Ubiquitous Video: Can Libraries offer it? (or can libraries adapt?)
American Library Association Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, June 2012
Program and Guide to Resources
Panelists:
● Stephen Rhind-Tut. The President of Alexander Street Press, Mr. Rhind-Tut also serves on
the Board of the Council on Library and Information Resources and the University of California
Press.
● Cyndy Scheibe. (scheibe@ithaca.edu). An Associate Professor in the Department of
Psychology at Ithaca College, Prof. Scheibe is the founder and director of Project Look Sharp,
a media literacy initiative: http://www.ithaca.edu/looksharp/
● Claire Stewart (claire-stewart@northwestern.edu) . The Head of Digital Collections at
Northwestern University Library, Ms. Stewart has written extensively on the access of digital
media and libraries.
EBSS and VRT thank Alexander Street Press for their generosity and participation in
this program.
Select Vendors and Products:
● Alexander Street Press: http://alexanderstreet.com/products ASP offers a variety of streaming
packages in history, music, drama, and science. Select products include: Counseling and
Therapy in Video, Education in Video, Ethnographic Video Online, Microtraining (“competencybased counselor and therapist education”), Social Theory (“major social thinkers”), the Video
Journal of Counseling and Therapy, and the Filmakers Library. For libraries wanting a broad
multidisciplinary collection, ASP offers its VAST collection of over 20,000 films.
● Ambrose Video / Ambrose Digital http://www.ambrosedigital.com/ Ambrose Video offers
videos “a la carte” .
● Annenberg Learner : Includes titles such as “Discovering Psychology “ : http://
www.learner.org/resources/series138.html A streaming instructional series on introductory
psychology for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video
programs.
● California Newsreel http://www.newsreel.org/ California Newsreel offers videos in perpetuity.
● EBSCO: Consumer Health Complete http://www.ebscohost.com/academic/consumerhealth-complete This database contains over 845 videos concerning diseases, conditions &
procedures. Choose the "Videos and Animation" option to search for psychology videos.
● Films for the Humanities / Films On Demand http://ffh.films.com/ Films On Demand is a
web-based digital video library that allows you to view streaming videos 24/7. FOD contains
hundreds of videos on education and psychology-related topics.
● Media Education Foundation http://www.mediaed.org/ Films that analyze media. Call them for
digital licensing of titles.
● National Film Board of Canada (NFB) / Campus http://www.nfb.ca/education/ Subscription
product for educators in Canada. Some films can be streamed from their site. There is a
special page for U.S. purchase: http://www2.nfb.ca/boutique/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?a=b
● New Day Films / New Day Digital http://www.newday.com/index.html Filmmaker run ditributor
offers streaming options for libraries
● Shop PBS Educational Media/ Digital Sales: http://teacher.shop.pbs.org/family/index.jsp?
categoryId=12266553. See also their PBS Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ site as
well as their Teacher’s Domain http://www.teachersdomain.org/ (K-12). Some episodes of
American Experience, Frontline, Nature, and Nova, can be streamed online from PBS Video:
http://video.pbs.org/ . Additionally see the Open Vault site from WGBH, Boston which offers
some archive footage: http://openvault.wgbh.org/ ; WGBH also created the Forum Network of
lectures: http://forum-network.org/
● Swank Digital Campus: Swank designed a digital platform and content for educational
streaming. This is useful for Colleges doing distance education. http://www.swank.com/
digitalCampus/index.html
Library Guides
● Digital Video Collections Guide (Scott Spicer, Media Outreach & Learning Spaces Librarian,
University of Minnesota)
Comprehensive list divides licenced videos from open access videos: http://www.lib.umn.edu/
libdata/page.phtml?page_id=4139
● Media Resources Center (Gary Handman, Head Librarian, University of California, Berkeley)
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/VideographyMenu.html Expert and robust topical guide
to “Documentary and Non Theatrical Works” by Berkeleys’ Media Resources Center. Includes
documentary subject bibliographies of Psychology, Journalism/Media Studies, Advertising, and
Education (Teaching Videos). The site is recommended for those looking for specific video
titles related to topics of education and behavioral sciences.
Collection Development: Acquisitions / Finding distributors
● Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/l/2649512011/ref=MoviesTitle_C1_movies
● DocuSeek Film & Video Finder http://www.docuseek.com/startsearch.php Find documentaries
and educational videos .
● Energized Films: http://www.energizedfilms.com/ Connects non-fiction filmmakers to
educational markets.
● IMDB (Internet Movie Database) http://www.imdb.com/ Links to the official site of a film where
distributors can be identified.
● Midwest Tapes: A library media jobber: http://www.midwesttapes.com/home
● RR Bowker’s Complete Video Directory (Grey House Publishing, print reference) http://
www.greyhouse.com/bowk_video.htm
● The Video Source Book (Gale, print reference) http://www.gale.cengage.com/servlet/
BrowseSeriesServlet?region=7&imprint=000&titleCode=VSB&edition=
Collection Development: Reviews
● Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO) http://emro.lib.buffalo.edu/emro/ “your
connection to quality open access reviews” RSS enabled.
● The Hollywood Reporter: Film Reviews. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/reviews
● MetaCritic: http://www.metacritic.com/ Assigns a numerical value to fims based on collected
reviews.
● Variety: Latest Reviews: http://www.variety.com/reviews/
● Video Librarian Online: Requires a subscription: http://www.videolibrarian.com/
● VRT Notable Videos for adults: http://www.ala.org/vrt/notablevideos
Discussion List, Discussion Groups & Events
● National Media Market http://www.nmm.net/ Annual conference for purchasers of educational
media.
● Videolib and VideoNews (heavy activity) Discussion list for video librarians. VideoNews is for
vendors to advertise new videos: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html
● VRT: Digital Media Discussion Group. http://www.ala.org/vrt/initiatives/dmdiscussiongroup/
vrtdmdg Look for this discussion group at ALA Midwinter and Annual.
Scholarly and Trade articles:
Bell, Steven. (2010, December 9). Just One Word...Video. LJ Academic Newswire / From
the Bell Tower. Retrieved January 5, 2011, from http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/
communityacademiclibraries/888414-419/just_one_word...video__from.csp
Library Trends, 58(3), 2010) Retrieved from http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/toc/
lib.58.3.html
Special issue on "Current trends in Academic Media Collections and Services" available online
through Project Muse.
Little, G. (2011). The Revolution will be streamed online: Academic libraries and video. Journal of
Academic Librarianship, 37(1), 70–72.
Malczewski, Ben. (2011, November 15). Still loading : AV spotlight on streaming video: As the
format wars progress, discs still dominate while streaming searches for a delivery model.
LibraryJournal.com. Retrieved January 11, 2012, from http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/
892497-264/still_loading__av_spotlight.html.csp
Schroeder, R., & Williamsen, J. (2011). Streaming video: The collaborative convergence of
technical services, Collection Development, and Information Technology in the Academic
Library. Collection Management, 36(2), 89–106. doi:10.1080/01462679.2011.554128.
Wankel, C., & Law, J. S. (Eds.). (2011). Streaming Media Delivery in Higher Education. IGI Global.
Retrieved from http://www.igi-global.com/book/streaming-media-delivery-higher-education/
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Education and Behavioral Sciences Section (ACRL / EBSS) http://www.ala.org/acrl/aboutacrl/
directoryofleadership/sections/ebss/ebsswebsite EBSS is comprised of library subject specialists in
the following fields: Communication Studies, Education, Psychology, and Social Work / Social Welfare. The
section annually honors a member with the Distinguished Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian Award
sponsored by John Wiley.
Video Round Table (VRT)
http://www.ala.org/vrt/ VRT addresses issues of video collections and services in all types of libraries. The
membership includes librarians, archivists, and educators from a broad range of institutions and organizations.
VRT actively recruits video producers and distributors, editors, publishers, and manufacturers of video
equipment in order to discuss issues and find solutions to mutual problems.