Hello all, I am new to this listserv and I will be undertaking the role of cataloguing streaming video at UBC. A lot of this is new to me and I hope that you might assist in answering a few questions for me.
We have both remote and locally hosted (i.e. a on-time deal) video streaming. Primarily, I have been asked to look for MARC records for the remotely hosted streaming. I have talked to staff here and others for their impression of MARC records out there. The remote data bases I am interested in for now are: Films on Demand Medici TV Criterion Alexander Street Press videos National Film Board of Canada Questions: 1) Are MARC records available for all titles in the list from the companies that provide the streaming video? 2) What is the quality of the MARC records provided? 3) How often are new records supplied when new items are added to the data base? 4) What is the monthly cost for the updates? 5) Do URL links to remote video cause problems and require library systems intervention to some degree? I have read a few comments as to what companies are providing MARC records i.e. Serials Solutions, OCLC. Has anyone already made a comparison of companies providing MARC records they would like to share? Thanks very much! Terry Terry Horner Technical Services 2198 Health Sciences Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
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.
