Christine,
Indeed, our DVDs are in open stacks now (we moved them out a few years ago)
which our patrons LOVE. Now they're requesting that we put them in some kind
of order. It's true that our patrons can find videos in our catalog by genre,
language, etc. so this hasn't really been a
Matt,
This is something we deal with here and I don't recommend LC for film. Here is
why: LC means nothing to the patron. They want things to be in an order that
makes sense to them. We use LC and I can't tell you how often I wish we had a
simple numbering system for them. The call numbers
Yeah, I get your point on that Christine. Agreed. We keep ours in a case
back where the mushrooms grow, so we don't have them on open shelves at all.
But for Matt and others who have them on the shelves, I can see the
sense of having them integrated. But I would still want to see Peckinpah
Yes, the vagaries of LC do leave us with some frustrating issues--movies made
from literature are in the PR, PS etc even if they are popular feature films.
We do make decisions to put a few titles in different places. One of the
advantages is that I can tell a student that if they find a book
Matt,
We have our DVDs and videos classed by LC numbers.
Pros: does get them ordered by subject, making them browseable. Con: Yes, call
numbers tend to be too similar. Would not recommend LC for closed stacks.
Something we (meaning: the AV cataloger, not me) did here was to class the
feature
Barbara! Just curious: *Brokeback Mountain* is categorized as an Asian
film because Ang Lee comes
from Taiwan. Do you handle in the same manner all the many films made
by all the many directors who have
come from abroad and established themselves as Hollywood directors? Are
*Psycho* and
Just use accession numbers and be done with it, dudes!
Gary
Barbara! Just curious: *Brokeback Mountain* is categorized as an Asian
film because Ang Lee comes
from Taiwan. Do you handle in the same manner all the many films made
by all the many directors who have
come from abroad and
