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Vendor Contact Information

Public Broadcasting System
Product: PBS Films (purchase)

VIVA contact information:

Collections contact name: Jane Penner
User services contact: Ralph Alberico (Chair, VIVA Multimedia TF)

Technical support:

Technical support URL: http://sites.google.com/site/vivalibtest/
Technical support FAQ: http://sites.google.com/site/vivalibtest/viva-streaming-video-faq-web

Contract:

VIVA contract: http://library.gmu.edu/vivasafe/contracts/PBS.pdf   [password protected]
VIVA contract notes: The VIVA Contract makes the PBS films available to all institutions who were VIVA members at the time of the acquisition (2005). The contract includes the right to digitally "stream" -- but NOT to "download" or to distribute via hard-copy alternative (tape, DVD, etc.)

Full-Text Journals List:

http://www.vivalib.org/collect/pbs.html

Note:

MARC records are now available for the VIVA PBS Video Collection. The records, in .mrc and .mrk formats, as well as supporting documentation, can be accessed at http://library.gmu.edu/vivasafe/pbs_marc.html
Please note that both the username and password are needed to access this site. The username and password are the same as those used to access the VIVA Statistics site.
Questions about use of the files should be directed to Barbara Anderson, Head of the Cataloging Department, VCU (bjanders@vcu.edu). Please send other questions regarding the PBS Videos to viva@gmu.edu
A list of the videos is available here: http://www.vivalib.org/collect/documents/PBSTITLES070309.xls