Resumen de House of cards: : the academic library media center in the era of streaming video

Rachel King

• In a time of increasing financial pressures on universities, the expense of library resources�and the potential for cost inflation�threaten the academic library collection. This article asks whether the academic library media center will be able to continue to offer a stable inventory of films, given the legal and commercial structures currently in place. It provides a history of the film industry�s interactions with its intermediaries, forecasts some of the obstacles to ongoing feature film affordability and access in libraries, offers strategies for librarians, and suggests some cause for hope.