Chris! Technically the name of the database is the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive. Because it is a USC product, we naturally get it...free. USC has a large Holocaust Studies program and the database is used extensively. Obviously we are most pleased with it. Formerly it was not always the most user-friendly database but most of the problems seem to have been rectified.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library there in DC has the database, and you might wish to contact them to see how it is working out for them. Best, Anthony ******************************* Anthony E. Anderson Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu<mailto:antho...@usc.edu> "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." ******************************** ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Chris Lewis [cle...@american.edu] Sent: Friday, August 02, 2013 9:35 AM To: Videolib Subject: [Videolib] Does anyone on the list subscribe to the SHOAH Foundation video database? I see that a few universities have access but having just heard what a subscription involves, cost and technical requirements, I wonder how it is being managed at other libraries. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257
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