The document discusses the need for libraries to adapt to changing student expectations in the digital age, particularly through streaming media. It highlights the complexities of digitization, copyright, and the technical requirements necessary for effective streaming, which impact collection building. Additionally, the document emphasizes the importance of outreach opportunities for academic libraries in this evolving landscape.

1. Now Streaming
Library Media in the Digital Age
Why can’t the library be like Netflix?
Changing student expectations and increasing A cquisition Options: Buy or Rent, Local or Remote
online education mean that library content needs
to be delivered in new ways. Streaming media
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can help fill that need. D igitization and Copyright: Upload and Stream Legacy VHS
Institutional streaming is complicated.
Based on considerations such as library budgets, T echnical Requirements: Robust Internet, Dedicated Server
technical capabilities and collection policies,
decisions about what to stream and how to do it
can have a wide-ranging impact on both the C ollection Building: Not for Feature Films
library and the larger institution.
Streaming is here to stay. O utreach Opportunities: Public Performance and more
So let’s talk about what it means for academic
libraries!
Jennifer Ferguson, Simmons College, jennifer.ferguson@simmons.edu
ACRL Annual Poster Session, 2013
See the ACRL 2013 Virtual Conference for detailed handouts.
http://slidesha.re/YzIvtb