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Subject: videolib Digest V1 #345
videolib Digest Monday, June 18 2007 Volume 01 : Number =
345
Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
[Videolib] Orphan Works program at ALA Annual, June 24
Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
[Videolib] Film: American Waitress, New Mexico
Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
[Videolib] Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
RE: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
RE: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection[Scanned]
[Videolib] RE: Protein Synthesis
[Videolib] Fwd: Video Business Online - MPAA, others call for new =
anti-piracy campaign
Re: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:43:25 -0400
From: James Steffen <jsteffe@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
Quoting Mark Kopp <mkopp@iu08.org>:
> Now that it's been mentioned a couple times, I'm now curious. What
> are the "advanced" European countries? What is the definition of
> "advanced"? What do they "have" that makes them so "advanced"?
I had in mind something very specific--I can't speak for other Western
European countries, but I read that the Netherlands is ahead of the US
in terms faster broadband and wireless internet connections. Of course,
it's a much smaller country with a higher population density.
Quoting Steven Harris <SteHar@library.lib.usu.edu>:
> *I am in favor of deploying Web 2.0 kinds of services and interfaces.
> I think those are all about giving people meaningful ways of
> interacting with information (and with each other). Lots of Web 2.0
> services, however, have a foot in the tangible (not online) world.=20
> Amazon lets users interact with the site and each other, and offers
> up their data for use on other web sites, but they still sell THINGS!
> Libraries ought to employ the same kind of dynamic.
Absolutely! Library websites should be more flexible, interactive, and
social(!), like the Amazon.com interface.
Here's one product that looks promising in that regard-- Primo by =
Exlibris:
http://www.exlibrisgroup.com/primo.htm
I really like the idea that users can tag and rate items in the library
catalog. Also, I'd like to see the ability to organize and share public
lists with room for comments/annotations, like you can do on Amazon.
It'd be a wonderful educational tool, especially since the lists link
directly with items in the library's collection.
James
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James M. Steffen
Film Studies and Media Librarian
Theater Studies Subject Liaison
Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library
Emory University
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322-2870
Phone: (404) 727-8107
FAX: (404) 727-2257
Email: jsteffe@emory.edu
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control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in =
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as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel =
of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video =
producers and distributors.
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:38:46 -0500
From: "M. Claire Stewart" <claire-stewart@northwestern.edu>
Subject: [Videolib] Orphan Works program at ALA Annual, June 24
Crossposting; apologies for duplication. This is an announcement of a
program taking place at the American Library Association Annual
Conference in Washington D.C. on Sunday, June 24, 2007.
>On behalf of the LITA Technology and Access Committee, The ALA OITP
>Copyright Advisory Subcommittee and the LITA Legislative and
>Regulatory Committee, I'd like to invite you to attend Legal
>Challenges to Digitization Projects: Adopting Orphan Works.
>
>This program is scheduled for Sunday, June 24, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
> and will take place at the Renaissance Mayflower Colonial Room.
>
>The speakers are:
>
>Denise Troll Covey, Principal Librarian for Special Projects,
>Carnegie Mellon University,
><http://www.library.cmu.edu/People/troll/TrollWebSite.html>http://www.li=
brary.cmu.edu/People/troll/TrollWebSite.html
>
>
>Peter B. Hirtle, Intellectual Property Officer and Technology
>Strategist, Cornell University Library,
><http://tinyurl.com/7338b>Adopting "Orphan Works". RLG DigiNews.
>April 15, 2005
>
>Douglas Knox, Interim Director, Dr. William M. Scholl Center for
>Family and Community History, the Newberry Library. Doug is the
>Managing editor of the University of Chicago Press's The
>Encyclopedia of Chicago.
>
>Miriam M. Nisbet, ALA Legislative Counsel. Miriam recently spoke at
>the 7th Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property at the Center for
>Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Digital Environment,
>University of Maryland University College.
>
>Orphan works remain one of the legislative hot topics of the year.
>We hope that you will join us for this discussion of the status of
>the issue and how some institutions have managed to get their
>copyright orphans adopted.
>
>
>Beatrice Nichols, Chair
>LITA Technology and Access Committee
>Systems Librarian, Eckerd College
>--
>Beatrice F. Nichols
>Circulation/Reference/Systems Librarian
>Eckerd College Library
>St. Petersburg, Florida
>
>Celebrate failure! It's a critical element of learning. ~ Annamaria =
Profit
- --
____________________________________________________
M. Claire Stewart
Acting Head, Marjorie I. Mitchell Multimedia Center
Coordinator of Digitization Projects, Northwestern University Library
(847) 467-1437
claire-stewart@northwestern.edu
http://hdl.handle.net/2166/claire
http://copyrightreadings.blogspot.com =
<http://copyrightreadings.blogspot.com/>=20
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.
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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:24:56 -0700
From: Rick Faaberg <rfaaberg@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
On 6/15/07 9:07 AM "Dennis Doros" <milefilms@gmail.com> sent this out:
>> Young people live online. I have two online-focused children, so I =
know.
>> Whoever owns the Chaplin playlist needs to get it on iTunes! :-)
>> Only thing I would say is that eventually nobody will care about 100
>> year-old stuff. Great at the time, but now?> >
>
> James and Jessica can write what they want about the future (they're
> better qualified than I am) as I already made my point. But is this
> what YOU believe or what you think your public believes? I take this
> personally because the second half attacks my whole life's choice in
> profession and what I believe in.
Hi,
It's what I think the public believes. I've already been thrown out of =
the
media business after 25 years or so of advocacy. :(
There's plenty of Chaplin material out there on the "internets", and I =
do
watch it from time to time. I would most gladly pay some entity like =
iTunes
(or other online distributor) for the access and retention if it was
available. I hear Apple is talking about providing online "rentals" =
which
could be incredible for accessing the older product.
My only point (that I unsuccessfully made obviously) is that the young
people need to have online access to the older stuff. What would be =
wrong
with that?
Thanks for writing
Rick
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.
------------------------------
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:24:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: nadine <wpl_nadine@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Videolib] Film: American Waitress, New Mexico
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I met one of the waitresses appearing in it when she waited on my =
husband and me in Santa Fe, and would like to see it. Any suggestions?
Thanks, Nadine
=20
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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.
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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
here's what I think:
I think we (and particularly under 30-ers) have become a profoundly
ahistorical (or anti-historical), largely post-literate society. We've
become a society in which wholes have given way to segments, in which
meaningful public discourse is largely dead. I think it ain't gonna =
get
any better in the future. A week ago, two young women wandered into the
media center to do some post-semester recreational viewing. I did my =
best
viewer's advisory bit...tried to find out which genres, styles, themes
they liked. Then I recommended a couple of screwball comedies and a
couple of 40s melodramas ("nah...they're in black and white). OK, a
couple of seventies films ("Nah. Too old") Getting more and more =
miffed,
I asked them what the DID what: "anything with Adam Sander in it."
To paraphrase Gertrude S: Ils sont tous une g=E9n=E9ration perdue -- =
they're
all a lost generation...or at least a generation with tastes and
priorities that have fairly little to do with the generations that came
before (and even less understanding those generations)
Doesn't really matter if online and copyright allow Chaplin to be
downloaded into every household in the world. We've become a culture
that burns cultural and historical bridges while we're still standing on
them...
Gary Handman
> On 6/15/07 9:07 AM "Dennis Doros" <milefilms@gmail.com> sent this out:
>
>>> Young people live online. I have two online-focused children, so I
>>> know.
>>> Whoever owns the Chaplin playlist needs to get it on iTunes! :-)
>>> Only thing I would say is that eventually nobody will care about 100
>>> year-old stuff. Great at the time, but now?> >
>>
>> James and Jessica can write what they want about the future (they're
>> better qualified than I am) as I already made my point. But is this
>> what YOU believe or what you think your public believes? I take this
>> personally because the second half attacks my whole life's choice in
>> profession and what I believe in.
>
> Hi,
>
> It's what I think the public believes. I've already been thrown out of =
the
> media business after 25 years or so of advocacy. :(
>
> There's plenty of Chaplin material out there on the "internets", and I =
do
> watch it from time to time. I would most gladly pay some entity like
> iTunes
> (or other online distributor) for the access and retention if it was
> available. I hear Apple is talking about providing online "rentals" =
which
> could be incredible for accessing the older product.
>
> My only point (that I unsuccessfully made obviously) is that the young
> people need to have online access to the older stuff. What would be =
wrong
> with that?
>
> Thanks for writing
>
> Rick
>
> 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.
>
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-8566
ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life
presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles."
- --Guy Debord
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.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:40:06 -0400
From: "Barbara Silberstein" <BSilberstein@princetonlibrary.org>
Subject: [Videolib] Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Hi,
I'm looking for videos/audios/dvds of actual counseling sessions with
people afflicted with post-traumatic stress disorder - PSTD.=20
Were there materials distributed free to appropriate agencies by the
government after 9/11 or the Virginia Tech? Does anyone know where to
acquire these?
Thank you.
Barbara Silberstein
Media Librarian
Princeton Public Library
65 Witherspoon Street
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.
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:38:39 -0400
From: Mark Gooch <mgooch@wooster.edu>
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection
So...is it the opinion that it is necessary to obtain additional
licensing to digitize titles already in one's collection in order to
provide it for reserve-type purposes via something like CDIGIX? They
seem to be taking the position it is o.k. under the TEACH act.
Thanks
Mark
Gary Handman wrote:
> Thanks God for a discussion thread NOT about copyright...
>
> OK...here's my 2.5 cents (damn, I miss the cents key on the =
keyboard!):=20
> I did a LOT of talking with CDIGIX last year...went to a little
> brainstorming session they hosted in Baltimore. My final take on the
> company is that, while the product and service they're offering may =
suit
> reserve-type viewing (i.e. point-of-need digitization and short-term
> retention), CDIGIX is largely not geared to supporting the long-term,
> on-going needs of standing collections. If all you're doing is
> responding to the need to temporarily put up requested titles, the
> CDIGIX route may work just swell; if, on the otherhand, you're
> considering building "standing" digital collections, I don't think =
they
> work very well. Like a number of other 3rd party solutions, the =
CDIGIX
> route is predicated on wrapping content tightly in a Digital Rights
> Management shell which requires specifying a particular time frame =
(and,
> I seem to recall, a strictly delineated client base). It's a model
> that's better suited for entertainment delivery than library =
collection
> development and management, in my opinion. Although I think you CAN
> somehow set the DRM specifications to open-ended, I seem to recall =
that
> it's somewhat of a pain to do so.
>
> Here's what we've finally decided to do here (and it's probably not =
for
> everyone): We've recently purchased a Digital Rapids encoding unit
> which will allow us to do in-house digitization to our specifications. =
> After months and months and months of agonizing about standards, I've
> finally bitten the bullet and thrown in my hat in =
the...gulp...Microsoft
> ring: we're gonna digitize for Windows Media and deliver over a =
Windows
> streaming server. Our systems guys are staunchly anti-Mac, which =
pains
> me greatly, but there's not much I can do at the moment. If they
> weren't, I'd probably be encoding to QuickTime. We'll probably
> transcode the stuff we license into MPG2 or 4, so if we change our =
minds
> about delivery standards in the future, we can easily recrank the =
stuff.
>
> So, how this will work: we will license appropriate content =
(Bullfrog,
> California Newsreel et al), We've just gotten a small grant to =
support
> four very large survey classes that have asked us to put up video
> (fortunately, most of the stuff they've asked for is licenseable). We
> will encode to Windows Media and serve out from our server. The
> materials will be made available to all UCB-authenticated users, on
> campus and off. For stuff available as "ready-made" Windows Media
> digital files (e.g. Films Media and PBS), we'll buy these and mount
> them. For the stuff we've encoded, the classes will embed links to =
the
> files in the course learning management system. We will also fully
> catalog the titles and include links to the video files in our OPAC, =
as
> well as in the MRC web site.
>
> In the long run, one of the most challenging decisions for ANYONE
> getting into this business of VOD in ANY form will be how to decide =
what
> to license.
> As I've written earlier on videolib, there is often a fairly wide
> disjuncture between what is actually being used or requested and what =
is
> available for digital rights licensing. The bottom line at Berkeley =
is
> that what's used most in classrooms (movies) is currently out of reach
> as far as digital delivery. On the other hand, licensing ONLY those
> items which are immediately needed to support curriculum has its
> drawbacks, too, in terms of long-term collection development needs.
>
> We also intend to begin digitizing stuff for which we believe we have
> Section 108 preservation rights. These will be limited to
> building-level IP addresses (although, if I were putting my money =
where
> my mouth is (cf my recent diatribes on videolib re 108 rights), I'd =
make
> these more broadly available to UC users both on campus and off. I'm
> still too chicken to do this, I think.
>
> I've decided to go the DIY route for a number of reasons: it's clear =
to
> me that remote access to video via remote vendor's server simply isn't
> satisfactory in terms of image resolution and size and network
> efficiency. I really like Films Media's little front end (which =
allows
> the user to define clip sequences and to create learning objects), but
> the image via FM's server just doesn't make it.
> We're doing the encoding in-house because, frankly, our Library =
Systems
> Office is clueless and unwilling or incapable of taking this on. =
Campus
> computing and our Educational Technology guys are similarly completely
> out of the question in terms of economics, willingness, and corporate
> culture. So...we're biting the bullet and trying it ourselves.
>
> We get the hardware in a few weeks. Stay tuned.
>
> Gary
>
>
> At 08:12 AM 6/12/2007, you wrote:
>> I've been talking to CDIGIX about licensing some of our videos to
>> stream out and authenticate through Blackboard.
>>
>> QUESTION: What are your experiences with streaming videos from your
>> collection, other vendors, any thoughts or comments on this topic =
will
>> be great appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chuck McCann
>> Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
>> Florida State Libraries
>> "Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
>> http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
>> 850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924
>>
>> 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.
>
> Gary Handman
> Director
> Media Resources Center
> Moffitt Library
> UC Berkeley
> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
>
> "In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of =
life
> presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles."
>
> --Guy Debord
>
> 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.
- --
Mark D. Gooch
Technology and Government Information Librarian
The College of Wooster Libraries
1140 Beall Avenue
Wooster, Ohio 44691
Phone: 330/263-2522
FAX: 330/263-2253
mgooch@wooster.edu
AIM: mgooch90
Yahoo! IM: mgooch1
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.
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:34:06 -0400
From: Chuck McCann <cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu>
Subject: RE: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
Thanks,
But faculty create their posters in PowerPoint -- which is an =
application
that will only allow you a certain height and width. To get a LARGER
dimension it has to be exported as something that PhotoShop will open =
(or
is there another way?). It seems to only export at 72-96 dpi. So, when
the poster is proportionally stretched in PhotoShop there is =
pixelization
in the images, and thus in the print.
Anyone have any ideas to help get a smoother image??
At 03:59 PM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
Fonts won=3D92t pixelate when printed from PowerPoint (really large), =
but
images will. I think you can make a PowerPoint about 36 by 48 or
so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52). The only thing you can do
with an image is use a very high dpi one, as that is bitmapped, not
vector based, like the fonts will be in PowerPoint.
mb
Michael Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
University of Arizona Library
brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
From: =
owner-videolib@lists.berkeley=3D
.edu
[
mailto:owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck
McCann
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:06 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
Ninety percent of my patrons who want a poster made will come with their
poster on a PowerPoint file. The dimensions of a PowerPoint slide will
only expand to 24 x 36 inches (there about) -- so to get a bigger poster
what we have done is saved the slide as a .jpg and resized it in
Photoshop.
QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing FONT AND =
IMAGE
pixelization??
Chuck McCann
Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
Florida State Libraries
"Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail:
cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
850.644.3094 or =
850.644.5924
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.
Chuck McCann
Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
Florida State Libraries
"Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail:
cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924
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.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:32:01 -0400
From: "Mark Kopp" <mkopp@iu08.org>
Subject: RE: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection[Scanned]
Gary,
If you REALLY want a "cents" key, use Alt 0162... Voila... =A2=20
Mark (I got TONS of useless info)
Mark W. Kopp
Technology Assistant
IT Department
Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8
4500 6th Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
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From: owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu =
[mailto:owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Gooch
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:39 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Videos from the Collection[Scanned]
So...is it the opinion that it is necessary to obtain additional =
licensing to digitize titles already in one's collection in order to =
provide it for reserve-type purposes via something like CDIGIX? They =
seem to be taking the position it is o.k. under the TEACH act.
Thanks
Mark
Gary Handman wrote:
> Thanks God for a discussion thread NOT about copyright...
>
> OK...here's my 2.5 cents (damn, I miss the cents key on the =
keyboard!):=20
> I did a LOT of talking with CDIGIX last year...went to a little
> brainstorming session they hosted in Baltimore. My final take on the
> company is that, while the product and service they're offering may
> suit reserve-type viewing (i.e. point-of-need digitization and
> short-term retention), CDIGIX is largely not geared to supporting the =
long-term,
> on-going needs of standing collections. If all you're doing is
> responding to the need to temporarily put up requested titles, the
> CDIGIX route may work just swell; if, on the otherhand, you're
> considering building "standing" digital collections, I don't think
> they work very well. Like a number of other 3rd party solutions, the
> CDIGIX route is predicated on wrapping content tightly in a Digital
> Rights Management shell which requires specifying a particular time
> frame (and, I seem to recall, a strictly delineated client base).=20
> It's a model that's better suited for entertainment delivery than
> library collection development and management, in my opinion.=20
> Although I think you CAN somehow set the DRM specifications to
> open-ended, I seem to recall that it's somewhat of a pain to do so.
>
> Here's what we've finally decided to do here (and it's probably not
> for
> everyone): We've recently purchased a Digital Rapids encoding unit
> which will allow us to do in-house digitization to our specifications.
> After months and months and months of agonizing about standards, I've
> finally bitten the bullet and thrown in my hat in
> the...gulp...Microsoft
> ring: we're gonna digitize for Windows Media and deliver over a
> Windows streaming server. Our systems guys are staunchly anti-Mac,
> which pains me greatly, but there's not much I can do at the moment.=20
> If they weren't, I'd probably be encoding to QuickTime. We'll
> probably transcode the stuff we license into MPG2 or 4, so if we
> change our minds about delivery standards in the future, we can easily =
recrank the stuff.
>
> So, how this will work: we will license appropriate content
> (Bullfrog, California Newsreel et al), We've just gotten a small
> grant to support four very large survey classes that have asked us to
> put up video (fortunately, most of the stuff they've asked for is
> licenseable). We will encode to Windows Media and serve out from our
> server. The materials will be made available to all UCB-authenticated =
users, on
> campus and off. For stuff available as "ready-made" Windows Media
> digital files (e.g. Films Media and PBS), we'll buy these and mount
> them. For the stuff we've encoded, the classes will embed links to =
the
> files in the course learning management system. We will also fully
> catalog the titles and include links to the video files in our OPAC,
> as well as in the MRC web site.
>
> In the long run, one of the most challenging decisions for ANYONE
> getting into this business of VOD in ANY form will be how to decide
> what to license.
> As I've written earlier on videolib, there is often a fairly wide
> disjuncture between what is actually being used or requested and what
> is available for digital rights licensing. The bottom line at
> Berkeley is that what's used most in classrooms (movies) is currently
> out of reach as far as digital delivery. On the other hand, licensing
> ONLY those items which are immediately needed to support curriculum
> has its drawbacks, too, in terms of long-term collection development =
needs.
>
> We also intend to begin digitizing stuff for which we believe we have
> Section 108 preservation rights. These will be limited to
> building-level IP addresses (although, if I were putting my money
> where my mouth is (cf my recent diatribes on videolib re 108 rights),
> I'd make these more broadly available to UC users both on campus and
> off. I'm still too chicken to do this, I think.
>
> I've decided to go the DIY route for a number of reasons: it's clear
> to me that remote access to video via remote vendor's server simply
> isn't satisfactory in terms of image resolution and size and network
> efficiency. I really like Films Media's little front end (which
> allows the user to define clip sequences and to create learning
> objects), but the image via FM's server just doesn't make it.
> We're doing the encoding in-house because, frankly, our Library
> Systems Office is clueless and unwilling or incapable of taking this
> on. Campus computing and our Educational Technology guys are
> similarly completely out of the question in terms of economics,
> willingness, and corporate culture. So...we're biting the bullet and =
trying it ourselves.
>
> We get the hardware in a few weeks. Stay tuned.
>
> Gary
>
>
> At 08:12 AM 6/12/2007, you wrote:
>> I've been talking to CDIGIX about licensing some of our videos to
>> stream out and authenticate through Blackboard.
>>
>> QUESTION: What are your experiences with streaming videos from your
>> collection, other vendors, any thoughts or comments on this topic
>> will be great appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chuck McCann
>> Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
>> Florida State Libraries
>> "Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
>> http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
>> 850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924
>>
>> 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.
>
> Gary Handman
> Director
> Media Resources Center
> Moffitt Library
> UC Berkeley
> ghandman@library.berkeley.edu
> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
>
> "In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of
> life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles."
>
> --Guy Debord
>
> 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.
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Technology and Government Information Librarian The College of Wooster =
Libraries 1140 Beall Avenue Wooster, Ohio 44691
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mgooch@wooster.edu
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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.
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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.
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:54:59 -0500
From: Pat Mcgee <PMcGee@tntech.edu>
Subject: [Videolib] RE: Protein Synthesis
Anyone know of a good title on this subject for college level students?
Thanks.
Pat McGee
Coordinator of Media Services
Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library & Media Center
Tennessee Technological University
Box 5066
Cookeville, TN 38505
931-372-3544
Fax 931-372-6112
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.
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:49:10 -0400
From: James Steffen <jsteffe@emory.edu>
Subject: [Videolib] Fwd: Video Business Online - MPAA, others call for =
new anti-piracy campaign
Hello all,
I found this article on the Video Business website. It'll be
interesting to see if their call for increased enforcement actually
develops into anything concrete...
MPAA, others call for new anti-piracy campaign
Read the full article at:
http://videobusiness.com/article/CA6452241.html&
Cheers,
James
- --
James M. Steffen
Film Studies and Media Librarian
Theater Studies Subject Liaison
Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library
Emory University
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322-2870
Phone: (404) 727-8107
FAX: (404) 727-2257
Email: jsteffe@emory.edu
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.
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Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:53:04 -0400
From: Wes Miller <wesm@earlham.edu>
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
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Chuck,
In PowerPoint you can create custom sizes that can be printed on a =3D20
plotter. Many of Earlham's students create poster presentations that =
=3D20=3D
are printed in a 4 x 5 foot size and printed on a plotter . This is =
=3D20
done under the page set-up area and is a custom size and scales the =
=3D20
image, which can then be printed to the printer of choice.
Give it a try and see how it works.
Wes
On Jun 18, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Chuck McCann wrote:
> Thanks,
>
> But faculty create their posters in PowerPoint -- which is an =3D20
> application that will only allow you a certain height and width. To =
=3D20=3D
> get a LARGER dimension it has to be exported as something that =3D20
> PhotoShop will open (or is there another way?). It seems to only =3D20
> export at 72-96 dpi. So, when the poster is proportionally =3D20
> stretched in PhotoShop there is pixelization in the images, and =3D20
> thus in the print.
>
> Anyone have any ideas to help get a smoother image??
>
>
>
>
>
> At 03:59 PM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
>> Fonts won=3D92t pixelate when printed from PowerPoint (really large), =
=3D20=3D
>> but images will. I think you can make a PowerPoint about 36 by 48 =
=3D20=3D
>> or so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52). The only thing you can =
=3D20
>> do with an image is use a very high dpi one, as that is bitmapped, =
=3D20=3D
>> not vector based, like the fonts will be in PowerPoint.
>>
>> mb
>>
>> Michael Brewer
>> Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
>> University of Arizona Library
>> brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
>> From: owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu [ mailto:owner-=3D20
>> videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chuck McCann
>> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:06 PM
>> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
>> Subject: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
>>
>> Ninety percent of my patrons who want a poster made will come with =
=3D20=3D
>> their poster on a PowerPoint file. The dimensions of a PowerPoint =
=3D20
>> slide will only expand to 24 x 36 inches (there about) -- so to =3D20
>> get a bigger poster what we have done is saved the slide as a .jpg =
=3D20=3D
>> and resized it in Photoshop.
>>
>> QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing FONT AND IMAGE =
=3D20=3D
>> pixelization??
>>
>> Chuck McCann
>> Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
>> Florida State Libraries
>> "Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
>> http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
>> 850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924
>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion =
=3D20
>> of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, =3D20
>> acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of =3D20
>> current and evolving video formats in libraries and related =3D20
>> institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective =
=3D20=3D
>> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =3D20
>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and =3D20
>> video producers and distributors.
> Chuck McCann
> Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
> Florida State Libraries
> "Ask A Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
> http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
> 850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the =
=3D20
> broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, =3D20
> evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and =3D20
> use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related =
=3D20
> institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective =
=3D20
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =3D20
> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video =
=3D20=3D
> producers and distributors.
T. Weston Miller
Director, Instructional Technology & Media
Earlham College, Drawer 5
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
Voice: 765-983-1278
E-mail: wesm@ earlham.edu
Immediate Past-President, Association for Educational Communications =
=3D20
and Technology. (http://www.aect.org <http://www.aect.org/> )
AECT 2007 Conference - Anaheim, CA October 23-27, 2007
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Chuck,
In PowerPoint you can =3D
create custom sizes that can be printed on a plotter.=3DA0 Many of =3D
Earlham's students create poster presentations that are printed in a 4 x =
=3D
5 foot size and printed on a plotter .=3DA0 This is done under the page =
=3D
set-up area and is a custom size and scales the image, which can then be =
=3D
printed to the printer of choice.
Give it a try and see how =
=3D
it works.
Wes
On Jun 18, =
=3D
2007, at 8:34 AM, Chuck McCann wrote:
=3D
Thanks,
But faculty create their posters in PowerPoint -- which =
=3D
is an application that will only allow you a certain height and width. =
=3D
To get a LARGER dimension it has to be exported as something that =3D
PhotoShop will open (or is there another way?). It seems to only export =
=3D
at 72-96 dpi. So, when the poster is proportionally stretched in =3D
PhotoShop there is pixelization in the images, and thus in the =3D
print.
Anyone have any ideas to help get a smoother =3D
image??
At 03:59 PM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
=
=3D
Fonts won=3D92t pixelate when printed from =
PowerPoint =3D
(really large), but images will.=3DA0 I think you can make a PowerPoint =
=3D
about 36 by 48 or so, perhaps a bit wider (might be 52).=3DA0 The only =
=3D
thing you can do with an image is use a very high dpi one, as that is =
=3D
bitmapped, not vector based, like the fonts will be in PowerPoint.
=
=3D
=3DA0
mb
=3DA0
Michael =3D
Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
=
=3D
University of Arizona Library
=
=3D
brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu
=
From: owner-videolib@lists.=
ber=3D
keley.edu [ mailto:owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] =
On =3D
Behalf Of Chuck McCann
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 12:06 =
=3D
PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu=
Subject: [Videolib] Printing Posters/Pixelization
=3D
=3DA0
Ninety percent =
of =3D
my patrons who want a poster made will come with their poster on a =3D
PowerPoint file. The dimensions of a PowerPoint slide will only expand =
=3D
to 24 x 36 inches (there about) -- so to get a bigger poster what we =3D
have done is saved the slide as a .jpg and resized it in Photoshop.
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=3D
=3DA0
QUESTION: What are some technical tips for reducing =
FONT =3D
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Chuck McCann
Dept. Head, Digital =
=3D
Media Center
Florida State Libraries
"Ask A Media Librarian" AIM =
=3D
account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
=
=3D
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
850.644.3094 or 850.644.5924
VIDEOLIB is =3D
intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating =
=3D
to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, =3D
preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries =
=3D
and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an =3D
effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of =3D
communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video =3D
producers and distributors.
Chuck McCann
=
=3D
Dept. Head, Digital Media Center
Florida State Libraries
"Ask A =
=3D
Media Librarian" AIM account/e-mail: cmccann@mailer.fsu.edu
=
=3D
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/dlmc/dmc
850.644.3094 or =3D
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=3D
discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, =3D
acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and =
=3D
evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is =3D
hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video =
=3D
librarians, as well as a channel of communication between =3D
libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and =3D
distributors.
T. Weston =3D
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Director, Instructional Technology & =3D
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Earlham College, Drawer 5
Richmond, IN=3DA0 =
=3D
47374-4095
Voice: =3D
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E-mail:=3DA0 wesm@ =3D
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Immediate Past-President, =3D
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AECT 2007 Conference - =
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