Hmmmm....I'm totally suspicious about the video content they're talking about...can't be any good, and even if it is, the conditions of use are likely to be strange. harumph. garyAnyone know anything about this? Baker & Taylor expands digital distribution Partners with OverDrive for downloadable video, music, books By Susanne Ault -- Video Business, 5/26/2009 MAY 26 | DIGITAL: Baker & Taylor is expanding its digital distribution capabilities by partnering with technology provider OverDrive. Wholesale distributor Baker & Taylor will create a Digital Media Library, powered by OverDrive, to deliver retail clients such downloadable content as e-books, audio books, music and video. Additionally, clients can work with Baker & Taylor to offer their store customers digital content directly for playback on a variety of devices. "Baker & Taylor continues to enhance its digital media distribution platform with the best technologies available in the market," Baker & Taylor CEO Tom Morgan said. "We are executing on Baker & Taylor's strategic vision to be the industry leader in the distribution of bundled physical and digital media to our customers worldwide." OverDrive also operates the Digital Bookmobile, a touring 18-wheeler that educates people about free digital book downloads on behalf of public libraries. OverDrive CEO Steve Potash said, "The market timing for this alliance is perfect. The demand for digital media is exploding, and Baker & Taylor is in a prime position to give customers a bundled solution, digital content in multiple formats along with physical media." Jonathan Miller President Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA tel 1.718.488.8900 fax 1.718.488.8642 www.IcarusFilms.com jmiller@IcarusFilms.com 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 "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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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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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