The Library currently has a trial through May 7th to an online documentary video collection called Filmakers Library Online (FLO). Links to FLO can be found on the Library Subject Guide pages and on the A-Z list. The documentaries can be viewed from home as well as campus. Please email Judy Diffenderfer with your comments if you would like the Library to subscribe to this collection. .
Filmakers Library Online currently has 911 documentaries covering subjects across the curriculum. Well over half the titles have been issued since the year 2000 and many have earned awards
Particular subject strengths include Women’s Issues (162 titles), Health (126), History (99), Religion (76) Race & Culture (72), Politics (64), Sociology (50), Economics (50), Psychology (48), Sexuality and Gender (34) Environment (32), Medicine (32) and Fine Arts (29).
A searchable transcript accompanies each film and clips of a portion of a film can be created to be shown in class or embedded into iLearn.
We have two similar video collections from the same publisher, American History in Video and Counseling and Therapy in Video. These collections have enjoyed increasing use, suggesting this is a successful platform for delivering content.
