Media Collections Hours for August will Mon – Friday 10am – 5pm
We will be adding additional evening hours Mon-Thursday till 7pm and Sunday 2pm-7pm by September
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Media Collections Shelf Shifting
Since Media Collections was established at the Addlestone Library in May of 2006 we have at least doubled our original collection of some 3000 video titles. We are experiencing growing pains in the form of some very tight space. To free up space for our growing collection we are in the process of shifting titles and re-labeling shelves. We should be done by end of summer. If you come by Media Collections this summer, you may notice some temporary shelf signs as well as signs of heavy movement and some construction. Be not alarmed. By the fall we will be well organized and prettied up. Its only going to get better.
Video Round Table announces 2009 Notable Videos for Adults
<This information from the ALA web site>
The American Library Association (ALA) Video Round Table Notable Videos Committee has compiled its 2009 list of Notable Videos for Adults, a list of fifteen outstanding programs released on video within the past two years and suitable for all libraries serving adults. Its purpose is to call attention to recent video releases that make a significant contribution to the world of video recordings. The selections were made during the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The winning titles are:
The Business of Being Born. 87 min. New Line Home Video. DVD: $27.98 (Available most distributors) http://www.thebusinessofbeingborn.com/
Cats of Mirikitani. 74 min. Arts Alliance America. DVD: $29.95. (Available most distributors) http://www.thecatsofmirikitani.com/
Deep Water. 93 min. IFC Films. DVD: $24.95. (Available most distributors) http://www.deepwater-movie.com/
Fat Chance. 52 min. Icarus Films. DVD: $390. http://icarusfilms.com
How I Am. 49 minutes. Fanlight Productions. DVD: $249. www.fanlight.com
Miss Navajo. 53 min. The Cinema Guild. DVD: $295.00 www.cinemaguild.com
No End In Sight. 102 min. Magnolia Home Entertainment. DVD: $19.99. (Available most distributors) http://www.noendinsightmovie.com/
The Order of Myths. 80 min. Cinema Guild (with PPR): DVD: $395.00. http://cinemaguild.com/ New Yorker Video: DVD: $29.99. http://www.theorderofmyths.com/
Price of Sugar. 90 minutes. New Yorker Films. DVD: $29.99. (Available most distributors) http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/
Sharkwater. 90 minutes. Warner Home Video. DVD: $19.99. (Available most distributors) http://www.sharkwater.com/
Steal a Pencil for Me. 94 min. Westlake Entertainment. DVD: $24.98. (Available most distributors) www.westlakeent.com
To See If I’m Smiling. 60 min. Women Make Movies. DVD: $295.00 for Universities, Colleges & Institutions; $89.00 for K-12, Public Libraries & Select Groups. http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c719.shtml
War Dance. 107 min. THINKfilm. DVD: $24.99. (Available most distributors) www.thinkfilmcompany.com
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann. 80 min. Zeitgeist Films. DVD: $29.99. http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/what_remains/index.html
White Light, Black Rain. 86 minutes. Films Media Group (with PPR): DVD: $169.95 http://ffh.films.com/; HBO Home Video: DVD: $19.98 (Available most distributors) http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/whitelightblackrain/
Members of the 2008-09 committee are: Chair, Meghann Matwichuk, University of Delaware Library; Nora Dimmock, University of Rochester, New York; Tom Ipri, University of Nevada – Las Vegas; Cynthia Knight, Hunterdon County Library (N.J.); Chet Mulawka, San Mateo (Calif.) County Library; Jeff Pearson, University of Michigan; Sam Readman, Miami-Dade (Fla.) Public Library; Joan Skowronski, Hillsborough(Fla.)County Public Library; and Sue-Ellen Beauregard, consultant, Booklist magazine, Chicago.
For more information about the list and the Video Round Table please visit:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/vrt/initiatives/notablevideos/index.cfm
Media Collections Summer Hours
Media Collections will be open normal regular semester hours till May 6. That is Mon-Fri 10am – 7pm. We will be closed through graduation. Our summer hours will begin on May 11:
Media Collections Summer 2009 Operation Hours
May 11- August 9
Mon – Thursday: 10am -5pm
Friday: 10am – 4pm
Sunday: 2pm – 7pm
Peace Studies Filmography Added
Cathy Evans, Our Lady of Media Collections, has added a Peace Studies Filmography with over 125 titles. Check our Filmographies tab above for link to this and other filmographies, or link directly from here.
New Filmographies Added
We have added new filmographies. We now have Spanish and Italian language films lists as well as a Japanese and Native American filmography. We are working on a Russian language film list and a history filmography which should be ready soon. Link to the Filmographies tab above.
335: New Viewing Room with Region 0 Player
Addlestone Room 335 has been equipped with video viewing stations. Students now have another viewing area to view videos on DVD or VHS. Even better, the room has a “Region 0 DVD player that plays the many foreign films we have been receiving that are not Region 1. Videos produced in North America are Region 1. Videos that are not Region 1 do not play in normal DVD players sold in the United States. A Region 0 player will play all dvd region code dvds. For an explanation of region differences and locations link here.
The Initiation of Media Collection’s Memorials for 2008
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The date was early in October in the year of 2008. As the change of guard occurred, an exciting announcement was made by the Media Collection’s own bugle blower, Jared A. Seay. The news announced was that no longer would the Media Collection’s peasant workforce be forced to use the hardly-functional neanderthal office tools. The disabled tape dispenser was replaced by the “Jared A. Seay-certified” Stephen Richard Werdann Memorial Tape Dispenser. The position of the old-fashioned manpowered pencil shaver was filled by a innovative, high-tech Brandon L. Hare Memorial Pencil Sharpener. At first glance, the simpleton Media folk were astonished and partially confused. Since the initiations of the specialized tools for Media Collections management: efficiency is up, the economy is doing better, the unemployment rate of Civil War reenactment actors is down and every Friday is now Hawaiian t-shirt Friday.
Media Collections Launches Blog
Today is day one of the Media Collections blog launch. Using the College of Charleston’s new blog software (thank you Jared and Andrew), the College (and Media Collections and me) now has access to Word Press style blogging. Stay tuned for upcoming information and innovation from the “media folks” at the Addlestone Library. Coming soon: New titles list, reviews of (old and new) titles, what’s happening (and who’s doing it) in Media Collections.