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For more than 30 years, Video Librarian has been a trusted collection development resource for librarians, educators, and faculty building multimedia collections for campuses, institutions, and communities, with over 40,000 indexed reviews and more than 20,000 focused readers every month.
Video Librarian was founded in 1986 as a print publication providing librarians with professional film reviews to guide their acquisitions. After more than three decades in print, we published our final physical issue in December 2019 and prepared for a fully digital future.
Then, in 2020, as schools and libraries around the world closed their doors, Video Librarian entered a new era. We went fully digital, migrating decades of content, indexing more than 40,000 reviews, and continuing to deliver insightful coverage when access and connection mattered most.
Since transitioning online, our readership has more than doubled, reaching a global audience of librarians, educators, and media professionals. Today, review turnaround is faster than ever, and our coverage extends far beyond film to everything libraries select, use, and share.
Our professional reviews focus on film, covering new releases, classic film, documentaries, TV, and children's media. Beyond reviews, we write about books, EdTech, and the wider world of what libraries select, use, and share through our essays, lists, news, and interviews. Every piece is written by librarians, educators, and critics who understand how these materials actually reach patrons and students.
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