Re: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area
Here at St. Francis, the CD cases and their discs are on open shelves. Our collection is primarily classical also, although most items have been added through very generous donations rather than library purchases. There has been no noticeable theft. For the DVDs, on the other hand, we only keep the cases on open shelves. All of the discs are kept in a cabinet behind the Circulation Desk. I suppose we have felt the need to protect these more because we have had to pay real money for them, they are used more, and they tend to cost more. Really, if a faculty member needed a DVD and it was not there, it would not be pretty. ;) Hope this helps, Gail Gawlik Head of Technical Services Brown Library University of St. Francis Joliet, IL Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu 8/16/2012 8:40 AM Dear all, Are any one of you working in an academic library with open shelves for AV materials(DVDs/CDs) that are not secured with either locked cases or security layers attached to the discs? I’m talking about educational/documentaries not feature films. Have you lost items in this situation? In what rate (how many per year)? My boss is asking me if it is worthed to secure the whole collection if the cost of replacing a few lost items per year can do the job instead. Almost all our CDs are Classical music. Few classic Jazz CDs and some world music. No popular music. Should I secure them? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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] unsecured AV in open access area
We put all our DVD is in the locked cases. A thief figured out how to break into the cases and stole about ten DVD’s from us before we realized what was happening. The thief took the DVD’s and put the cases back on the shelves. Like St. Francis, we have moved to the empty cases on the shelf and discs behind the Circulation Desk. Locked cases are not a guarantee against theft if somebody really wants the DVD. I worry more about the replacement cost of the DVDs for educational films. Some of the documentaries we have cost over $200.00. Our budget could not stand replacing five or more a year. Patrons might not steal them for entertainment purposes, but they have walked off with them. Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Lake Forest College kars...@lakeforest.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] unsecured AV in open access area
Not an academic library, but we went to unsecured access in January. Since then, we have lost 326 titles. In the first 4 weeks, we lost over 100, but in the last several months, it has slowed down to 5 - 10 per week, rather than 5 - 10 per day. Almost all the missing titles are feature films, and popular ones at that. Our cds are now all going to be unsecured also - we have had all but popular and Spanish in their cases since November last year, hand haven't really had too much loss - mostly country, sacred and movie/musicals. But now, the popular and Spanish are going in their cases, also, and I anticipate great loss. Our previous system was double shelving - cases out on the shelfs, discs in file cabinets. At some point this does become untenable. It depends on how much loss are you willing to take, and how much in demand are the nonfiction film titles you have. Are they for popular classes? Are they out of print, or can you still get replacements? Good luck on this. Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 8:41 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area Dear all, Are any one of you working in an academic library with open shelves for AV materials(DVDs/CDs) that are not secured with either locked cases or security layers attached to the discs? I'm talking about educational/documentaries not feature films. Have you lost items in this situation? In what rate (how many per year)? My boss is asking me if it is worthed to secure the whole collection if the cost of replacing a few lost items per year can do the job instead. Almost all our CDs are Classical music. Few classic Jazz CDs and some world music. No popular music. Should I secure them? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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] unsecured AV in open access area
Here at the inner city (Providence) campus of the Community College of Rhode Island we have 2700+ DVDs and videos - both documentaries and feature films. We also have a collection of about 350 music CDs - jazz, classical, blues/folk, and world music. All our AV materials are on open shelves. We have had very little theft. AV materials circulate for a week at a time and can be renewed, so there's not much reason to steal the material. We also circulate our AV materials to the entire Rhode Island HELIN (Higher Education Library Information Network) consortium, which includes Brown, Bryant University, Johnson Wales University, Providence College, Rhode Island College, Roger Williams University, Salve Regina University, the University of Rhode Island, and Wheaton College. While theft is not a big problem, it's sometimes a problem getting folks to return the material on time. At least when it's checked out, we have a record in the database and can bill for late material. (About 4 years ago we had a student check out 40 DVDs over the course of a week or so (we had no limit on borrowing), and he never returned them. A number of them showed up for sale on the street, and were returned to us by folks who had bought them. Of course, we billed the student and put holds on his records at the registrar's office, but he has never returned to school, so we'll never see the rest of those films again. However, they were all properly checked out to him and not stolen off the shelves.) When we began collecting AV material, we bought 3-M tattle strips, but when we ran out we did not buy more. They were unnecessary and expensive. Dusty Haller Dorcas Haller Librarian/Professor/Department Chair Community College of Rhode Island Library One Hilton Street, Providence, RI 02905 dhal...@ccri.edumailto:dhal...@ccri.edu Phone: 401-455-6085 Fax: 401-455-6087 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Moshiri, Farhad Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 9:41 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] unsecured AV in open access area Dear all, Are any one of you working in an academic library with open shelves for AV materials(DVDs/CDs) that are not secured with either locked cases or security layers attached to the discs? I'm talking about educational/documentaries not feature films. Have you lost items in this situation? In what rate (how many per year)? My boss is asking me if it is worthed to secure the whole collection if the cost of replacing a few lost items per year can do the job instead. Almost all our CDs are Classical music. Few classic Jazz CDs and some world music. No popular music. Should I secure them? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, TX This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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.
