One time money to spend? Take advantage of our token program! Buy your licenses now; select your titles later. License period begins when you select your titles. Contact Elena Wayne at ewayne@docuseek2.com for details.
New content!
Since our last newsletter we have added over 60 titles to The Docuseek2 Collection. Of special note:
From Collective Eye, Big Dream follows seven young women overcoming daunting challenges to succeed in STEM fields. And GTFO examines the discrimination and misogyny that girls and women face in the $20 billion video game industry.
Bullfrog Films has added over 30 titles, many featured at the last National Media Market, including the lovely After Winter, Spring, an intimate portrait of a disappearing way of rural farm life in France; Code Black, a doctor's-eye view of an overloaded Los Angeles emergency room; A Fragile Trust, the story of disgraced New York Times reporter Jayson Blair; and Wrenched, a profile of generations of eco-activists inspired by Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang.
KimStim has two new titles, including Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery about legendary art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi; and Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart, a dissection of the media frenzy around the notorious 1990 small town murder and subsequent trial.
Icarus Films has added the ambitious six-part series Capitalism by Ilan Ziv, a historic review filmed in 22 countries, and featuring many renowned economists, historians and anthropologists. Other new additions from Icarus include Althea, a profile of the pioneering African American tennis star Althea Gibson; experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison's resuscitation of World War I's cinematic record, Beyond Zero: 1914-1918; and Gabo: the Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the story of the Nobel Prize-winning author.
But this is just a sampling of the great new content on Docuseek2. To search for all new films, use our Advanced Search tool, and search by Date Added.
Samplers
And speaking of samplers...
We have added several thematic samplers to help librarians get started with streaming. And for those campuses that already have access to the complete Docuseek2 collection, the samplers can serve as programming ideas to mark some key monthly themes. Our samplers include:
- Black History Month Sampler
- Women's History Month Sampler
- Earth Day Sampler
- Mental Health Awareness Sampler
- Pride Month Sampler
If you need flyers to promote any of these samplers, email Sara Grasberg at sgrasberg@docuseek2.com. All of the samplers are available at a special introductory price — register and log in and visit the Collections page for pricing, or email Elena Wayne at ewayne@docuseek2.com for details.
Docuseek2 teams up with Alexander Street Press
Docuseek2 and Alexander Street Press have announced, per our joint press release, "a strategic partnership to develop new products and platforms, and expand the availability of the highest-quality documentary films for higher education." ASP will be building a new platform for Docuseek2, with lots of enhancements and new features. We will migrate to the new platform this summer. ASP will also begin licensing some new configurations of the Docuseek2 collection. Docuseek2 will continue to curate the finest collection of documentary film available. You can view the entire press release here. If you are a Docuseek2 customer, check out our customer FAQ.
New collection configurations
Over the next 12 months we will be adding close to 300 older films from the Bullfrog Films and Icarus Films catalog. These films will be part of a new Docuseek2 collection called The Docuseek2 Complete Collection. This collection will fill out to 1200 titles by the end of 2017. At the same time, we are also creating The Docuseek2 Essential Collection. The Essential Collection will contain most of the current Docuseek2 titles, plus newly released titles from our distributor partners, and fill out to 800 titles by the end of 2017. About 130 less used titles from the current Docuseek2 collection will move to the Complete Collection to make room for the newest films released by our partners.
If your library wants the most comprehensive collection of documentary film, you will want to opt for The Docuseek2 Complete Collection.
Features update
Here are some feature additions we've made over the past several months, in case you missed them:
- Playlists: Create playlists and add titles via the search results page (look for the new "+" button), or the film information page. Playlists are displayed via the Collections link. (Must be registered and logged in to create a playlist).
- HTML5 Player: We have a new HTML5 player based on the video.js player framework. Let us know if you would like to switch to this player (the current one uses Flash on desktop computers). Right now, the main advantage is greater control over formatting of captions, and better caption support on iOS devices like the iPad.
- OCLC numbers: We have OCLC numbers for all of our titles now. These are included in our MARC records in the 945 field. If you received MARC records a while ago and would like the numbers, email support@docuseek2.com
- Citations: available on the film information page, on the Credits tab, in most of the common formats.
- Search widget: Send us a note if you would like the Docuseek2 search widget for your LibGuide or other library page.
Register and login at http://docuseek2.com to view pricing for your institution.
Stream smarter. Let us help!
Docuseek2 streams over 800 essential documentary and social issue films to colleges and universities. Licenses are available for single titles or collections for periods ranging from one week to three years, or for life-of-file. Interested in a trial for your campus? Contact Elena Wayne, Sales and Marketing Manager at ewayne@docuseek2.com
This is a commercial email.
Docuseek2 * P.O. Box 411222 * Chicago, IL 60641 * 847-537-0606 (sales) * 773-245-5243 (fax)
To be removed from future emailings, please send a message to support@docuseek2.com.