Lorraine, Depending on WHICH feature films are on the faculty member's list, she might be able to utilize Swank's Digital Campus. These are feature film streams designed specifically for classroom and/or class-related use, so the prof can screen them in class, or links to the streams can be mounted through Blackboard, Moodle or whatever CMS you use, to restrict access to students registered in the course(s). We've done this for a couple of years now. Swank offers pricing based upon the number of films you'll be using, as well as upon the duration of access (semester, full-year) you need. They host the streams, so you don't need to worry about an on-site server.
There are some studios unavailable through Swank, and the occasional filmmaker whose works are "problematic" and not offered, but their catalog has something like 30,000 titles. So sometimes a prof may need to be a bit flexible re: partial online availability, partial "traditional" DVD or course reserve availability. For instance, we had no problem getting a prof's requested Billy Wilder films, but we couldn't get the Kurosawas he wanted. Same problem (unsurprisingly) with Chaplins. But the majority of what has been requested, Swank offers. Jessica is right, too, of course - and I know that many profs simply require their students to get a Netflix, Amazon, Hulu or whatever account so that they can watch the required films via their own accounts. Susan Albrecht Library Acquisitions Manager Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax albre...@wabash.edu www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/ ******************************************************************* "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." --Neil Peart ******************************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 2:11 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] advice on streaming feature film situation hello all, i've been bombing around some databases, internet, listservs looking for some advice, but i'm not coming up with a hard and fast answer; so any advice would be appreciated. This has to do with more and more faculty teaching an online course in cinema studies. My faculty wants to show a list of films (which I'm waiting for, but she indicates they are feature films). We own VAST and MEF/Race Collection, and a few other collections, but none of these films are what she is looking for. I believe she cannot upload our copies of the film to Blackboard as this goes against copyright. We currently do not have our own streaming server (that I know of). My thinking is that it will be cost prohibitive to purchase the rights to show these films. >From here, I would treat it like any online course --- if it was a literature >class and they had to read 10 novels, it is their responsibility to obtain the >10 novels - however they wish to do it; but it is not my job to upload all ten >novels. Can't the same logic hold true here? The students need to know that they will need access to 10 particular films, and if they cannot access those films, it might not be a good idea to take an online cinema class. Now all this is based on what we can offer at the moment, of course. I'm curious what kind of advice you would offer your faculty, teaching an ONLINE CINEMA STUDIES class, and wanting about 10 feature films to be available to the students. Thanks in advance for your thoughts, lorraine wochna alden library ohio university athens OH 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.
