I've read many of the posts asking this list about PPR for films, and today is the first time that it has come up for me! (I'm so proud!) This seems like it should be an easy question to answer, but I'd like to run it by the list first if you don't mind.
The for-profit college in town wants to find PPR for Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. They can't find it, so they call the neighboring institution (which is how I get the question). I look up Midnight in Paris. Find from the Variety review that is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. Sony = Swank, so I head over to the Swank website and search for Midnight in Paris. I don't find it listed, but I have a gut feeling that this is because it isn't listed to distribute until the 20th this month. I think at this point I'm going to recommend that they contact Swank (http://www.swank.com/contact.html) for PPR. Is this the way a PPR hunt should be done? I was unsure if PPR was even needed, but since it's a For Profit college, I suppose different rules apply. Thanks for any feedback! Vicky 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.
