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Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (76 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A tale of adventure and fantasy, which sends a young boy into the pages of the world's greatest stories. Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of The Pagemaster, where legendary characters from literary classics come alive. Guided by a trio of talking books--Adventure, Fantasy and Horror--Richard must conquer his greatest fears before he can find his way home....
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the deaths of two monks, a visiting brother discovers a secret library containing rare books considered lost to the world and dangerous to the Catholic faith.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 47 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Where in Washington DC is the nation's most incredible treasure chest? It's a library unlike any other in the world, the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington D.C. Modern Marvels explodes the myth that this 200 year old institution is simply "where members of Congress borrow books". Viewers are taken beyond the magnificent Jefferson Building Great Hall into the secret vaults where more than 600 miles of shelves hold 130 million items, many of them...
4) Storm center
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A librarian refuses to remove a book called The communist dream from the public library when the city council tells her to do so.
Series
Reading rainbow volume no. 27
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Visits the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and goes on a treasure hunt through several library departments, including the Division of Maps and Globes, Book Restoration, and Film. Features the book Alistair in outer space by Marilyn Sadler, in which a fastidious little boy on his way to return his library books is captured by a spaceship and whisked into outer space. Introduces Conan the Librarian and reviews other books with related themes....
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Teacher From the Black Lagoon (a young boy thinks his new teacher is a monster); The Librarian From the Black Lagoon (a trip to the library has the kids ready for anything); The Gym Teacher From the Black Lagoon (is the new gym teacher really a monster?); and Shrinking Violet (a little girl has to overcome her shyness, when she must perform in the school play!).
Publisher
Nutmeg Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (11 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of bats fly into the library through an open window and have all kinds of after-hours fun. The little ones play at the water fountain and copy machine before they settle down for a magical story hour that includes the 'batification' of many children's classics.
Publisher
Zipporah Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (205 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ex Libris- the New York Public Library, goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning. With 92 locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, the library is committed to being a resource for all the inhabitants of this diverse and cosmopolitan city, and beyond. The New York Public Library exemplifies the deeply rooted American belief...
9) Equinox
Series
Criterion collection volume 338
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
The story is simple: a quartet of college kids head out to a cabin in the woods and stumble across a dusty old manuscript that conjures demons. "Equinox" is noteworthy as a missing link of sorts between the fantastic cinema of "Jason and the Argonauts" and "Star Wars, " marking the transition from artisans like Harryhausen to a new breed of special effects artist. Made by in 1967 for a mere $6,500 by future Industrial Light and Magic supervisor Dennis...
Publisher
Funimation
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
After his grandfather's untimely death, Hugh Anthony Disward visits the estate of his inheritance where he discovers a library that's out of this world. Embodying the archive is Dalian, a clever girl with a sharp tongue as biting as her sweet tooth. Circumstance leads to necessity, and she teaches Huey how to harness the power within, a handy trick to learn, seeing as it's the only way to subdue the monsters brought forth by magical works of literature....
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 183 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A London mansion housing a huge library of rare old photos gets a new owner who is bent on chucking the pictures and remaking the house as a business college. The library's manager is determined to save the collection at all costs.
Author
Publisher
O'Reilly Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 streaming video file, approximately 42 min.)
Language
English
Description
New technologies are driving a new era of global collaboration among scientists and researchers. Digital scholarship, the ability to create, collect, publish and collaborate in new digital mediums, is driving the exponential growth of data related to scholarly research. This talk will highlight evolving strategies used to appraise and predict the success of institutions and researchers.
13) Party girl
Publisher
Fun City Editions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Limited edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
What's a fast-talking, under-employed New York free spirit to do when she's jailed for throwing an illegal house party? Mary cajoles her librarian godmother into bailing her out and giving her a job as a clerk at the public library. What follows is Mary's screwball-like journey from a life of late nights and hangovers to romance with a falafel vendor and a potential long-term career as a librarian.
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
Français
Description
Icarus Films is proud to present five newly restored early short film masterpieces from legendary filmmaker Alain Resnais (1922-2014). Resnais would go on to make his mark in feature films, including the Oscar-nominated Hiroshima Mon Amour, but these early-career shorts demonstrate an already keenly developed eye. The films are a remarkable compendium of the stylistic elements found in his features and represent an important contribution to the distinguished...
15) The public
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended to by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the...
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