The library is the new owner of a two-year movie performance license from Movie Licensing USA. This is a pretty extensive license that covers a huge array of movies from most of the major studios (Disney, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, DreamWorks, M-G-M, New Line, Warner Bros., Columbia, Tri-Star Pictures - to name a few).
This license will allow us to legally show any covered movie to our patrons. The move can be on DVD or VHS, and we can use a copy that we have in our collection, we can borrow from another library, or we can use a copy from home. Once our license begins (October 1st), we can download posters and bookmarks for advertising, use the website for program ideas, and search the database to see which movies are covered (I searched 20 really random titles yesterday and they were all covered).
Naturally, I plan on using this license a lot to kick-start the YA programming here. But I hope that we can put together programs for children, adults, seniors, and families as well. Another great feature is that we can offer this coverage to any of the groups using our meeting room - if they want to show a movie in our library as part of their program, they can.
The site is www.movlic.com, if you'd like to check it out. Once our contract kicks in, I will give you log-in info for our account and tips on searching the database.
If you have any ides for programming, let me know!
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