Library Cataloging
Here is an information need I have that, finding where movies and TV shows are available. For instance, if I want to watch the old BBC show This Life, where can i find it? Netflix, Hulu+, Amazon, Vudu, or ...? It is even worse if I'm looking to stream a movie. There is Plix, Flixter, Crackle, epix, Acorn, fandor, Movie Vault, Pub-D-Hub, Snag Films, etc. The list seems endless.
I need a place to search for TV shows and movies across all of these services and let me know where I can find it. Does it exist and I just don't know about it or does it not yet exist?
31 July, 2012 Update. Gary Price of InfoDocket graciously steered me towards a few tools. The best seems to be Clicker. When I searched for This Life it found nothing, but did give an overview of the show. I then searched for the motion comic Torchwood: Web of Deceit . It found it on iTunes and Vudu but missed the one on Amazon downloads. I couldn't spot a list of the services it indexes, so it is hard to tell just what is missing.
Some other tools that might be useful in some cases are the app i.TV, LocateTV, and The Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
- Database Of Databases
The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) intends to catalog catalogs and other databases.You know how the ISBN is assigned to books. Over 1 million books are assigned ISBNs each year. What ISEN plans to do is emulate that system for databases. We...
- Freebase Books Schema
Freebase is an interesting project, they accept data sets and then provide a platform to access them. Something like the Talis platform? They have a section for books and have a schema for book information. I'm not sure of the mechanics behind it...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Introduction
This blog has been going on for more than a month now, so I guess it is time to introduce myself and my reasons for the blog. I'm David Bigwood, the Assistant Manager for Library Services at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. That means I do all...
Library Cataloging
Video Search
Here is an information need I have that, finding where movies and TV shows are available. For instance, if I want to watch the old BBC show This Life, where can i find it? Netflix, Hulu+, Amazon, Vudu, or ...? It is even worse if I'm looking to stream a movie. There is Plix, Flixter, Crackle, epix, Acorn, fandor, Movie Vault, Pub-D-Hub, Snag Films, etc. The list seems endless.
I need a place to search for TV shows and movies across all of these services and let me know where I can find it. Does it exist and I just don't know about it or does it not yet exist?
31 July, 2012 Update. Gary Price of InfoDocket graciously steered me towards a few tools. The best seems to be Clicker. When I searched for This Life it found nothing, but did give an overview of the show. I then searched for the motion comic Torchwood: Web of Deceit . It found it on iTunes and Vudu but missed the one on Amazon downloads. I couldn't spot a list of the services it indexes, so it is hard to tell just what is missing.
Some other tools that might be useful in some cases are the app i.TV, LocateTV, and The Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
- Database Of Databases
The Internet Search Environment Number (ISEN) intends to catalog catalogs and other databases.You know how the ISBN is assigned to books. Over 1 million books are assigned ISBNs each year. What ISEN plans to do is emulate that system for databases. We...
- Freebase Books Schema
Freebase is an interesting project, they accept data sets and then provide a platform to access them. Something like the Talis platform? They have a section for books and have a schema for book information. I'm not sure of the mechanics behind it...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Spelling Errors & Typos
Using OCLC Connexion to find typographical errors in authority records by Jeffrey Beall appears in OCLC Systems & Services (2004) v. 20, no. 2 pp71-75Typographical errors exist in bibliographic and authority records and can hinder patron access to library...
- Introduction
This blog has been going on for more than a month now, so I guess it is time to introduce myself and my reasons for the blog. I'm David Bigwood, the Assistant Manager for Library Services at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. That means I do all...