The Netflix streaming catalog isn’t accessible to non-subscribers and even subscribers will find it a hassle to browse so Instant Watcher was created by a third-party developer to make that process less of a chore. The site’s design makes it look like a front for a pirate site but it’s purpose is nothing more than […]
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Errol Morris Live Streaming Event: November 6 from 3 – 4:30pm EST
BAFTA LAUNCHES “BAFTA GURU” RESOURCE WITH ERROL MORRIS EVENT Inaugural Event: First-Ever LIVE Global Stream Featuring Errol Morris, Academy Award winning Documentary Filmmaker on Sunday, November 6, 2011 from 3 – 4:30PM EST/12noon – 1:30PM PST NEW YORK, NY – November 1, 2011 — Today BAFTA in London announced the launch of the new online […]
Continue readingFilms on Demand – New titles added!
New titles from Films Media Group have been added to the following Films on Demand streaming collections. A few of the films are highlighted below: Humanities & Social Sciences Collection – 96 new titles DNA: Secret of Photo 51 – Streaming video One of the greatest scientific achievements of the 20th century was the discovery […]
Continue readingNetflix’s new service Qwikster has already given up the ghost
For the moment, Netflix will NOT be spinning off it’s DVD delivery service.
Continue readingUCLA/AIME Streaming Video Lawsuit Dismissed
Librarians (particularly media librarians and copyright experts) who have been awaiting the outcome of the lawsuit filed by the Association for Information Media and Equipment (AIME) against UCLA in January 2010 can now stop waiting. The case has been dismissed, though on technical grounds that stop short of clarifying whether the practice UCLA engaged is […]
Continue readingFilmography – William Shakespeare
The Media Services contribution to the Library Subject Guides is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the ALADIN catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible. For complete up-to-date holdings (including VHS tapes) please refer to the library […]
Continue readingMedia Services Survives the East Coast Earthquake
That’s right Media Services is still standing after yesterday’s east coast earthquake. The media shelves wobbled, but no DVDs fell off the shelves. Like most everyone else we were watching people’s first responses on Twitter. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @aulibmedia. Also, here’s a list of some earthquake-related videos available in Media Services. […]
Continue readingFilmaker’s Library – Almost 1,000 documentaries!
Cool News! We now have a perpetual license for Filmakers Library videos via Alexander Street Press – Almost 1000 documentaries with something for every academic area taught at AU. Filmakers Library Online provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum—race and gender studies, human rights, globalization and global studies, multiculturalism, international relations, criminal justice, the […]
Continue readingFilms on Demand now on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch!
All of the Films On Demand videos have been re-encoded in H.264 format to allow playback on any iOS device. With their new video player, you can now watch any titles in our Films On Demand collection on an iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone. And their new design is optimized to allow easy navigation of […]
Continue readingEthnographic Video Online – Hundreds More Titles Added!!
Ethnographic Video Online of Alexander Street Press provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior – more than 750 hours and 1,000 films at completion. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century, […]
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