In Pictures

Volume 1 August 2006 Issue 1

Welcome to the first issue of In Pictures, the library's online newsletter focusing on what's new in our video collection. In Pictures will publish every other month during the school year (August, October, December, February, and April). If you wish to be notified when the next issue comes out, please contact David Everett at everettdd@hiram.edu and your name and email will be added to our In Pictures distribution list.

It's been a pretty quiet summer for videos, but we do have a bunch of feature films ordered at the end of the academic year. So, let's get to it!

New Videos

Bambi - (Feature Film B2196 2005 DVD) - Walt Disney's animated version of Felix Salten's book of the same name tells the story of Bambi, the Prince of the Forest. May be best known for the killing of Bambi's mother.

Bride and Prejudice (Feature Film B763 2005 DVD) - An Indian version of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice.

Butterflies are Free (Feature Film B9824 1995 VHS) - Story of a blind young trying to make his own life. Stars Edward Albert, Goldie Hawn and the late Eileen Heckart.

Clueless (Feature Film C627 2005 DVD) - Alicia Silverstone stars as popular high school student Cher Horowitz in this film inspired by Jane Austen's Emma. Whatever!

Crash (Feature Film C854 2005 DVD) - The winner of the 2005 Academy Award for Best Picture, this film looks at race in America when a car accident brings together a group of strangers in Los Angeles. Features an all-star cast including Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, and Terrence Howard.

High School Musical (Feature Film H5374 2006 DVD) - From Walt Disney, the story of two high school students in their high school's musical production.

Leila (Feature Film L5337 2000 DVD) - A look at tradition and modernity in Iran as seen in the story of Reza and Leila, a recently married couple.

Little Man Tate (Feature Film L725 2001 DVD or Feature Film L725 2000 VHS) - The story of a seven-year-old genius caught between a working mother who wants to give her son a normal life and the head of an institute for gifted children who wants to push his development. Starring Jodie Foster, Dianne Wiest, Harry Connick, Jr., and David Hyde Pierce.

Mel Brooks' The Producers (Feature Film P9424 1968 2005 DVD) - A two-CD package of the original 1968 film release starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Dick Shawn.

My Left Foot (Feature Film M9905 2005 DVD) - The story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy, but learned to paint and write with his left foot - his only controllable limb. Starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

Pride and Prejudice (Feature Film P932 2005 2006 DVD) - A film adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name. Keira Knightley stars.

The Producers (Feature Film P9424 2005 2006 DVD) - The 2005 remake of the original by Mel Brooks, starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, who reprise their roles from the stage version.

Tae Guk Gi (Feature Film T122 2005 DVD) - A Korean look at the Korean War through the eyes of two brothers sent to fight at the front lines.

When We Were Kings (796.83092 A1416w 1977 DVD) - This winner of the 1997 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature looks at the "Rumble in the Jungle" between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman and promoted by Don King.

Other News

Cataloging videos - You may have noticed that we are now fully cataloging all videos. So you should find it much easier to locate the titles you need and to do some new searches, such as searching by actors. We are starting to work our way, very slowly, back through the old videos and give them the full cataloging treatment, as well.

Finding the Videos - You will also notice a new numbering scheme that breaks the videos into Feature Films, which are shelved separately and basically alphabetically by title, and non-feature films that are assigned Dewey call numbers and shelved on that basis. We are also shelving DVDs and VHS tapes together. The call numbering schemes include the format (either DVD or VHS) as the last element in the call number. So you should see both the DVD and the VHS tape of Little Man Tate side-by-side (if they are not checked out).

Building the Collection - This year the Friends of the Hiram College Library have dedicated a small amount of money to be spent on growing the video collection. So, send your suggestions to David Everett at everettdd@hiram.edu. Remember the collection is mostly here to support the curriculum so we are looking mostly for educational videos. We won't rule out really good films. And we won't consider TV shows at all - that's a whole different genre and we simply cannot afford it at this point in time. There are, of course, no guarantees we will buy all or even any of the suggestions, but we are looking for a few good videos to buy.