On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross the sky over Richmond, Indiana for four minutes, starting at 3:07 PM. The IU East campus is in the path of totality, which means that viewers of the eclipse will see the sun completely obscured. This is a rare event, and the next eclipse of… Read more »
Tag: video
“Oh, the Humanity!” – historical research and more through film
Films can be a useful resource for a variety of research. Several of the IU East Campus Library databases provide videos for educational purposes. Be sure to “Like” the IU East Campus Library Facebook page for weekly features of unique resources such as the following highlights which can all be located via our A-Z Index…. Read more »
Need a Film? Streaming Media Options and Best Practices
Films can be a useful supplemental resource for many lessons or courses. The IU East Campus Library continuously works to provide easy, comprehensive access to streaming films for educational purposes. Here is a list of places to search and access a film or documentary for courses as well as some advice on sharing and maintaining… Read more »
Viewing HIV/AIDS: perspectives in films
Throughout March there are many opportunities to learn more about HIV/AIDS. The National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is observed on March 10th. The NWGHAAD “increases awareness, sparks conversations, and highlights the work being done to reduce HIV among women and girls in the US while showing support for those with HIV.” The… Read more »
Academic Video Online: Selected Films, from Counseling to Continents Bicycle Tours
IU East subscribes to Academic Video Online and through the “Build by Choice” program we gain perpetual ownership to the titles most used during the previous year. Selections include group psychotherapy for survivors of sexual abuse, legal interviewing, and the five-year journey of a Swiss endurance athlete. In this blog we highlight several interesting offerings…. Read more »
New Streaming Video Platform for Your Courses: Kanopy now LIVE!
Films can be a useful supplemental resource for many lessons or courses and the IU East Campus Library continuously works to provide easy, comprehensive access to streaming films for educational purposes. Starting in January 2020, the library now has an agreement with the online streaming video platform Kanopy. Kanopy is a video streaming solution offering… Read more »
Streaming Videos at the Campus Library: Kanopy Trial and AVON
The IU East Campus Library currently has a trial for the online streaming video platform called Kanopy. Kanopy is a video streaming solution offering access to more than 30,000 documentaries, movies, and educational videos from thousands of producers such as Criterion Collection, PBS, Great Courses, Kino Lorber and more. The platform is currently employed at… Read more »
The March of Civil Rights
The tumultuous month of April, 1968 was fifty years ago. It saw a national low on April 4th, when Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. And days later, on April 11th, it saw the high of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act into law. Locally, it also saw the explosion in downtown Richmond… Read more »
Education Videos
A few weeks ago we looked at VAST, a multidisciplinary video source that can help you with your projects and presentations. But we have a lot of more specialized video databases, and if you are interested in education, one of them has just grown a lot bigger. Education in Video has just added content from… Read more »
The Technology is a Changin’
You might have heard that VHS tape players are being removed from all classrooms starting next semester. If you’ve ever used a video in your projects or presentations, you’ll need a more modern format from now on. Of course, you’re probably already used to using modern media like DVDs. But even those sources can be… Read more »