SILLVR: Streaming Video Resources for Libraries
Discover how SILLVR facilitates the sharing and access of streaming video resources among libraries, emphasizing the importance of maintaining library services such as interlibrary loans in the digital age. Partnering with various institutions, SILLVR aims to enhance collaboration and resource accessibility for academic libraries.
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Presented by Philip Gaddis ILL & Acquisitions Manager, Auraria Library
What is SILLVR? S Streaming I Interl library L Loan V Video R Resources SILLVR allows discovery and sharing of streaming video resources among libraries Built upon partnerships with Colorado Alliance/Prospector, libraries, and vendors. Two key ideas behind SILLVR Change in formats, from DVD to Streaming, should not mean loss of library services such as ILL Libraries make use of ILL data to inform their purchasing decisions ILL can lead to increased sales for vendors!
Year 2 SILLVR Partnerships Prospector - Union Catalog with member libraries throughout Colorado and the University of Wyoming Allows discovery & requesting of SILLVR-eligible videos Popular feature films ~ 1,000 titles Lending restricted to Academic Libraries Approximately 5,000 educational videos Lending allowed to all Prospector libraries
Preparing for SILLVR Lending libraries upload their holdings to Prospector SILLVR required some changes to libraries streaming video records to make them eligible for requesting
Changes to MARC record For Swank titles, add line to 856 field:
SILLVR Workflow Patron locates video in Prospector Patron has 21 days to review video. After 21 days it automatically expires. Places a request on the item Borrowing library sends to patron an email with embedded link to video Lending library receives request via Prospector paging slip Lending library generates URL request, emails URL to borrowing library
Demonstration Searching Prospector Requesting a video Email to vendor (lending library) Email from vendor to lending library (with URL) Email to borrowing library system (lending library) Email to Patron (borrowing library) Accessing the borrowed video
Conclusion Many thanks to our fantastic partners Swank Motion Pictures and Alexander Street for making the SILLVR pilot year 2 possible! Please check out our SILLVR article in Collaborative Librarianship! https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol11/iss4/8/ Email us: ProjectSILLVR@gmail.com Philip.Gaddis@ucdenver.edu Questions?