Video collection development in multi-type libraries : a handbook / edited by Gary P. Handman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Handman, Gary, 1950-

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Greenwood library management collection 0894-2986

The Greenwood library management collection, 0894-2986

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Libraries--United States--Special collections--Video recordings.

Libraries.

United States.

Genre:

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 462 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Summary:

This professional reference, a revised edition of the book published in 1994, provides detailed information on developing video collections in different types of libraries, the nature of the video market, and approaches for selecting materials.

Contents:

Introduction: Moving with the Image: Some Millennial Thoughts about Video in Libraries and Video Librarians / Gary P. Handman xi

I. See Also: The Nature of Video, the Nature of Video in Libraries 1

1. "Watch This, It's Good for You": Thoughts on Video and Libraries / Walt Crawford 3

II. The Wide Angle: Video Collection in Multiple Contexts 13

2. Public Library Video Collections / Michael Vollmar-Grone 15

3. School Library Video Collections / Cassandra M. Keith 40

4. Video Collections in Academic Libraries / Kristine R. Brancolini 47

5. The Expanding Domain of Health-Content Video Collections / Anita Ondrusek, Suzanne J. Crow 76

III. Close Focus: Specialized Collections and Special User Needs 111

6. Video Services for the Deaf / Thomas R. Harrington 113

7. Accessible Video Services for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired / Mary Watkins, Kim Charlson 139

8. Accessing Primary Source Public Affairs Programming / Robert X. Browning 152

9. Cultural Diversity and Video Collecting / Diana Vogelsong, Christopher Lewis 166

10. Cinema Collections: Public Libraries / Randy Pitman 184

11. Cinema Collections: Academic Libraries / Oksana Dykyj 199

12. Preserving the Image: Video Preservation / Jeff Clark 224

IV. Laying the Ground Rules, Picking What Plays: Policies, Criteria, and Methods for Selecting, Evaluating, and Acquiring Video 243

13. Developing Video Collection Development Policies to Accommodate Existing and New Technologies / James C. Scholtz 245

14. Some Guidelines for Evaluating Non-theatrical Videos / Beth Blenz-Clucas 277

15. The Rights Stuff: Video Copyright and Collection Development / Gary P. Handman 287

V. Behind the Box Office: The Nature of the Video Market 307

16. A Primer on the Home Video Market / Debra Franco 309

17. Program Rights, or Answers to the Question, "Why Can't I Buy That Program?" / Jon Cecil 323

18. Video Reference Tools and Selection Aids / Rebecca Albitz 343

19. Screening Differences: Resources for Building Culturally Diverse Video Collections / Gary P. Handman 356

20. Sources for Finding Alternative Media / Nancy Goldman, Jason Sanders 378

21. Sources of Stock and Archival Footage / Helene Whitson 396

22. Video and Film Associations, Organizations, and Discussion Lists / Gary P. Handman 406

VII. Fast Forward: The Future of Moving-Image Distribution and Access 417

23. DVD: Not If but When / Kristine R. Brancolini 419

24. Video Collections into the Future / Rick E. Provine 433.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0313316589

OCLC:

47738102