Syracuse University Libraries collects video content to support the teaching, research, and creative needs of the campus community. These span many topics, disciplines, and genres, including but not limited to:
- Documentaries, lectures, interviews, and educational films for any and all disciplines
- Case studies and technical instructional videos for a variety of professional skills, including counseling & therapy, acting and music masterclasses, lab procedures & techniques, architectural & engineering design, software skills, and more
- Newsreels, advertisements, and other mass communications media
- Feature films, art films, and television series for cultural study, design study, and critique
- Stage works and musical performances, such as operas, plays, concerts, and dance works
- Unique institutional, corporate, and personal recordings within archival manuscript collections
Our collections have grown over many decades and include the following formats:
- 30+ databases with streaming video content, totaling nearly 100,000 titles, accessible from both on and off campus
- 16,000+ physical recordings in our circulating collection, held on BluRay, DVD, and VHS
- Archival recordings on film and magnetic media, held in our Special Collections Research Center
