CVRP Patch Panel. the Newsletter of the California Video Resource Project, Number One

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ED 104 387 IR 001 789 AUTHOR if Lourea, Lee Oliviei, TITLE CVRP Patch Panel. The Newsletter of the California VideO Resource Project, Number One. INSTITUTION S'an Francisco Public Library, Calif. Video Task 'Force. . PUB DATE Dec 74 NOTE 21p. 'AVALVABLE FROM CVRPPatch Panel,,San Francisco Public Library,Civic Center,'San Francisco, California 94102 (Annual .subscription; $10.00, individual; $20.00

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ABSTRACT Begun-as a two year project in Fall1974, the California Video Resource Project (CVRP)will serve as the California video exchange and clearinghouse forlibrary video information. CVRP will experiment with the library use ofvideo as:z (1) a medium for ..- incrvidual learning, (2) a medium for audienceprograming, (3) a media community development, and 14y a medium forexpanded y service. This newsletter,'the first of a series, is intended to provide information aboutthe project's development. I4cludedin this issue are a description ofthe.CVRP programs, articles on the . staff associated with theproject,andinotes,and contents on books and videotapes. (DGC) Pm'

1)J co'SWF PMIT 1*.rThe Newsletter of the California Video Resourte Project -4" NUMBER 1 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER, 1974 uJ

CALIFORNIA VIDEO RESOURCE OROJECT....Who? I O Welcome to the new videosphere of the California VideoResource Project, the California video exchange and clearinghouse for library video information. During the next two years the CVRP will_ experiment with the library use of video:

- as a mediumfor imdividuaZizad teaming US DEPARTMENTOF HEALTH. EDUCATION L WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION - as a medium for audience progilmaingc, T1.1,c DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO Om-CED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM "4 PE RSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN A T.T.G I I po.NTS OF WE : OR OPINIONS as a medium for communitydeveZopment sTA:t0 DO NOT NECESSARILY ,REPRE SENT 011 ICIA1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE Or EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY - and as a mediwnifor expanded Zibrary Service.

We'll undertake experimentation int TABLE OF CONTENTS: the use of video for ILL with select California libraries. We'll report Page on our activities, contacts and even our mistakes, hoping they will Editorial 2 be'helpful to other librarians.Well

describe other video projects in - Telebrary Experiment 3 the state, giving case histories of individual library activities, and Meet Bonnie Miller 5 ( provide free information to any . z-- California library that asks us. CVRP Programs / 6 Reviews of originally prodUced videotapes and an updated catalog bf the CLA and ALA.Meeting 7 CVRP collection will be included in every bi -monthly newsletter. Please Techno-sphere 10 contact us with your qUestions and problems. Weihave resource people SF Art Festival 14 in the following areas: Book Reviews 17 VIDEO EQUIPMEWI'AND PRODUCTION' Video Evaluation 18 CABLE TV REGULATION AND LEGIS- LATION Videotape Reviews' 19 VIDEOTAPE DISTRIBUTION VIDEO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT Order Form 20 LIBRARY USE OF VIDEO AND CABLE

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EDITORIAL -THANKS TO THEGANG:

jhis is the first issue ortheCVRP Editor: Lee Olivier Lourea Patch Panel. It will be published every other month, fori total of Assistant Editor: Stewart Holland .ten issues. A ten-issug-o-subscription V is available to institutions for- Roberto Esteves $20.00; to individuals for $10.00.* Contributors: ° Bonnie Miller An order form is provided on the Peggy Pavelski back for your convenience. Craig .Schiller We will In including such regular fea- Graphic Arts: David Lourea tures as: Special Contributors: Video and cable experiences ofCali- Sue Williams, Consumne's fornia libraries. River College Videotape reviews (community and Dawn Panasenko, Sacramento commercial) - City- County Library Up-dated catalog of the CVRP's video 'Major H. MacUla; Ret. exchange Collection. Technidal Operations Equipment information, hints, and reviews. Address all correspondence to: National video and cable newsrelated to libraries. CVRP PATCH PANEL San Francisco Public Library Book reviews. . Civic Center' San Francisco, CA 94102. ,Feedback will be an important partof the Patch Panel. We would like'lno, need!) your comments, criticisms praise, Reproduction.is permissable provided scorn....whatever. Also write us full credit is given ,to both the T with flour questions, and if wethink our author and the CVRP Patch Panel. exchange would be valuable to ourother readers, we will print it. Hope to hear

. from you. -The activity which is the subject of this report was supported in whole or N in part by the U,.4.%Officeof Education, Any Califsrrnia library eligible. to Department ofHealth, Education, and apply for LSCA fundingor presently in- Welfare. However, the opinions ex- volved in an LSCA project, may re- pressed herein do notnecessarily re-

. available) sub- flect the position or policy of the quest a free (only 500 . scription by writing on official stat- U.S. Office of. Education; and no official endorsement by the U.'S. ionery to: , CVRP. Patch Panel OffiCe oflducation should be in- San Francisco Public Library ferred. San Francisco, CA 94102 1'

CAN YOURtIBRA§Y-BECOME, (Dawn Panasenko provides more insight A 'COMMUNITY COLLEGE? into the reasons for success'and fail- ures some librarieshaim experienced by Susie Williams in " Telebrary in SacramentoCounty," the next article.) Bbt no matterlhe In Northern California ten public level of success, all librarieshave libraries are functioning as outreach been very supportive andenthusiastic. sites for Cosumnes River College's Willa Comstock; Auburn-PlacerCounty- community Service programming. Co- Librarian, speaks of Telebrary and . sumnes is providing the hardware (video seems to echo the sentimentsof all cassette pllayback.unitS and television project librarians: "It is' a new and monitors) and the software (45 half- vital resource center, for us.People hour television prograins of-interest who aren't able .to read bookshave to :the elderly) and the libraries are ' We are' pleased providing the neighborhood setting - access, to .information. with ,this new dimension to thepublit, It is a natbral and the viewers. library....the community college part- partnership. nership ushers us into a twentieth '4. This,unique-outreach.project is called century medium." Telebrary. It.was conceived by Co- lh spite of the problems encountered. along,the way,, Iam overwhelmed by . sumnes River College and funded by

I expecte' many more Title I of the Higher Educition Act our success. of 1965: it has been operating since., problems and a much higher rate of. March, 1974. failure. The type of cooperation between community colleges and public The ten libraries involved.with the libraries which the project requires, project have had the video cassette had never been tried anywhere. Video playback units and the television pro- cassette equipment had never been used gramming for-four montht. In that in exactly the same manner as we have - time approximately 3,000 people have used it. Most ofkthe project libraries 4 viewed Telebrary programs. Although had never worked with a mediated in- this year's t t audience has been formation delivery system.' Given this the eider140,weaye found that peo- backdrop--the lack-of precedent, the ple of all ages aye gone to their lack of previous experiehce to turn to local llbraries,;tó view such programs for advice geared up for the pos- as Social SecuOity, Bunko; Consumerism, sibility that the experiment might fail. Health dare, Gardening and many others. We might have proved librartes could Future programming plans will broadep not act as outreach centers for comr ' the interest range and include pro- unity colleges. grams for women, minorities, consumers and 'parents. Amazingly, just the opposite havbeen . shOwn. We have established 4 working; Although a tremendous amounthas been viable system which never existed before. done during the ten months the project We have provided the community with has been operating, it has not all beeh valuable'programming, the response to easy aid each of us has learned a whrch has been overwhelmingly positive. great-deal while implementing the Ws haye brought both community colleges Telebrary system. We have found that- and libraries'into the foreground as not every library is suitable for leaders in innovative'outreach program- Telebrary./ Those libraries which ming. In so doing we havecatised other. function as-established community ten- institutions to become similarh6 in- ters tend to be much more successful vOlved. \We have shown to both library than those libraries which function and community college institutions that primarily as free-loan book centers. mediated information' delivery is not

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only possible but highly'effectiVe. izen interests, but'also showcase loc-: Most importantly, we have done all of al residentsbr local experts. In, this cooperatively, While crossing a the new series on indoor-outdOor gar- great number of jurisdictional bound- dening we are getting many requests

aries. The ten.project libraries , for the prOgram on vegetable garden- spread across' eight counties (from ing. Much of this information is . Chico to Modesto) and are part of three very effective visually, and is more library systems-the Mountain Valley helpful' and less-tine-consuming than Library System, Ahe North State Co- reading.a book.

. . t operative /and the 49-99 Library Sys- tem. Each library also workS) with The secondaspect'-is program access. the community college in its area to' Pubic libraries were selected as the develop community service programming, point of delivery because people are and publicity, and Againthis crosses )'accustomed to thinking "library" as several commpaiiy college districts. a place to go for various typesof nformation.. Now we ranbffer an 'a, ,in answer to the question, "Can alternative formit to booki for proT yourlibrarybecome a cdmmunity col- viding relevant information. Video . lege?" my only response is a resound- service is readily accessible, not - * ing "Yes!". only because of location but also the numb,r5_hours the library is open: s Nil NMlu The tRird aspect "sN.the program source. Community colleges, as well as public "1-E.EBRARY." IN SACRAMENTO libraries feel the need to be'respon- . sive to their communities. Since li- . by Dawn Panaseako braries also share thri\commitmeht, an Drop into ac/ of the four libraries ideal partnership is formed. The participating in the Telebrary network college has the expertise and facili- in Sacramento county and'you will find ties to originate programming and the an ordinary TV set on a cart'with an public library has the peopleto watch. l extra-large cassette deck underneath ,- ... - blending into the busy environment of Although 'there are other delivery sys- books, tables, chairs and people. tems that may be effective such as Nearby is another care carrying book- 'Cable TV (which Saceamento does not like boxes unifOrm black bindings. have), public libraries should still - These are thez\forty, one-half hour. consider offering an alternative like videotapes available for miewina any- this one, particularly whep the programs are community-oriented. time the library is open. They are . ...-- not yet heavily reserved, but thediy, . . may come when people will becompeting We are fipding acceptance coming slow- ly. We-are by no means mobbed at the ' for time to view a new videocassette t)e library has added to its collection. .doors. Our publicliy efforls at Sac= ramento County were similartto the There are several'as gcts to this pro- other participating libraries'.' Con- ject°which maki tt an effective de- tacts were made with groups, agencies monstration pf the im ct video can churches and schools. Letters Were have on public library service. Mailed which included promotional information about the project. Repre- The first aspect is.program content. sentatives from each group,were in- These 'first(programs were'produced. vited to a previewmeeting to see a for senior citizehs according to in- selection of the progradis.Many Were terests surve ed by the college.-he contacted by phone. Posterswere dis- programi not only reflect senior cit-. tributed to offices, public buildings,. ) .Continued on Page 5 ,

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"Telebrary" (Continued frompag'e 4) 'IMAGE ENHANCER: 'stores, etc. The staff spent a great deA0 of time talking to groups, not Ms. Bonnie Miller only about "Telebrary" but otherli- brary services as well. Sharing the CVRP office space is Use is affected by, several factors. Ms. Bonnie 'Miller, First of all, the people to whom Cable' Television these programs were aimed, oldercit!!!'l 'Coordinator for. the izens, are not mobile or arehaMpered San Francisco Cable' by transportation problems. These Television Task

same people are reluctant tofrryiing . force, a citizens' the equipment themselves. If our 117 study committee braries were true community centers, appointed by' the as some are inOther parts.of the state, Board ofSuper-,, we would have morecommunity involvement. visors to study and But we are also hampered byolder fa- report on cable cilities which do not have proper television in the viewing areas or are too small tomake' City. Ms. Miller, the equipment easily 'accessible. an advocateof comi- munity-prodused Howeve . time will lessen the effect .videotapes,,Was woTked, closely with of th se factors. As more programs Many videotape'producers in the Bay are a ded fromtbe-unilierse of video- Area, and has a continuing interest tapes hat-are now being produced, in tHe role of libraries in video- the demand for more such programsis tape and cable technologjis.

. ti j . bound-to increase. In her current statys as Cable Tele- IIII MI IN vision CoordinatoNkshe combines'a keen perception of community video with an awareness of the potentials of cable television .technology'anda knowledge of the complexities of cable legislation and regulation.

Although not technically a staff mem-

° iler, Ms. Mibler's expertise is avail-

/ 'Stole to the CVRP'and she will gladly r answer speCific questions fromkCalif- ornia librarians regarding cable television regulation.

VIDEOTAPE FORMATS Very roughly, the technical quality of the various tape and filmforMats cabe compared like this: VIDEO FILM /

8mm L. . 1/4" 1/2" ,Super 8mm. 1" 16mm You iurn me on. 2" 35mm

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THINGS TO COME VIDEO OPEN

The first public program of the CVRP The second monthly public program of was held Friday, November-la," 1974., the CVRP, an all-day VIDEO OPEN house, Entitled THINGS TO COME, the program was held on Saturd4,'December 14,1974. attracted sixty people to-a two7hour Producers of 1/2'.' or 3/4" edited Video- . presentation on the future of commun- tapes were invited to bring their tapes ity video. for a public showing in the Lurie Room rf San Francisco Pubjlic Library's Main The newly refurbished Lurie ROom in Building. San Francisco Public Library's Main Building was arranged in a standard Fifteen producers took part, pro- lecture configuration. Two 25" mon- viding a totaisof, thirty tapes for itors were set up On a table on either viewing. . side of the. speaker, and'a 1/i" player/ recorder was.set'between the two mon- The'audien of about 125 people who itors for playback of videotapes. catneand went during the day was April- posed of interested laypeople as well fter.a-brief intrdduction.of the CVRP as video producers.. A and its plans for the future, a repre- A sentative of Public Eye, Inc., a-local / Two viewing stations with chairs for non-profit video group,-presented ; a each section were set up. Unfortu- short talk on the pOtential of com- nately, no dividers were available munity-produced video and how cable- and a sound problem resulted. Two television could facilitate the devel- 25" monitors and two 1/2" player/ opment of true commuriity'television. recorders, as well as a cassette recorder were used. Coelho Video, 1 Illustrating the concept of community which was -showing tapes, bought televisionimembers of the Qhinese Media its own system. Committee spoke of their video efforts.. They shpwed a ten-minute unedited chron- The subject matter of the tapes in- icle Of a Chinese-American-family's cludedthe psychological effects of life in Chinatown, an ethnic parallel rape, the Bay Area's petexplosion with interesting differences from the problemvideo as art, a behind-the- famous AN AMERICAN FAMILY series. scenes look at the MissCalifornia pageant, and information on land use Next, a video collective called'Optic' planning. Nerve showed TOUGH TIME BLUES, a ten- minute.cOmmunity documentary produced The audience particularly liked. those for Electric ty and Gas for the People tapes which dealt with socialproblems (E&GP). Thi videotape zeroes in on and awareness, and those which had senior citiz ns as they participate local settings, e.g. Takd Her,She's in 19 lively demonstration at the -San Mad; Fifty Wonderful Years: the 1973' Francisco Federal Building to protest Miss CaliforniasPageant; Our Pets atili,ty rate hikes. Are Dying.

Mr. Scott Swearingen,.Puklic Access

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4 most interest Things to Come (Continued from Page6) Of the fifteen responses; was expressedin "community,documents," and sex Director of LVO Cablevi'sion in Hayward, individuals)' and "health people): Other areas Ca., described their public access education" (three how to produce video channel operation sand sOmulated of interest were World people;. the cussion on the potential and pros and tapes (six); Third San Francisco cons-ofcableitelevision_programming. well-being of children; history from the workingpeople's per- Asian - American As a finale, Optic "serve showed FIFTY spective; and more on WONDERFUL YEARS, a behind-the-scenes ,life. look at the 1973 Miss California Pag- 6./,Dot you have any additional comments eant. This entertaining tongue -in- concerningthis particular cheek documentary follows the events or suggestions that led'up to the crowning, including program? interviews with the organizers of the question'didn't make pageant and the "giils" themselves. This nitty-gritty us wince withpain. Negative comments the audience: EVALUATIONS asked for more concern for "Give better focus (qudienceisnsft best ques- The, sixty attendees were aske to ans- focused enough to ask the schedule wer a six-questionevaluation form; tions)"; requested a definite and stated "the talking was tWenty-four were., returned. of tapes; very boring." Did youknow about t:-.e development of community video prior to thismeeting? We also gotpaanive comments including "There should be more peoplehere," Fourteen did, nine aid not and onefor- "very informative," "betterorganized favorae, got to answer. than other programs," and our "It was great." ., Would youlike to 'see more video comments programs presented bycommunity groups? 7. Do you have any additional or suggestionsconcerning the CVRP? Everyone said "yes." In addition to one "right on"and two "good luck's," we received someinter-. 3. What other kindsof video.presenta- tions would you like? esting ideas. One individual wanted . . public access seminars, similar tothe There were sixteen responses tothis. one discussed inHayward. Another should develop Some of the suggestions were:"longer person thought the CVRP possible from the showings," "community issues,"listory as much autonomy as operator's equip- of poor people," "informationdocumen- use of the cable tv Similarly, an- taries," and "street filming." - ment and technicians. other'person requested that facilities for looking at tapes-shoui..-. taken 4. Do you know of other video groups whO might be interested inpresenting into the community.'Our most creative directly "The: library programs? comment was, and I quote people should be searched forradioactive Six groups and individuals were men- dust or dandruff. CVRP is an agency, that should have clearer goalsabout . *. tioned. We will falow'this up. \programing for the dupes whose minds , like are[WOK-f4sed.' " 5, What subject matter would you /' to see purchased by theCVRP? NI PI NI 4

FEBRUARY WORKSHOP FOR "Video Open" (continued from page 6) CALIFORNIA "LIBRARIES There were requests for more cdmmuni OF TOMORROW" ty-oriented tapes, and tapes on the new social structures such as food The Orange County Public Library and conspiracies, the Indian Movement, the California Video Resource Project and health services.. 1 jointly, announce an all-day workghop, Video as art was.a popular theme and, '!Video and Cable Technologies; guide- various video poems-and statements -lines for the.libraries of tomor?ow." were well received. In-this cate- It will be held Thursday, February 27, gory, Bits_ and Pieces, Trip the,-. 1975 at the Grand 'Hotel, 1 Motel.Way, Light Fantastic, and :Three, Poets, Anaheim, California, starting at 8:45 met with \tery favorable comments.

Both'the project staff-and the audi- Tepics to be covered Include the bene- ence felt that the, sound Orohlem.re-. fits and restrictions of using video . suliing,fromrat leagt two, _and some- -and cable technblogies for library services; how to find and train'tele- times three, tapes going.at.once was vision technicians; Preparing for video very distracting. The.audience almost, uniformly.suggested that future prdgrami acable involvement and funding be limigd to the. showing of one tape communications technologies. /Speakers at a time, or to the use of separate- will include Roberto Esteves, Director SOWS, or to the use of dividers in of the CVRP: Gratg Schiller., TV Prod- action Specialist for the CVRP;. Gene the Lurie Room. Moon, General Manager of Cablevision The overall reaction of,the audience Newport Beach,.. and John Pearson, Media to .the program was very favorable. Specialist,Orange.Coupty Library. They wanted more such programs and Registration fee is $7.00, and includes thought that it was a good opportunity coffee breaks and lunch, which will for videomakers to get their work seen ,by many people. They were also en- feature Mr. Jim Cooper, Communications Director for KOCE-TV, a public broad- . thusiastic abbut the CVRP and wanted Reservations are re- to know 'more abdut it. cast station. quested priorto February 24, and checks WHAT WE LEARNED should be made payable and sent to:1 Aninformation sheet on the project in Mrs. Nadin* Leffler, Orange County general will be prepared as a hand=out Public Library, 431 City Dr,iVe South for futue.programs. Name tags for the Orange, CA 92668. Refunds will be staff will also .be used. A,list of made for cancellations made at least prbducers exhibiting tapes was needed 24 hours in advance.

and will be provided in the future; 11111 1101 11111 their'addresses and phonecumbers will be included when possible.

.1n the final analysis, it can be said that the program was successful in- meeting its objectives of making; the works of local video artists available for public viewing, and of publicizing the California Video Resource Project.

. The manner in which it was done could have been improved, .and will be in the .future. NI VW 0 4. 9

4 College Library; Grady Zimmerman,Va- caville Library; Kathy Gunning,' CLA VIDEO-CHAPTER MEETING Sacramento City County Library; and' Ed Boverie;InglewoodPublic Library.

111-11 II Librarians who attended the Video/Cable Chapter .program at the California Li-° brary Association Conference in Novem- VIDEO/CABLE SECTION ber in Sail Diego got a Chance to par- ALA ESTABLISHES ticipate,in some professional "group' therapy." By 'sharing their individual video experiences, each group of about During the upcoming American'Library twenty people came up with several Association Mid-winter Meeting in phi- specific suggestions and ideas for next cago, January 19-15, 1975,the informa- year's_prograMs for ALA' and CLA. The tion Science andAtitomatiori,Division. in the light groups were alio asked, will launch-its first section which of a'prior presentation of the CVRP mill deal withVideo and Cable Comr functioni and goals, to discuss what munic tion. The new Section was re- they would like the CVRP to do. comae ded to the1SAD'Board last June by th now defurict Videoand Cable The three groups were very loosely Stud Committee which was established structured around video production, by A A Council to study the potential video distribution systems; andcable ofI brary use of these technologies. and political irivolvement, but were not limited to any one ofthese. After The Video and Cable Communication Sec- about forty-five minutes of discussion, tion will assume the convention pro-_ a. spokesperson foreach of the groups gramming responsibilities formerly presented to the other participants ' sponsored by the SRRT Video/Cable what their group'had.talked aboutand Task Force, and it will continue the their concerns. study and tpdvisory function spear- headed by the Study CoMmittee.A Suggestions. for ALA programs included: great deal of work will be necessary a tour'of a say-Areacable television station (several other'tours were dis- to make, this Section operational. State's cussed such as, San Francisco Interested librarians who are attend- media center); a discussion of copy- ing Mid-winter are invited to theor- right, especially as it pertains to ganizational planning meeting of the re-die of off-the-air network-broad- (SAD Video and table Communication casts; a hands-on workshop; and a SeCtion, Tuesday, January.21i 8,7 9:30 presentation by someone with experi-' AM in the Chicago Palmer House, Pri- via video. ' ence DI reference service vate Dining- Room 14, and .the Pro- gram Planning meeting,Wednesday, Response to the suggestions was enthus- January 22, 10.- 12 Noon,,inPalmer lastiand a committee of primarily Bap Room,733-34. Persons interested !n Area librarians (since the conference jO'ning the section and Working on will be in San Francisco) was set up . the committee or program planning for to further discuss and implementsuit- the July '75 San Francisco Confer- able ideas for ALA. To date, the com- ence should contact RobertoEster: mittee consists of: LuAnn Gilbert and at the CVRP for futherihfarmation. Helen Dunbar, Alameda County Library; John Sullivan, Daly City Public Li- brary; Jim Landavago, Oh lone Community

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Cartridge - tape is contained on one. reel within a plastic box (car-fridge). FORMATTING,THE MEDEIM The whole cartridge is put into the

- videotape recorder. No'take -up COMPATIBILITY inthiAsense-meansthat a tape recorded onone manufacturer's Casiette tape is contained on two videotape recorder will play back on reels within a plastic box (the a videotape recorder of the same format take -up reelis built in). The whole (tape width) made by a different manu- cassette is put into the VCR. facturer. TAPE TYPE OF SCANNING INTEtCHANGEABILITY is similar but means WIDTH CONTAINER PROCESS that a tape recorded on one mandfact- uer's videotape recorder will play back *1/4" Open.Reel . Helical on a different Videotape machine (or a different model) in the same formqt 1/2" Open Reel Helical

made by the same manufacturer. That Cartridge* r is, a tape recorded on a SONY AV3600 Cassette* r will play back on a SONY AV365C, etc. 3/4" Cassette Helical F ARMATusually refers to the width of the videotape used. Videotape is, now 1" Opep Reel Helical available in 1/4", 1/2", 3/4", Cassette* .4 and 2". Occasionally, theterm for- matis also used to refer to the pro- *2" Open Reel Helical cess by which the video information is put on the videotape (i.e. helical or **2" Open Reel Quadruplex quadruplex. scanning) or\to the manner in which the videotape is contained *Not widely used (open:-reel,- cartridge, or cassette). **Broadcast television VTR

Helical scanning - means the video heads 1/4" Format - only Akai manufactures (usually two) lay the Video information in the 1 /b" format. Tapes inter-), down Ln a diagonal pattern across the changeable. ',Equipment available- in tape. b&w and color, but Akai has not yet made any support equipment (editing, Quadruplex scanning - means that four videb mixer, etc.) video heads lay the video information down-perpendi-cular-to-the-di-rection-of- 1/2" Format the tape. . Open -Reel: Mcgt current 1'/2".VTR'sE Open reel - tape is contained on a conform to the EIAJ-1 standard, plastic reel, and is threaded through which insures compatibility if the machine to a second (empty) take-up recording and playback equipment reel. ' is in proper condition. Major 11 / 1. Major manufacture'rs are Sony, Ampex, an manufacturers include Sony, IVC. Hardware available is bEw and color Panasonic, JVC, and .Concord. All from all threeL. have some type of color equipment. 4 Two notes: Sony'ploneered port- 2" °pert-Reel afeticat) - Same as 1 ". able video, and their.first gen- Major ranufacturers are Sony andAmpex. eration equipment preceded *estab- (Some Ampex'2" helical VIR's are not lishment of the EIAJ standard. even compatibemithcertain other 2" This equipment is therefore neither . helical VTR'smade by Ampex!) compatible nor. interchangeable. That's why' it is'available at such Operi-ReL (Quad) - Broadcast VTR's low prices: Stay away from it. conform to extremely' rigid standards You can identify thi4 equipment as and are virtually 1,000%-compatible model numbers arelpreceded by the and interchangeable. Major manufact- letteys CV. Current Sony models urers are 'Ampex and RCA. B&Wrecord- are preceded by the'letter AV. ers are obsolete in thisformat. Also note that Sony's briginal color VTR, the AVT9000', used a color system whichlaas hop-stan dard and is now obsolete. This color,standard is -not compatible . with anything else. C rrent Sony iutroducimo color.recorders are the AV-8600 (already discontinued), e AV- ALUM Ata1:1114.11 8400 (color portapak), a.d the AV- 8650 (editing eeck). The'FATCP, PANEL has been fortunate Cartridge 1/2" cartridges use enough to obtain, the serviFt of - regular 1/2" videotape which is MajO: M. Macula 1Technical Operations, placed in a cartridge coatafner. Ret.) to answer questions our readers Panasonic is EIAJ standard. Sanyo may have regarding specific technical or production problems. If space 1 is nod. allows;, we 1.4111 orint all questions, receivea'along ANith Major Macula's Cassette - Made by Sanyo: does" not - 'conform to EIAJ standard. ,Nipt com- solutions. patible. (Note Sanyo. does make a 1/2" open-reel VTR in Ihe-EIAJ'stand- The Majorlias enjoyed a log anddis- ard. These tapes arefnotcompatible tinguihed career as a-Videq FiXer, or interchangeable with the non'''. serviny'wfth,the famous Sivel\Sync standard cassette and cartridge Division of Tech Ops until,his recent retirement (forced ,by an unfortunate ' systems.) incident involving an errant special- 3/4"Caisette Format,- all videocas- effects generator). He has received sette players and recorders conform numerous citations for outstanding. to EIAJ3/4".standard.. All VCR's are performance, including theSilver color. Major manufacturers are Sony, Slip Ring. Panasonic, JVC, 3M, and Wollensak. You .an send your questions in wTit- 1" Open-Piel and Cassette - the man- ing toMajoe M. Macula, c/o the.CVNP 'ufacturers are still slugging it out in etch Fan.g Please be sure to in- this format, so no standard has been clude your name, organization, re- * established. That means that there is turn address, and phobe number. . interchangeability but no compatibility. III 1111.

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*Excep focameras with special tubes,such aPthe Tivicon low-light tube some- times sed in portapak cameras. O amp , TECH: ABBR. DECK- A VTR ATR - audio tape recorder AGC - omatic gain control HOT -When an object in a particular cps - cycles per second shot is fa too brigh relative dB - ecibel (unit of audio' 'to the vest of the pt ure. The object can be either light - effects source such as a naked light EAC external, antenna-connector bulb, or a highly reflective ET _ electronic transcription surface such' as'a strongly lit (old'radio term for a record) painting with an aluminum Hz hertz (=cps) frame. "That frame is hot." z impedance (effective elec- Hot spots at best cause dis- trical resistance) tortion of the video signal. mic microphone At worst, they cause a burn in MCS- multiple camera system ohms. (unit of electrical the camera tube. CI resistance) radio frequency PINNING -When an a4justable level is RF 2 way too high,}if.ispinning. S/N4.- signal-to-noise (a ratio) (e.g., if the audio level is SCS -single camera system too high, the audio level meter SEG special effects generator pin will crash agairst the right UHF -ultra high frequency (broad.v side of the audio'meter housing cast tv channels14-83) and stay there, bouncing in- VHF - very high frequency(broad- 2-13) ° sanely. "The audio is pinning:") cast tv channels VCR -, videocassette recorder RIG - A portapak VTR -, videotape recorder (i.e. open reel) TWEAK UP To Make fine adjustments V.0.-Voice over to a:Ziece of equipment, there-

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EQUIPMENTWITHDRAWAL reel non-editing decks on the market. Technqlogical advances and applica- tions demands continually result in all kinds of wonderful new equipment SOIY UV 340 - ,1" color.editing VTR hitting the market. That's the good Tremendous advance publicity pre- news. The bad news is the corollary: ceded introduction of this new manufacturers withdraw equipment from "state-of-the-art,' top-of-the the market with equal cppidity. Reason line, 1" color editor.- Discon- for most of the recent withdrawals: tinued after 6 months emphasis on 3/4" format.

Latest-Ite ms to bite the dust: SONY VO 1600-3/4" VCR

Popular because of built-:in VHF/UHF SONY AV 8600-1/2" color VTR tuner for off-air recording. (But Panasonic's new VCR, PANASONIC NV 8410-1/2" color VTR despair not: / the NV 2125, dioes.havAXhe built- It's price" at $1,850 Ndtice that this means that there er. are no longer any 1/2" color open- and r ports on it are good.) ORGANIZING THE S.F. ART FESTIVAL Coordinators of the video pavilion, ,.Bonnie Miller and Michele Mctoskey of by Ms. Boilnie Miller Public Eye and Jim Shugart of Videoglyph, . Were delighted by the'response from both artists and audience.' "Although Videotape art was introduced to the many people did not realize that we public in the Bay Area at the annual were playing the tapes that were show- San Francisco Art Festival .in September,, ing on the monitors, they stopped and

in the Civic Center. The'Public Eye, r, watched images and ideas they'dnever Inc. coordinated Alis first attemocat - seen on TV before: Many people asked "going(public " by soliciting those 'what is video-art?' No definition' of working in the medium to contribdte art is every satisfactory, hyt we came their efforts to the Art Festival. a 115itcloser to.being able to 'recog- Over 50 artists and groups responded Size it. Next year we will have more with videotapes of every conceivable room-and chairs.so people can watch in nature, from Home Horn Baby to sophis- more comfort," said Ms. Miller. Video ticated computer-generated abstractions, will be an iimportapt part of the Art from theatrical pieces-to dockmentation t Festival frimnow on. of growing marijuana in'Amsterdam. ApproAimately 10,000 people came PRIZES ygh the video pavilion to watch IL

ve monitors playing three different The judges of the video portion of the .c

tapes, and to see the moving holograms Art Festival were San Franciscotists, . contributed by the School of Holography Mary Ashley, and Artweek and Cityfre- in San Francisco. porter, Thomas Kent. The prizes consisted of the $250 Louis Riskin Award The pavili n was operated with nobudg- and electronic editing ime from an et, a c' cumstance that will be changed Oakland company, Gener,a1Electronics. next ar. Running on borrowed equipment, the booth had three playback - One of the'First Prize winners was Ant- decks, one portapak, one Sony 5000A, -farm, a San Francisco art collective, one cassette player, five black-and- or its half hour color tape, CADILLAC white monitors and one color set. In 170. Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez, Doug this way, three tapes could be-run Michaels, and Curtis Schrter, known simultaneflusly, so that the viewer had collectively as Antfarm, produced a different viewing options. About 40 film and video documentation of the milk cartons were available for im- burial of ten vintage Cedr1l4cs on a promp.tu seats when thepavili6n was ranch near Amarillo, Texas. "Of course empty enough to allow the space. we knoked the headlights out before we buried them," said Hudson. Each of the five days of the festival followed a different schedule so that The other First Pr...e winner was Willie all the tapes were played at least Walker, also known as "6ptain Video," twice. Winners and highlights were for THE BEST'OF WILLIE WALKER, described.- run more often, usually at the begin- by the artist as "a tas'teless garden ning and end of each day. Winners variety show and friends."The two bSw only were played all day Sunday. tapes, one an hour and one a half -hour, consisted of various sh entertain- .Four producers and one production group ments and skits, conn cted by a host, /brought equipment and demonstrated live "Captain Video." Slightly eroti and \video during the festival. The audience very funny, these "bits and takeS" were got to see itself on television, exper- consistently well-edited. ience being colorized and split-up, and learned the effects of video feedback.

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CALIFORNIA CABLE CONVENTION policy to stimulate the growth of by Roberto Esteves cable, the FCC has embarked upon a program of regulatory change rather' than elimination. In any case, there In.the surreal world of the Disney- wiZZbe many changes in-the 1972 FCC land Convention;Center In Anaheim, 'rules governing cable communications. ,the 'California community' Television Two FCC task forces ha've been estab- Association met alongside the Pearl lished; one is the 1977 Task Force; Harbor Survivors. Association, Deceffr the other the Re-regulation Task`Force. ber 4 --7, 1974. I consider myself a uirvivor, having listened to over one From indications of the speakers in- hundred speeches on the current status clUding Balfid Kinley, Chief of the FCC. and future of cable television in Cable Bureau, there will be a signifi- To recapitulate some of California. cant relaxation in the requirements the major issues: for cable systems, especially in the areas of "re-build" speclfitations. . Copyright This means that in all likelihood The convention.kisked off with a con- there will not be a mandatory twenty- copyright law (S. cern for the new channel minimunbrequirdment for cable 1361) which/has received its share of systems by 1977. kir does it appear For the (- attention from librarians. that cable systems will be required to cable °Orator', whose indestry econom- match broadcast signals with a like itally'relies upon the retransmission number of non-broadcast channels. The Of broadcast pr9gramming, the situa- . access channels requirement will also tion is even more sensitive. '?lost begetting close scrutiny by the FCC. operators expressed an aversion to," One industry spokesman,Mr. Aaron of paying copyright fees to thegletworks Comcast Corporation, articulated a Their position is for programming. general industry attitude (whi.ch may understandable in the light of the be picked up by the FCC) that only one March 1974 decision of the Supreme access channel should be made available Court which stated that, based upon immediately and the others only when the 1909 Copyright Act; cable systems the previously designated channel'has were not liable for copyright; been significantly programmed.,

However, the fact that neither the Mr. Quello of the FCC stated that the Acts . 1909 nor the 1934 Communications FCC would survey the current use of the communications even mentions cable access channels to see if all' are demonstrates the need for more modern . practical.7 I cannot om67emOhasize Industry leaders now ' legislation. the need for people in4olved'with ac- acknowledge the free ride is over, cess programming to contactithe FCC . and for cable to expand and gain ac and give them information they might programming, some cess to top quality not obtain from the cable stems. copyright fees must be paid.

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Re-regulation To illustrate the new mood of FCC ca- , Although the copyright issue consum- ble regulation, Mr. KinleY announced- ed much time, the greatest concern the suspension of the Lotal Origination requirement. In 1969, the FCC demanded I of the industry was the planned "re- regulation" by the Federal Communi- that any cable system having more than. cations Commission (FCC). Although 3,500 subscribers should nrridt,igni- last year Clay Whitehead and the Of- ficant locally-originated programming . fice of Telecommunications Policy re- over a channel designated for such a commended "de-regulation" of cable purpose. This "lOcal o" is not to be and a governmental laissez-faire confused with the public'"access" than- 4

13 nels that were specified in the 1972 complaints Ofi"shOrt-changed" sponsors, FCC rules. After several years of the members oft- the committee suggested litigation, the courts supporte'd the cable companies demand performance FCC's right to enforce the local bonds from local program producers.'

origination requirement. The FCC, ' however, never actually enforced this California legislators can now make .requirement. N9w-the-regulation has cable tv reports inSacramento. The been taken off/the books entirely. CCTA supports a studio facility in The FCC does /continue to require that Room 2173 of theaState Capitol Build- table syste s provide minimal producing. Legislators are invited to make- tion'equipment for local orgination reports to their constituents via prog'rommingk,"at reasonable their local cable system. The Sac- ramento studio films the legislator 4 TV on 8mm sound film whith is sent to Tight money, un easonable/re-building Mission Cable in San Diego for trans- requirements, and consumer indifference fer to 1" videotape. Copies of the has slowed the orowth rate of cable / tape are then sent to the'cable sys- television predicted in the early '70s. tems covering the legislative juris- . Yet pay tv continues to' move forward, dictign of the politician. Libraries and most cable' operators tee pay tv as intergsted in the detailsoof this project (applicable to a localAstt- ' the economic messiah for their industry. One of the Most successful of the ap- uation?), or possible acquisition proximately 9 pay systems(- 128,170 contact Mr. Walter Kaitz, California Subscribers) now in operation nation- Community Television Assn., PO Box wide is Channel Z in Los Angeles 2307, Castro Valley, Ca. 94546 (Theta Cable). 'Recent motion pictures Cablecasters agreed that sharing are introduced weekly and all are. 4 available for family viewing on a standardized programming was a dif- "scrambled" channel at an established ficult feat, not because of the in- monthly rate. efficienty of "bicycling" (physical tape delivery systems) but due to the )The other maior pay tv system in Cali- variations among California communit- fornia is Optical System's Channel 100 ies. For example a,Country and West- ,. in San Diego, which, aside from sophis- ern music program, while'popular in ,f ticated marketing, operates much like some areas of California, "belliedup" Channel Z. .Although Viacom, a major in San Francisco. On the other hand,,.. California cable operator, has not yet San Francisco's popular gay television entered the California market with its program "Comingkut," surprised some independently designed "Viadode" pay cablecasters who stated programming for homosexuals would be "impossaile fv system, it is currently field test- . ing the system in Suffolk, New York. for my area." Unlike the previously mentioned systems, Viacode is the only pay system f developed by a cable system dperator and,charges by the event rathFr than revying an overall monthly charge. California Cable The Cablecasting committee of the CCTA repOrted several interesting developments'in California. SitUations have occurred in whi independent producers have c itted t elves to a series of spon ored progra s, byt have failed to meet their commitments. To avoid

16 1'7 BOOK-11111EVIEWS THE ACCESS WORKBOOK," edited by Jacque-, MAKING THE MEDIA REVOLUTION: A Hand-. line Pdrk. 1974. Alternate Media book of Videotape Production; by Peter Center,,New York University School of Weiner. 197.4%1 MacmilIan, MY: 8:95 the Arts, 144 Bleeker St., NY 10012 $35. Peter must not have much experience Tqp workbook comes in two volumes in with video equipment. I found two looseleaf form. The first "Resources ' imajor pieces of.misinformation by page \ and Information," deals with establish' 19, and put tht boa( away. -A loser. ea A ing and running video access worlcshops; the second concentrates on equipment THE PRIME TIMEURVEVs.by TVTV P.O. and production ic nts. Format and con- Box 641, San .Francisco, CA 94101. 1974; of the work ooks are excellent. $5.00 Personal and Community, $0.00 AMC has been working with access cen- Business and Institutional. ters, community television and cable tv 'longer than almost everyone else, .Michael Shamberg and'friends, post- -- and these books \are the result of a ,Raindance and post- Radical Software. lot of.practical xperience. Very easy TVTV is the groupsthat pioneered the to read.. Major.c iticisms: books are broadcait of 1/2" videotape (They written as..if the ny portapak is the brought us PBS specials on the 1972. ' only piece of video equipment around i Republican and Democratic Conventions, and,don't.believe the."State of the Art" The Maharaj- Adland.) A very chapter, Cause new developmentsin good book, full of valuable production technology since publicatiOn have al- information dealing with low-cost color ready made this section quaint and and 1/2" to 2" transfer processes. ea obsolete. cs TELE-VISIONS, quarterly newsletter, by

. ARTIST VIDEOTAPES, 1975 Catalogue from Washington Community Video Center, P.O. Electronic Arts Intermix, 84 Fifth Ave. -Box 21068, Washington, D:C.v20009.

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Video art emerges from the underground -Ironically, Washington,6.c. has no with the publication of this yideetape cable system, but does have oneof the catalog, the first composite listing most active video centers in thecountry. of videotaix,pioneers.-.Forty-five Taking advantage of its location'nd video artists and groups and approx- Washington contacts, the WCVC hasbeen

, imately one hundred sixty tapes form producing for two years one of the out- the core for Electronic ArtsIntermix, standing publications on video and ca- the first major venture ir3 diitributing ble developments. The name?orthe video art. All tapes will be sold in newsletter is CommunityVideo Reports, the 3/4" format. Outstanding video and it cannot receive enough praisefor arfits like Nam June Paik, TVTV, and its clear interpretations ofcomplicated National Experiments' in Television can regulations, helpful articles on the now be 'centrally located and purchased. comparison and use of video hardware, For a sampling, order The Intermi and fast-paced coverage ofnational Screening Room, a 20-minute composite developments in community video...all videocassette flashing short scenes done in excellent style. However, in from forty representative tapes in the February the= will metanorphosize, ollection. The Screening Room tape into Tele-Visions. If this quarterly available for one-week loan for $4.00 is produced with the same qualityof (to cover handling and shipping charges). CVR, t would be a bargain attwice

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1. USE OF LAND* 415-929-8127 PRODUCER: Craig Sshiller, 1901 Vallejo;SanFrancfsco, CA 94123 30 mins B&W 1/2" 1973= TECHNICAL QUALITY: 9 $95.00 AUTHORIZED USES: Cablecasting Rights INTEREST LEVEL:' General Audiences and /pr Specialbroups SUBJECT AREA: 'Conservation and Land Use Planning . planning in the appropriation . PURPOSE: To show the need forsai-eful and thorough and use land. SUGGESTED LIBRARY PROGRAMMING: General audience programonconservation.L groups program usfng,speaker orbook talkin addition to tape. Foundation, hosts this REVIEW: William Reilly, the President of the Conservation information tape on land-use planning.Segments of. speeches giveh aa land use con -' involved: In- ference at Smithsonian Institution areintercut with shots of the areas teMews,witirconcerned citizens and members of the taskforce,on urban'grow0 are al- goals of the . sosbown. rSocially open sandenvironmentally sound communities are,the end are discussed: task force, and the legislation andcontrols necessary to achieve this The tape includes, still photos and graphicsand is beautifully edited:kV. Conservation, and as an It can be used to interest general audiencesin the subject-of integral part of a total program for specialinterest factions.

2. BITS AND PI ES* 4 California St., SanFrancisco, CA PRODUCER: Joel W. Hermadn, c/o B. Miller, 1531 (415-673-6924) 8 -$45.00 10 mins,B&W 1/2" 1973 TECHNICAL QUALITY: AUTHORIZED USES: Cablecasting Rights INTEREST LEVEL1 Specialized GroUps SUBJECT AREA: Video Art visual viewpoint. PURPOSE: To see the world arounus from a different SUGGESTED LIBRARY PROGRAMMING: ntroduetion to Video Art'and/or Entertainment which REVIEW- A potpourri of objects d.people merge to form a visual whole of paper ina stretches the imagination. tools on a rack, a woman covered by bits shower, close-up-of insects, and tv monitorsat acspace center areamong the things entertainment' qualities and seen inca new light. This tape has value both for its as videoal

3. THE W ECK OF THE UNO* (415-557-3843) Producer: \Dick Dilltan, 32 StatesSt.,,San Francisco, CA. 94114. 6 mins mg 1/2" 1974 TECHNICAL QUALM 7-1/2 .$35.00 AUTRORI2ED USES: Cablecasting Rights INTEREST LEVEL: Specialized Groups SUBJECT'AREki California sailboat beached in SanMateo. PURPOSE: Totdocument the effort to'salvage a Groups interested in local Californiaexperiences- . SUGGESTED LIBRARY PROGRAMMING: Sailing,enthutiasts - as a'filler in longer, program onsailing. poetic' quality to its depiction of an REVIEW: This documentary, brings an almost. two lives actual incident'in the San Mateo area. After a sailing tragedy in which This too, ended in were lost, the boat wasbeacheWand'a salvage attempt started. who disaster, and this tape chronicles brieflythe incident. For specialized groups have an interest in California and sailing.

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