Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions

2011-02-14 Thread Woolard, David W.
Thanks Gary! I was afraid there wouldn't be anything definitive on it other than short and few, but how I wish there was. My problem is the general counsel of my institution has given faculty a very loose and liberal interpretation of the law, which has been nothing but a headache. Best,

Re: [Videolib] Valentine's Day Pick

2011-02-14 Thread Nancy E. Friedland
Hey Gary! Glad you agree! Hope all is well. Nancy On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 8:24 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: You're my kinda gal, Nancy! Pam and I used to have a fox terrier that was the spittin' image of Mr. Smith! gary h. http://nfriedland.blogspot.com/ --

Re: [Videolib] Defining limited portions

2011-02-14 Thread ghandman
If your counsel is liberal, you wy ahead of the game. Ultimately they're the ones who would have to back these policies. If it were me, I'd think that clips should be well under 10 minutes (under 5 is even better). A 15 minute clip gets into much murkier territory, but, again, if

Re: [Videolib] prioritizing media cataloging

2011-02-14 Thread Blane Halliday
Hi All, I do not work in an academic setting, but this issue has always irked me as a public librarian. Since finishing library school, I have worked for three different library systems of three different sizes, but have experienced the same issue at all three of them. Namely, the AV materials

[Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

2011-02-14 Thread Corbett, Lauren E.
Hello Video Librarians! I just joined this list to post on a couple of topics I'm working on here at Wake Forest. First question is, do any of you operate with open shelving of your DVDs? We already have thought through pros and cons of having the open shelving, so we're looking for

Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

2011-02-14 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Hi Lauren, We moved to open shelves several years ago. It has been great. DVDs are in locked cases. Take your pick from the library supplier catalogs. Shelving is adjacent to the Media service window, so we can still provide assistance. Main circ desk also has the key mechanism so that DVDs

Re: [Videolib] streaming justification

2011-02-14 Thread ghandman
Hi Rhonda Berkeley currently has access to ASP's Theater on Video, which was licensed via the California Digital Library as a consortial buy...I was not a strong supporter, but I was out-voted. We also have ASP's Ethnographic Video collection, purchased by our Anthro librarian with $ from a

Re: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs?

2011-02-14 Thread CAPLAN Victoria F
Hi Mary, We've had open shelves in Media for the past 19 years (ever since our library opened). We use LC classification, with some slight modifications to make the feature films more browsable. We then physically separate by format (based on physical format): * VHS + DVD together (they can