Editor’s note: In what has been described as a major victory for the digital humanities, a federal court earlier this month ruled against the Authors Guild in favor of the HathiTrust, a massive digital archive of library materials converted from print that is co-owned and managed by a partnership of more than 60 academic institutions, […]
About Joel Steinfeldt
http://illinois.edu/ds/search?search=Joel+Steinfeldt&search_type=all&skinId=&cx=&cof=&t=1&q=Joel+Steinfeldt&sa=GoIndiana University researcher may have found the oldest record in the world
IU sound media historian Patrick Feaster’s find in stacks at Wells Library could represent oldest record in world. Watch the video.
YouTube may charge for some videos
From the Chicago Tribune: YouTube is exploring selling subscriptions to access to some of its video offerings, potentially providing a way for certain cable channels to be available outside the traditional “bundles” offered by cable network providers, said YouTube boss Salar Kamangar. More
Federal appeals court bans enforcement of Illinois eavesdropping law
More at http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-illinois-eavesdropping-law-20120508,0,2406008.story
Ebertfest Preview Video
Take a look at the News Bureau’s preview of Ebertfest 2012
List of Campus Online Video Channels
Below find an alphabetic roster of Video Channels from various groups across campus. (more…)
Internet Archive Posts Trove of Public Domain HD Video
Digitized from 35mm original negatives and release prints dating back to the first decade of the 20th century, these unedited sequences were shot for feature films but never used. Studio librarians saved them for use in future productions, and now you can download and use them yourself in a variety of formats, including 720p HD, […]
AMD invests in video communications startup Nuvixa; company founded by Illinois faculty and students
Venture Beat (San Francisco, March 5) — Advanced Micro Devices has made an investment in video communications startup Nuvixa. The company is investing in Nuvixa so that the startup can continue work on its StagePresence video presentation tool, which extracts a human presenter from any background and embeds him or her in a digital desktop […]
University Acquires 10,000-plus Streaming Videos
Faculty and staff members and students at the UI now have 24/7 online access to 12 discipline-specific video collections, which together include more than 10,000 full-length streaming videos — all cross-searchable from a single interface. See what’s in the collection.
A Student’s Perspective on the Benefits of Video Capture at Conferences
An opinion piece from the Daily Illini that explains the importance to students of being able to “attend” a conference via video capture: http://www.dailyillini.com/index.php/article/2012/02/video_lectures_uses_extend_past_classroom
Videoconferencing Facilities on Campus
Videoconferencing Facilities on Campus (Updated on Jan. 13, 2012) Office of Online and Professional Engineering Programs provides videoconferencing service. Call 333–6634 or visit http://online.engineering.illinois.edu/ NCSA provides videoconferencing services. Users can contact eventservices at ncsa.illinois.edu or make a request here: http://events.ncsa.illinois.edu/ ‘Service descriptions and more information’ http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/AboutUs/Facilities/events.html Chemistry has videoconferencing facilities. (contact wallbaum at illinois.edu) Psychology […]
