WMRLS WEB WATCH: FILM PROGRAMS FOR ADULTSOn December 9, 2005, WMRLS hosted an Adult Library Programming Roundtable facilitated by Karen Demers and Lisa Downing of the Wilbraham Public Library and Forbes Library (Northampton) respectively. Librarian participants shared a wealth of outstanding program ideas that we have summarized on our WMRLS WorkshopNotes website - http://www.wmrls.org/ce/notes/index.html
A segment of our roundtable program focused upon film programs for adults. The websites that are listed below were recommended by roundtable participants:
Boston Public Library Media Booking Catalog - http://www.bpl.org/catalogs/frame_viscnsl.htm - Searchthe Boston Public Library's Media Collection by subject, keyword, and title. This webpage provides instructionson how to book 16mm films and videocassettes for library and nonprofit group programming.
Film Movement Foreign Films – http://www.filmmovement.com/ – Libraries that subscribe to this servicereceive everything needed to run a monthly film club: a new award-winning film each month on DVD, discussionguides, images, and a press kit.
Movie Licensing USA - http://www.movlic.com/ - Subtitled "show copyrighted movies in your school or library- legally!" Movie Licensing USA provides public performance site licenses to libraries wishing to showhome use only feature films. The license fee is determined by the number of registered patrons that the libraryserves.
National Video Resources (NVR) Film and Discussion Series - http://www.nvr.org/ - NVR sells a completepackage to conduct a library film series on a number of topics including the videos, downloadable support materials,program planner's manual, posters and publicity materials.
Sy Becker's Movie Reviews - http://tinyurl.com/2c94vb - WWLP/Channel 22 MovieReviewer - Western Massachusetts libraries that have hosted programs featuring "Sy Becker's Look At theMovies" have rated his presentations "Two Thumbs Up".
~ Janet Eckert, WMRLS
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