>A Society for Cinema Studies committee has been (slowly, casually) >exploring ways in which the online world currently serves film/TV scholars. >I've chaired this committee for two years now and I figure it's time to >make some recommendations and possibly take some action. > >I would greatly appreciate the participation of SCREEN-Litarians in this >effort. There are many corners of the Internet that I haven't peered into. >Plus, a discussion of this nature might help make us all more aware of the >resources out there. > >The outline I'm currently working with is divided into two parts: > >1. The types of materials/services avaiLable online ("online" equals, >principally, Internet resources, but might extend to commercial services or >dial-up BBS's). >2. Modes of providing those materials/services. > >I'm open to suggestions in both areas: What is currently available online? >What needs to be added to that? How are these materials/services provided? >How could they be provided in the future? > >Seems like I recall someone putting together a guide to online film/TV >resources. Does anyone know if this exists? > >So, here's what I've sketched out tonight: > >ONLINE MATERIALS/SERVICES--CURRENT > >E-mail discussion groups > >Databases of film credits > >Archive/library catalogs > >MOOs/MUDs/IRC for "real time" conferences > >ONLINE MATERIALS/SERVICES--POTENTIAL > >SCS materials > Directory (available only to members?) > Including *e-mail* addressesses > Grad student directory, too > Conference calls/info > Conference papers/abstracts > Reports of SCS committees > E.g., archival materials committee > Job listings > >Course syllabi--in collaboration with UFVA's "course files"? > >A FAQ for film/TV Internet resources > Topics to cover from film/TV studies angle: > Discussion groups > Databases of film credits > Online archival catalogs (e.g., Library of Congress) > Commercial information services > MOOs/MUDs/Internet Relay Chat > Transferring files via the Internet (too many variables?) > Scholarly use of e-mail (too rudimentary?) > Print it in CINEMA JOURNAL initially, updates online > Make updates available for FTP, LISTSERV and dial-up access > Make it hypertext, allow folks to bounce to those resources > >Searchable databases > SCS directory > Scholarly databases > >POSSIBLE MODES OF PROVIDING THESE MATERIALS/SERVICES > >SCREEN-L discussion group and archive > Services > Discussion of film/TV studies > Available currently through e-mail, Usenet, dial-up > BBS > Materials > *Text* files, but not binary ones > Retrievable via e-mail (thus accessible by > commercial sources like CIS, AOL, Prodigy, etc.) > Cost > None > Currently run on LISTSERV software on the U. of Al > mainframe computer > >SCREEN-L II (?) > Services > Solely for announcements related to film/TV studies > Moderated; low traffic > Cost > None, if co-sponsoring insitution found (e.g., UA s TCFnet) > >Gopher/WWW/FTP server > Services > Online searching of databases > Hypertext access to resources > Materials > Text files > Binary files--word processing, graphics, sound > Cost > Unix box and someone to create/run it > Hang it on a co-sponsoring institution's 'Net connection? > $10,000? > >Internet accessible (via Telnet) MOO/MUD/BBS > Services > Real-time, live discussions > Materials > Text files > Cost > See FTP/Gopher/WWW above > >Dial-up BBS > Services > Bulletin board-style discussion > I.e., "posting" of messages > Materials > Text/binary files > Cost > $500-1,000 to buy some harddisk space > Link to the Internet server's files? > > ===================================================================== > Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] > Associate Professor [log in to unmask] > Telecommunication & Film Dept. * University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa > ===================================================================== > * * * * * * Jermemy, There is a wonderful list of online Film & Video Resources on Internet. This list was put together by Kristen Garlock, and Lisa Wood,([log in to unmask]). The Resource Guide is a complete a reference source as I have seen. Stephen O'Riordan Film/Video Archives Media Center, UCSD 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, CA 92093-0504 Tel: 619/534-7981 Fax: 619/534-7180 [log in to unmask]