House of Cards: The Academic Library Media Center in the Era of Streaming Video

Copyright literacy of library and information science professionals in Bangladesh

“…In particular, scholars have confronted the challenges posed by libraries seeking to collect eBooks (McKenzie, 2013), music acquired from services such as iTunes (Pessach, 2008), video recording and streaming (Schmidt, 2019) such as Spotify, open-access resources, research data management and sharing. Collecting and sharing these popular materials is increasingly ‘essential to university-level classes’ (King, 2014: 293) and for attracting patrons to the library (Cross, 2016).…”

Perspectives on the Role of Instructional Video in Higher Education

“…The mid-1980s began what the media librarian community sometimes refers to as the Home Video Era. Spurred by the availability of the affordable videocassette format, in addition to playback and recording equipment technology, King posits that it was the landmark Supreme Court decision Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984), which legally allowed for home recording of television programs for time-shifting purposes, that served as a catalyst for library-based video collections to flourish (King 2014). Per King, ironically, in the educational context it was not this newly recognized consumer right to record off-air programming (of which the noted Kastenmeier guidelines provided some negotiated limited use agreement for educational use) but the entertainment industry's response to begin distributing their films at a reasonable price and through commercial retail channels in order to capture some revenue out of fear that consumers would amass large home video libraries of television programs and feature films (King 2014: 297-298).…”

“…To illustrate, Otto found that the Rutgers Library was the fourth place instructors reported seeking content, after use of their own personal collections, online sites such as YouTube, and personal/departmental video purchases (Otto 2014: 127-128). This transition toward streaming access has changed the dynamic between the media librarian, libraries, and instructors (Vallier 2010;King 2014;Widzinski 2010),. For example, we have seen an overall decrease in demand for circulating physical media and decreased usage of media centers for screening videos.…”

To stream or not to stream?

“…Cottrell maintains that libraries need to take the reins in terms of purchasing, collection management, development and training or the future of libraries will be weakened. King (2014) also advocates for libraries to take a leading role in making streaming video available to their users. With the advent of online courses and the hope that online education will save an institution beset by financial problems, streaming videos has taken on a new urgency at universities and colleges.…”