Lumiere, free UC Berkeley Language Center resource, is a streaming collection of tagged foreign- and English-language films and clips. Instructors may apply for an account to use these materials as part of foreign language, film studies or other courses.
This service is an alternative for streaming films that are unavailable on platforms like Kanopy or Swank, provided the Library owns the DVD. Lumiere includes over 7,000 films, and we can request digital clips or full films if both the DVD and Lumiere's access exist. If we lack the DVD, it can be purchased for use with Lumiere. We may also request that Lumiere provide access to a film, if we have the DVD.
If you contact us to request a film, we will inform you of the option to obtain a streaming film link from Lumiere.
Use of materials must comply with Fair Use under U.S. Copyright Law, and access is limited to students via Moodle. To get started, request an account at Lumiere Application. You'll need to confirm compliance with Fair Use, provide your Drew email and department details, and select a teaching language.
Registering for Lumiere
1. To get started, request an account at Lumiere Application. You'll need to confirm compliance with Fair Use, provide your Drew email and department details,(use your department URL from the website) and select a teaching language
2. The library will receive a notification and then approve your request.
3. You will receive an email indicating that you have been approved, with a temporary password ( please retype the password instead of copying and pasting)
4. Please log in to Lumière and update your password under your profile.
First, please email liborders@drew.edu to determine if we own the DVD, and if Lumiere owns the film. We will mark the film as “owned” in Lumiere so you can request it. We will let you know when it has been marked as owned. If we don’t have the DVD, we will purchase it. We can also ask Lumiere to add films.
Once the film is marked owned, you may request the URL for the film.
Here is a video explaining the process
To request URLs through Lumiere for a course :
NOTE: URLs must be embedded in Moodle
PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT KJULIANO@DREW.EDU IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH THIS PROCESS, OR ANY QUESTIONS
Questions? Need Help? Email reference@drew.edu
Drew University Library, https://drew.edu/academic/student-resources/library/