Access Video On Demand Programming Ideas to Support Summer Events
Lights, camera, action! Access Video On Demand provides countless ideas for engaging community programming.
Explore a few themes, concepts, and specific recommendations to beat the heat and keep patrons of all ages entertained.
Unique Classic and Independent Films
Tap in to 150 unique classic and independent films, from offbeat comedies to chilling thrillers and literary interpretations, including:
- whaledreamers (Item #45393)
- Karla (Item #45367)
- Restitution (Item #47834)
- And Then There Were None (Item #56709)
- Solomon Northup’s Odyssey: Twelve Years a Slave (Item #44844)
- Arch of Triumph (Item #56685)
For additional independent and feature films, check out Access Video‘s World Cinema Collection.
Titles for Programming/Patron Interest
Develop in-depth programs around popular themes to keep your patrons watching–and coming back for more.
Summer Is Self-Improvement Time!
Access Video On Demand has added dozens of helpful DIY video tips and tricks for mastering projects around the house, for healthy cooking, for taking better photos, for expanding language skills, and more—all from the “For Dummies” folks who know how to make learning fun and easy!
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- 10 Essential Tips for Painting a Room (Item #150480)
- Green Cleaning Using Eco-Friendly Cleaners Around the House (Item #150486)
- How to Caulk Windows (Item #150493)
- How to Grill, Broil, and Sear (Item #150405)
- How to Take Great Photographs of Your Kids at Home (Item #150348)
- Using American Sign Language (ASL) for Simple Sentences (Item #150369)
- How to Bluff at Poker (Item #150491)
Delicious Summer Cooking
Serve up tasty ideas for summer with Lidia’s Family Table: Lazy Summer Afternoons and Meat: Cooking Techniques. Pair cooking shows/segments with our important food safety videos for a complete guide to summer food fun.
Enjoy Summer Safely
Titles such as Summer Safety, which includes segments on hydration, poison ivy, and bites and stings, and Teens and Tanning: Sun Safety Update, will appeal to young adult patrons, while Sun Effects on Skin and How to Treat a Sunburn are perfect for the general population.
July Is National Recreation and Parks Month
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The National Parks: America’s Best Idea—A Film by Ken Burns series (Item #44451)
- The Adirondacks (Item #44363)
- Yosemite National Park (Item #40862)
- Yellowstone Wild (Item #52293)
Amelia Earhart Disappears over the Pacific Ocean, July 2, 1937
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Amelia Earhart Disappears over the Pacific Ocean ca. 1937 (Item #38687)
- Legends of Air Power: Amelia Earhart (Item #129045)
- Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air (Item #42466)
100th Anniversary: Nelson Mandela Born July 18, 1918
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Nelson Mandela: Interview (7/15/92) (Item #142651)
- Bright Freedom (1913–2010) (Item #144744)
- Nelson Mandela: The History of a Struggle (Item #2592)
Parents’ Day, July 23
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Brazelton on Parenting (Item #34909)
- Building Strong Families (Item #94789)
- Parenting Principles (Item #60234)
- How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children (Item #122802)
- TEDTalks: Colin Powell—Kids Need Structure (Item #56544)
Korean War Ends, July 27, 1953
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- The Korean War series
- Korea: The Forgotten War (Item #43081)
- The Korean War (Item #144857)
World Hepatitis Day, July 28
Consider these titles for programming/patron interest:
- Understanding Hepatitis series
- Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic (Item #47951)
- New Hope for People with Hepatitis C (Item #53722)
- Hepatitis B: Kill or Cure, Series 1 (Item #43895)
What Led Up to the Impeachment of Richard Nixon?
- Dick Cavett’s Watergate (Item #93453)
- Nixon’s Address on Watergate, 1973 (Item #48837)
- Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interview (Item #58245)
- Frost/Nixon: The Complete Interviews—Watergate (Item #58246)
- 1973: How Watergate Changed the Government (Item #56323)
About Access Video On Demand
Infobase’s Access Video On Demand streaming video service for public libraries offers an expansive collection of thousands of high-quality videos that complement the broad range of books in the library. Part of the On Demand platform, Access Video On Demand brings your patrons exceptional content from around the world, from award-winning documentaries to how-to programs, top-quality performances spanning the arts, biographies of historymakers past and present, and more from any location with Internet access, anytime they choose.
