A news release today from CNET News: YouTube is joining a growing number of competitors trying to deliver movies over the Internet.
Lectures, panels, and interviews
One of the lecture archive sites in Multimedia Resources, Connie Martin Talks Books, offers an unexpected look at a younger Barack Obama. The full interview is available, but here’s a clip (edited with Virtual Cutter): Obama interview 1995.
Fall term additions to Multimedia Resources include:
A dozen new events in the lecture archive including two faculty panels on the economic crisis and the 2008 Clifford Symposium;
Copyright resources from Pacific Film Archives;
Other lecture archive sites: FORA-TV, Georgetown University Webcasts, and Stanford Humanities Center.
Blinkx launches web-based version of broadband television offering
A news release from Resource Shelf.
Blu-ray playback available in the Library
The first Blu-ray player has been installed in the Library, at viewing station #22. Group viewing room 240A will soon be similarly equipped.
Blu-ray discs added to the media collection
The Library has begun acquiring films on Blu-ray disc (BD). For more information about this new format, see the FAQ at Blu-ray.com.