4 > bee disappearance films. Come on folks, just need 98 more... Jon, we'll > be in touch :-) > > -Scott > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:04 PM, <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> > wrote: > >> Send videolib mailing list submissions to >> videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Groupon suggestion.. (Linda Gottesman) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:42:06 -0400 >> From: Linda Gottesman <li...@filmakers.com> >> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Groupon suggestion.. >> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> Message-ID: <a4cf1f33-63be-4d8a-9d21-4412e5c8d...@filmakers.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> >> In response to the Groupon suggestion and Gary's query, Filmakers >> Library would love to participate. We'll put our heads together and >> come up with a specific offer either for NMM or before, but consider >> us interested! >> >> Linda >> >> >> >> On Jul 1, 2011, at 2:22 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: >> >> > I'd like to hear from John and Winnie from Bullfrog, Jon Miller from >> > Icarus, Larry Daressa from California Newsreel, Debbie Zimmerman >> > from WMM, >> > and whoever is in charge of Filmakers...and other indie distributors >> > >> > Gary >> > >> > >> > >> >> I think I was 15 minutes ahead of you, but then I just read a >> >> Vanity Fair >> >> profile on Groupon. >> >> >> >> I think we could try to set something up, however the issue with >> >> current & >> >> older titles might be libraries who bought them at full price getting >> >> upset, >> >> but i guess you can't do much about that. I do think trying this >> >> with new >> >> releases would be a way to start. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:03 PM, scott spicer <spic0...@umn.edu> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Apologies for the spamming, but this got buried in the thread on >> >>> post. >> >>> I >> >>> am interested to hear folks take on this, and it appears Jessica >> >>> reached >> >>> a >> >>> similar conclusion at the same time: >> >>> >> >>> Just a thought experiment here... >> >>> >> >>> I understand that smaller distributors do not want to devalue their >> >>> collections by cherry picking individual titles for substantially >> >>> lowered >> >>> costs and am sensitive to Jessica's claim that lowering prices >> >>> would not >> >>> necessarily make up for lost sales in terms of volume. You >> >>> gotta give >> >>> us >> >>> video librarians a fighting chance. Challenging times call for >> >>> creative >> >>> solutions. So I propose we crowd source this thing...in the >> >>> spirit of >> >>> Elizabeth Stanley, we need a Groupon/Social Living service for >> >>> Indies/educational media. >> >>> >> >>> Picture it: for one day (or week) only, The Strange Disappearance of >> >>> Bees >> >>> is >> >>> $200 or The Big Sellout is $100 (PPR negotiated separately if >> >>> needed). >> >>> Let's say price predicated on collective volume sales of at least 50 >> >>> units, >> >>> offer ends at 500 takers. Only 5 titles can go up at any given >> >>> point, >> >>> and >> >>> only once a year. Open to all filmmakers/distributors targeting the >> >>> academic market (with a small percentage of sales recouped for >> >>> promotion >> >>> and >> >>> maintenance). >> >>> >> >>> Thoughts? >> >>> >> >>> -Scott >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Scott Spicer >> >>> Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian >> >>> University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities >> >>> 341 Walter Library >> >>> spic0...@umn.edu 612.626.0629 >> >>> Media Services: lib.umn.edu/media >> >>> SMART Learning Commons: smart.umn.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. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Jessica Rosner >> >> Media Consultant >> >> 224-545-3897 (cell) >> >> 212-627-1785 (land line) >> >> jessicapros...@gmail.com >> >> 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. >> >> Linda Gottesman >> Filmakers Library, Inc. >> 124 E 40th Street >> NY, NY 10016 >> 212-808-4980 >> li...@filmakers.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. >> HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. >> >> End of videolib Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22 >> **************************************** >> > > > > -- > Scott Spicer > Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian > University of Minnesota Libraries - Twin Cities > 341 Walter Library > spic0...@umn.edu 612.626.0629 > Media Services: lib.umn.edu/media > SMART Learning Commons: smart.umn.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.
