"These are the musings of the AV Librarian who's five year mission is to boldly buy what no Librarian has bought before." Okay the Real purpose of this blog is to let people know what movies and music the Library is buying and why. I get this question fairly often. Why do we buy what we buy? This is called a collection development policy and it is always evolving. Originally I purchased DVDs that were classics and of historical value. These were movies that were Academy Award winners or which had been deemed by reputable or authoritative sources to be of significant historical or artistic value. With popular new releases I usually waited two years before I purchased recent releases, partly because the Library didn't want to use tax money to compete with local business, and partly because it was cheaper to wait for the price to come down. However the DVD market has radically changed in the last couple of years, streaming video "Redbox" and other video delivery services have fundamentally changed the DVD market.
The primary difference in what I do now is that I buy top grossing movies much sooner than I did two years ago. I can buy a Blu-ray-Digital-DVD combo fairly quickly after the initial release so the higher cost isn't prohibitive since I'm usually buying 3-for-1. But it also makes what I did before much more important. The streaming services don't make all movies available all the time. If you need to see a movie for a class, or if you hear about a famous or significant movie and you can't wait to see it you don't have to wait for it to show up on TCM or for it to rotate through your video service. You can check it out at the Library and this is what Library's are really for, finding the best and putting them on the shelf for our customers.
So, drum roll please! This month's Library DVD purchases are!
Call the Midwife: Season One
Call the Midwife: Season Two
The popular BBC production based on the Memoirs by Jennifer Worth.
Conjuring
A top grossing film of 2013
Galaxy Quest
A really funny movie for Star Trek fans I bought this in Blu-ray just for the Star Trek Marathon
Great Gatsby
A top grossing film of 2013
Guns at Batasi
In this British Classic from 1964 Richard Attenborough's character is supposedly the inspiration for the Higgins character in Magnum PI.
Hucksters
Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Ava Gardner, Ralph Menjou, Edward Arnold, Sydney Greenstreet, and Keenan Wynn in this 1947 classic. (What a fantastic cast!)
Identify Thief
A top grossing film of 2013
In Cold Blood
This is the classic movie based on the Truman Capote book.
Man of Steel
A top grossing film of 2013
Nativity Story
This 2007 film is highly rated and a customer request. (See I listen)
Now You See Me
A top grossing film of 2013
Star Trek: the Next Generation Season One
Star Trek: the Next Generation Season Two
Star Trek: the Next Generation Season Three
Star Trek: the Next Generation Season Four
Star Trek: the Next Generation Season Five
Blu-rays for the Star Trek Marathon
Wolverine
A top grossing film of 2013
NCIS Season Five
NCIS Season Six
The relentless requests of a super fan wore me down.
1984
This is the 1956 version of the classic Dystopian Classic by George Orwell.
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