Re: [Videolib] documents or instructions on weeding Media
I've been doing a lot of weeding this year of 16mm films and VHS tapes. Here's what I did. Involved objective shuffling of spreadsheet data, and then some subjective decision making: First ran reports that included copyright date, date added to collection, circulation data -- total circs and circs within a shorter time frame (I did 3 years 5 years back, as well as lifetime circs). Reviewed for weeding: 1. No circs at least 5 years in collection 2. Low circs (esp if none within last couple of years) more than 10 years old 3. What kind of content? Feature film or documentary/educational? (Didn't weed feature films unless appeared to have problems). Is title of ongoing interest? Is content classic or likely to be out-of-date (ex: history vs science)? Is it content of local interest? Out of print? If so, are other copies listed as available via WorldCat? 5. For collection development purposes, I also looked at the high circ VHS -- Were the circs recent? If so, looked to see if DVD/streaming was available for reasonable cost. After identified titles were pulled: Did visual review of pulled tapes -- Was content what I had thought? Main problem identified at this point was what to do with video in a series -- keep all or withdraw partial? Also did a visual review of what was left on shelves for tapes that looked old beat-up. Checked circ stats -- if still being used, sent up for repackaging. Most candidates for weeding were so clearcut that I didn't consult subject collection developers regarding the withdrawal. I did let some know that we should look for newer materials in a few subject areas. If in doubt, I generally put it back on the shelf. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.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] documents or instructions on weeding Media
Barb: This is great. I've been doing the same type of weeding, only I don't have much time to do this, other than during intersessions. How do you have the time to do review of content? Sometimes I'll invite a faculty member to come to the shelves with me, and we go through the report of circs together to make decisions. They know their curriculum, so I find their input valuable. However, if something isn't circ-ing - what's the point of warehousing it, unless it's classic, which many docs. are not. (not all, of course there's always classic BBC series you just want to keep cause they're so good). We're a college, not a research university, so we keep our collection relevant to our users. The same procedure really comes true for print, i.e. monographs. Look at circ history, look at content, condition. Great work, and thanks for writing it out for us. Susan On 16/04/2012 3:49 PM, Bergman, Barbara J wrote: I've been doing a lot of weeding this year of 16mm films and VHS tapes. Here's what I did. Involved objective shuffling of spreadsheet data, and then some subjective decision making: First ran reports that included copyright date, date added to collection, circulation data -- total circs and circs within a shorter time frame (I did 3 years 5 years back, as well as lifetime circs). Reviewed for weeding: 1. No circs at least 5 years in collection 2. Low circs (esp if none within last couple of years) more than 10 years old 3. What kind of content? Feature film or documentary/educational? (Didn't weed feature films unless appeared to have problems). Is title of ongoing interest? Is content classic or likely to be out-of-date (ex: history vs science)? Is it content of local interest? Out of print? If so, are other copies listed as available via WorldCat? 5. For collection development purposes, I also looked at the high circ VHS -- Were the circs recent? If so, looked to see if DVD/streaming was available for reasonable cost. After identified titles were pulled: Did visual review of pulled tapes -- Was content what I had thought? Main problem identified at this point was what to do with video in a series -- keep all or withdraw partial? Also did a visual review of what was left on shelves for tapes that looked old beat-up. Checked circ stats -- if still being used, sent up for repackaging. Most candidates for weeding were so clearcut that I didn't consult subject collection developers regarding the withdrawal. I did let some know that we should look for newer materials in a few subject areas. If in doubt, I generally put it back on the shelf. Barb Bergman | Media Services Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.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. -- Susan Weber Media Librarian Library T 604.323.5533 F 604.323.5512 swe...@langara.bc.ca mailto:susan%20weber%20%3cswe...@langara.bc.ca%3E Langara. http://www.langara.bc.ca 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 Please consider the environment before printing. CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and delete this email from your system. 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] documents or instructions on weeding Media
Are there any documents available to assist non-media librarians with media weeding? I'm doing a huge VHS weeding this year and I'm getting ready to send out a spreadsheet to my liaisons asking for their help. I will include the usual information we include for other weeding projects, but I was wondering if there was anything out there specific to media or films? Thanks, Philip Philip Bahr Reference Media Librarian DiMenna-Nyselius Library Fairfield University 1073 North Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824 203-254-4206 pb...@fairfield.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] documents or instructions on weeding Media
I'd love to see what you get! 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 Bahr, Philip Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:47 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] documents or instructions on weeding Media Are there any documents available to assist non-media librarians with media weeding? I'm doing a huge VHS weeding this year and I'm getting ready to send out a spreadsheet to my liaisons asking for their help. I will include the usual information we include for other weeding projects, but I was wondering if there was anything out there specific to media or films? Thanks, Philip Philip Bahr Reference Media Librarian DiMenna-Nyselius Library Fairfield University 1073 North Benson Road Fairfield, CT 06824 203-254-4206 pb...@fairfield.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.
