Hello, I am writing because I am on the board of the Scarecrow Project, the non-profit entity that now oversees the legendary Scarecrow Video, in Seattle. (http://blog.scarecrow.com/) As part of Scarecrow's developing mission, we are very interested in expanding the "educational" function of the store and its vast library of over 130,000 videos. Currently, there are a number of educational outreach programs that impact the Seattle area, but I am also curious about the possibility that the store might find educational users across the country. So - my questions. Is there anyone on this listserv that could imagine using parts of this collection in your teaching, at your current institution? Say, through a semester-long loan of some selected titles? What if Scarecrow helped you "curate" videos for courses that you currently teach or wish to teach? Or, do you find that your institution's media library is responsive to your pedagogical needs, and that you cannot imagine finding use of Scarecrow in this way? If you are curious, you could take a look at Scarecrow's incredible library, which holds an amazing number of rare videos: https://www.scarecrow.com/45/search.html We at Scarecrow have not fully thought through the feasibility of loaning videos long-distance, nor the pragmatics for how this program would work; I am just trying to gauge potential interest in such a system before we devote too much time and energy into implementing it. If you have thoughts or opinions about this, please email me DIRECTLY at [log in to unmask] (so as to not clog this listserv with responses). Many thanks, Dan Herbert ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]