Hello video librarians - I haven't been monitoring the list of late, so please forgive if this has been addressed recently.
I'm curious about how academic librarians are approaching collecting streaming video these days. Are you subscribing to, or purchasing collections e.g., from Films Media Group, or Filmmakers Library and other collections from Alexander St. Press, or Docuseek, or all of these and more? Or are you trying to deal with it on a shoestring? And if so, in what ways? Have you noticed an uptick in the use of streaming video by faculty, esp. in relation to an increase in online courses? Has your media budget increased, stayed the same, or decreased in recent years? Do you think your faculty are satisfied with, not noticing, or unhappy with what your library is able to offer? Any responses, off-list or on, would be greatly appreciated. Diane Diane Sybeldon Librarian for Fine and Performing Arts and Film Studies Liaison to the University Art Collection and Library Media Collection 2210 Undergraduate Library Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Email: dsybel...@wayne.edu <mailto:diane.sybel...@wayne.edu> Ph: 313-577-4480 Fax: 313-577-5265
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.
