I’m looking forward to seeing the responses to this question. I generally rely on a combination of review sites (including Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic), but am always interested in hearing about other sources.
I’m especially concerned about Rotten Tomatoes going forward, given this recent announcement (RT having been bought by Fandango): http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fandango-rotten-tomatoes-flixster-1201708444/ <http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fandango-rotten-tomatoes-flixster-1201708444/> Granted, RT was owned by Warner Bros. before (and Metacritic is owned by CBS), but the Fandango buy-out seems more likely to change RT's reliability given the across-the-board conflict of interest present. -- Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Associate Librarian Interim Head, Multimedia Collections and Services Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475 http://library.udel.edu/filmandvideo http://library.udel.edu/multimedia > On Apr 4, 2016, at 10:52 AM, Anna Simon <ajs...@georgetown.edu> wrote: > > I LOVE Video Librarian, but our subscription was cut (long story) and I'm not > comfortable just relying on Rotten Tomatoes for sourcing acquisitions to our > film collection. Does anyone have good open-source sourcing tools they use > for collection development? Until I get my subscription re-installed, I need > some help! > > > Anna Simon > Collection, Research & Instruction Librarian > Art, Film, and Museum Studies > 202-687-7467 > ajs...@georgetown.edu <mailto:ajs...@georgetown.edu> > Ars Hoya: GU Art Blog <https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/ajs299/> > > > Georgetown University > Lauinger Library > 37th & O Sts. NW > Washington, DC 20057 > 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.
