We had added three new titles to our Films Media Group collection:
You can see all the available FMG titles here.
The Center for Social Media is an excellent site for keeping up-to-date with copyright. They have just issued a Statement of Fair Use Best Practices for Media Studies Publishing. You can get the pdf of that report here.
The document states that its intention is to be "a reference for media scholars to follow when considering whether or not their inclusion of media in a publication meets the standards of fair use."
If you write about media, you may want to take a look.
UNLV Libraries subscribes to many titles from the Films Media Group. These titles can be accessed only by current UNLV students, faculty, and staff. You can find out what you need to access these titles here.
Each year for the past 10 years, the American Library Association's Notable Videos for Adults Committee selects a list of the best non-fiction videos for the year.
The University Libraries owns many of the titles from last year's list:
On August 17th, the University Libraries unveiled a new home page. One of the upgraded features of this page is the ability to search for music and videos right from the main page:
You also always have the option of limiting any of your searches for items in Lied Library Media Resources or the Music Library.
You can find instruction for limiting your search for media items here. Limiting your search for the Music the library is the same except use the term "UNLV Music Media."
At the end of the spring semester, Media and Computer Services added more titles from the Criterion Collection. What makes the Criterion Collection special is the care they take restoring classic films and transferring them to DVD. With most titles, Criterion also provides extensive special features.
Some of our recent additions include:
- Au Hasard Balthazar
- Closely Watched Trains
- Death of a Cyclist
- Divorce Italian Style
- L'Eclisse
- Early Summer
- Fanny and Alexander
- The Furies
- The Lady Eve
- Late Spring
- Man Bites Dog
- The Man Who Fell to Earth
- The Scarlet Empress
- The Shop on Main Street
- The Tin Drum
You can see all the Criterion films we have by searching "Criterion Collection" as a title in the catalog.
I'm pleased to announce that Marice Seda has been selected to fill the open Library Technician II position in the Media & Computer Services unit of User Services. She will hire, train, and supervise student-workers and coordinate all activities at the Computer Help Desk.
Marice has served as an LTI in Media & Computer Services since 2001.
Marice will make the transition from her current responsibilities to her new role on August 1.
Congratulations Marice!
Andrew O'Hehir, who writes about film for Salon, has an excellent post about the future of movies online and explains some of the sites where you can legally watch full-length films: http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/17/digital_dist/index.html
A scene from the German film, Downfall, featuring Bruno Ganz portraying Hitler, has become a popular source for remixing. Brad Templeton of the Electronic Frontier Foundation created his own remix to help explain some of the issues concerning fair use when such remixes are created. You can read more about the project here.
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