Hi All, I'm toying with the idea of reclassing our DVD collection using LC and I was wondering if anyone else has done this (right now we just use accession numbers). I know that the documentaries get classed by topic (videos about dance in GV, videos about political science in JA), but for feature films do you class in PN1997 then cutter by filmmaker or title? Or do you class in PN1995.9 then cutter by genre? If the latter, where does your genre classification come from? Do you class television shows in PN1992? And finally (whew!), are your LC call numbers downloaded with copy records or is someone at your institution assigning them?
Many thanks, Matt ______________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 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.
