Re: [Videolib] Lest you think I've been overly dramatic...
Amen. One of the reasons I found it easy to accept a retirement incentive program. Tilting at windmills has made my arms very tired. There have got to be better ways to exercise! Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Adjunct Faculty, Theatre Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 voice 210.486.4504 fax “A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done”--Dwight David Eisenhower -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 11:31 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Lest you think I've been overly dramatic... Hi all I realize that I keep beating my breast about the bad budget situation in California... The California Digital Library just came out with the following PR crib sheet: I am enormously grateful I'm in the twilight rather than the sunrise of my career... Gary Handman ·The proposed state budget calls for a $500 million cut in university support next year. ·There is a real possibility that UC could see an even bigger cut in state funding if California closes the entire $26.6 billion state deficit through budget cuts. ·The collective UC Libraries materials budget is currently at or below 2001 levels (before adjusting for inflation) ·While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, budget declines of 20% or more are being forecast at most campuses over the next several years ·UC Libraries will continue to manage their acquisitions and licensing portfolios very carefully in light of these ongoing budget challenges Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Amazon MKPLC-- buyer beware!
Sorry, I forgot the link! http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0140131272/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8redirect=trueqid=1305214505sr=1-1condition=all On 5/12/2011 11:41 AM, Helen P. Mack wrote: Here is an example of solmething for sale by a third party. "Fulfillment by Amazon" means that it is presently housed at Amazon and will be shipped from there, although it is an Amazon Marketplace seller. I consider these a little more reliable than purely third party offerings, because I know the book will get to me. On 5/11/2011 1:08 PM, Chris McNevins wrote: I my case below the book was not fulfilled via Amazon.com. I had ordered throught the amazon.com website from a marketplace vendor and the book came from amazon.ca with a note in the gift field on the packing list. The marketplace vendor subsequently emailed me a “packing list” with his pricing on it. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Steinhoff, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:59 AM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Amazon MKPLC-- buyer beware! this is aacc It is possible that the book was not ordered by the Marketplace vendor from Amazon in order to fulfill the customer’s order. My library uses Amazon Marketplace often – always scrutinizing prices and vendor ratings – so we are familiar with a relatively new practice that Amazon offers to its Marketplace partners. Amazon is not only the storefront, but is also the distributor for some of them. This is clearly noted in the listing, with phrasing something like “ships from Amazon.com” and “eligible for super saver.” I can’t quickly find an example, or I would include a screen shot. While the blog posting contains some pretty outrageous examples, the price for a particular used book can vary greatly from vendor to vendor. We hope that it is based on tangible characteristics, such as condition. But often, there is more to it, such as the availability of used copies of the book. Generally speaking, though, if you carefully review the listings and think about how much you are willing to pay for an item, you can do well with Marketplace. It has made purchasing out of print materials much easier and faster. Cynthia Steinhoff Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its content, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Chris McNevins Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:33 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Amazon MKPLC-- buyer beware! Interesting article about algorithmic pricing…. http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358 On a similar note, when dealing with Marketplace vendors you really need to do your homework. I recently tried to purchase the first ed. of Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology at $169.95 from an Amazon Marketplace vendor. The vendor emailed me back and said that he didn’t have the 1st edition but he could offer me the 2nd edition at the same price. Foolishly I said yes without doing a further
Re: [Videolib] Lest you think I've been overly dramatic...
I am enormously grateful I'm in the twilight rather than the sunrise of my career... And for all us bouncing baby boomersThis is good ballad material,. Regards Lisa Flanzraich Media and Reference Librarian Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library Queens College Room 344 718-997-3673 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent by: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 05/12/2011 12:34 PM Please respond to videolib@lists.berkeley.edu To videolib@lists.berkeley.edu cc Subject [Videolib] Lest you think I've been overly dramatic... Hi all I realize that I keep beating my breast about the bad budget situation in California... The California Digital Library just came out with the following PR crib sheet: I am enormously grateful I'm in the twilight rather than the sunrise of my career... Gary Handman ·The proposed state budget calls for a $500 million cut in university support next year. ·There is a real possibility that UC could see an even bigger cut in state funding if California closes the entire $26.6 billion state deficit through budget cuts. ·The collective UC Libraries materials budget is currently at or below 2001 levels (before adjusting for inflation) ·While the future cannot be predicted with certainty, budget declines of 20% or more are being forecast at most campuses over the next several years ·UC Libraries will continue to manage their acquisitions and licensing portfolios very carefully in light of these ongoing budget challenges Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Terror of the Soul on DVD?
I am looking for the PBS Video Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul, an American Masters video about Edgar Allan Poe on DVD. We own it on VHS, but I can't seem to find it on DVD. I have looked at PBS, on Amazon, at Action! Library Media Service, and at Midwest. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance. Jennifer Foster Media Librarian Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library 361.570.4195 http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Terror of the Soul on DVD?
I recently looked and could only get it on VHS, so I'm curious if I missed something! Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Foster, Jennifer Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:52 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Terror of the Soul on DVD? I am looking for the PBS Video Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul, an American Masters video about Edgar Allan Poe on DVD. We own it on VHS, but I can't seem to find it on DVD. I have looked at PBS, on Amazon, at Action! Library Media Service, and at Midwest. Any other ideas? Thanks in advance. Jennifer Foster Media Librarian Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library 361.570.4195 http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
Vicky, I've never heard of a blanket license like this. I'm guessing your best bet is to find out what content is available on DVD and repurchase in this format. Depending on the size of your VHS collection, it could take a while to get an estimate on this. We had something similar happen on our campus a few years ago. We were able to convince our Classroom Support department to leave VHS and LD players in a few key classrooms where we were able to prove they were regularly needed. This department will also deliver and hook up VHS players in classroom with AV support if given sufficient notice by the faculty member. This year our media center started circulating a VHS player, allowing students and faculty to take it out of the library for home or classroom use. It's checked out about once a week - we're thinking of circulating a few more. Yes, definitely hoard those players if you can! Good luck, Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas kim.stan...@unt.edu P: (940) 565-4832 F: (940) 369-7396 -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maloy, Vicky Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:41 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
Vicky, Could you do something like get a count of your popular title videos and your expensive documentaries, then do a random sampling of how much it would cost to replace a few titles in each area with DVDs, and then extrapolate? So, for example, you would tell the Powers That Be: we need to replace 1000 popular titles at $15.00 each, and 300 documentaries at $200 each, for a total of $75,000? NB: I am not *at all* knowledgeable about the cost of getting copyright permission for conversions, but I suspect ordering new DVDs would be cheaper, and a lot less work. You could, of course, use that same formula idea getting permission for a random sampling of tiles then extrapolating---but be sure to include the time you spend working on the copyright issue! Best of luck, MM Margery L. May Acquisitions Administrator Wesleyan University Library Acquisitions Department Olin Memorial Library 252 Church Street Middletown, CT 06459 860-685-3834 m...@wesleyan.edu ...there is no question at all but that good and laughter and justice will prevail.---Archbishop Desmond Tutu -Original Message- -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maloy, Vicky Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 4:41 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
Vicky! Some other factors to consider: not all documentary films issued in VHS format have been converted to DVD--and perhaps many never will be. This can be also true for feature films, but is not as great a problem. Also: some distributors will give you a discount on purchasing DVD versions on their films if you previously purchased the films from them in VHS. Cheers, Anthony *** Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou. * Maloy, Vicky wrote: Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
I feel your pain, Vicky! Unfortunately, even big bushels of money won't help, I'm afraid... Some of that money could be spent on re-purchasing titles that are available in DVD. That's definitely a fairly easy thing to do. Beyond that... There are few, if any, blanket anythings in this business. Secondly: It may be that some of the older things in your collection are grist for conversion under the provisions of Section 108 of the copyright law. It will take some work and effort to determine these, but the work might be worth it. For everything else, you'd have to hunt down the copyright holder and negotiate. My experience has made it abundantly clear that this is a real existential nightmare...in other words, it seldom results in happy or productive results, simply because of the complexities and vagaries of video production and distribution. If it were me (and it may well be eventually), I would not let go of this battle (re yanking vhs players) until the last bloody stand... Gary Handman Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
I agree with Gary, there's no easy/cheap/legal solution to this problem. We have over 15,000 titles on VHS, many of which are still in high demand by our faculty and are not available on DVD. When a new classroom building opened last year without VCRs the faculty were very unhappy to discover that we couldn't simply reformat anything they wanted on VHS. So, now the classroom support folks are looking into installing VCRs in those classrooms, which will be kind of a pain now because they'll have to run an analog signal through a digital system. The moral of the story is, it might take complaints from faculty to redress the issue. On the other hand, I'm intrigued by the notion of declaring VHS functionally obsolete because of inadequately equipped classrooms. Hmmm... Matt __ Matt Ball Media Services and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On May 12, 2011, at 7:25 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: I feel your pain, Vicky! Unfortunately, even big bushels of money won't help, I'm afraid... Some of that money could be spent on re-purchasing titles that are available in DVD. That's definitely a fairly easy thing to do. Beyond that... There are few, if any, blanket anythings in this business. Secondly: It may be that some of the older things in your collection are grist for conversion under the provisions of Section 108 of the copyright law. It will take some work and effort to determine these, but the work might be worth it. For everything else, you'd have to hunt down the copyright holder and negotiate. My experience has made it abundantly clear that this is a real existential nightmare...in other words, it seldom results in happy or productive results, simply because of the complexities and vagaries of video production and distribution. If it were me (and it may well be eventually), I would not let go of this battle (re yanking vhs players) until the last bloody stand... Gary Handman Oh help! Help, help, help! I have just attended a meeting at which it was mentioned in an off-handed remark that every VHS player in our campus classrooms will be removed over the summer. When I objected, and asked if there was any money being set aside to pay for the copyright permissions to convert our library's holdings, the VP of Finance said, Why don't you give me a number. SO. Is there such a thing as a blanket license to convert commercially made VHS tapes to DVD for a non-profit institutional use? (Don't laugh at me, I just have to ask.) Does anyone have experience they can share with me - off list, if you prefer - in stopping/surviving this madness, or shall I just scavenge all the players I can find and store them in the library for the foreseeable future? I've searched the list archives, but the digitizing - procedural question thread, while helpful, doesn't say where to start securing permission or with whom, for a conversion. Thanks for your time and knowledge, Vicky VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] The case of the disappearing VHS players
If you go the route of estimating cost based on a sampling, don't forget to include in your cost estimates the cost of new catalog records and processing for every replaced title. I think $25 per title is a very low-ball estimate. Cataloging and processing often cost more than mass-market DVDs -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
