For now, I'm doing a little bit of all three of the below options. Some
faculty, particularly Film Studies, are specifically requesting Blu-ray, and I
will purchase both Blu-ray and DVD for those titles. But really the Blu-ray
preference has not been very strong overall. I agree that the
We have just recently (and somewhat gradually) let go of our audiocassette
collection. Much of the content was dated. I did go through our holdings to
determine condition, use, etc. I think the music has been covered well by
compact disc. However, we had a number of audiobooks on tape, and
Our DVD/VHS collection circulates to USF faculty, students, and staff for 7
days. This includes all USF campuses (other campus loans are sometimes
handled via the ILL system). There are titles which remain on a permanent
in-house reserve status due to purchasing agreement stipulations,
This happened to me in the past, and I ended up just creating a new account
with a slightly different login. It seemed to be okay that my e-mail was the
same.
Unfortunately, our Purchasing Department has recently made to decision to
forbid our use of PayPal for institutional credit card
Gail has summarized USF's basic processes/timeline as well. Pretty much all
media orders are funneled through me, coming from teaching faculty and graduate
students, librarians, the occasional undergrad, and then additional titles
selected by me. From August to March is our best time to
We have a slightly different approach. Ages ago we moved from Dewey to LC
classification for all our media. When it came to the feature films, the
cataloger met with me to determine what might be the best, given our collection
is in open stacks and heavily browsed. We ended up using PN1993.5
My responses are in red below. I do always try to make sure any media
requested by faculty is given priority regarding
ordering/cataloging/processing/notification, because that usually means they
are hoping to use it as soon as possible. As with most media librarians, I
acquire/select
Our media collection has gone through a variety of adjustments in the past few
years, and it hasn't been held harmless. We've gone through a lot of necessary
withdrawal processes, and currently have:
14,000+ videos (DVDs and VHS)
15,700+ sound recordings (CD, audiocassette, LPs)
Some kits,
in the library. The
completely open stacks and full circulation (video - 7 days for all patrons ;
audio - 3 weeks for all patrons) can wreak havoc on the stability and longevity
of the collection at times. And course and research support is our primary
objective always.
Rue
From: McKenzie, Rue
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I typically prefer cataloging titles separately rather than including all in
one record. Each film can be clearly represented in the online catalog on its
own record with summary, possible subjects, etc. All this can go on one record
for a collection, but that can become fairly unwieldy.
Hi everyone.
I am beginning an assessment of our Library's media collection dealing with
genocide (in very broad terms). I feel we have a relatively strong collection
both in content and accessibility, and this area is an ongoing collection
development focal point for me. As a very
We have been using this service for a little over a year, as a supplement to
our more traditional video reserve services. We have a large number of on-site
and online courses using film, as well as a very large commuter student
population. Providing selected films online provides an
We have a number of titles from Films Media Group and several of the video (and
audio) databases from Alexander Street Press. Our experience has been
extremely positive with both vendors. It's true, bandwidth can be an issue for
some institutions, and it has been a concern for us in relation
Hi all. I'm late on this, but I think I've scanned all the original list and
most if not all the replies. Anyway, if they haven't already been included, I
would suggest adding the Lara Croft films Tomb Raider and Cradle of Life. I
know, I'm sooo low brow here compared to most of the
Very, very true. I am a bit disheartened at the way convenience is trumping
quality way too often...in way too many situations.
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I know this is a bit off the original inquiry, but our textbook center is run
by Barnes Noble. This year as part of the response to textbook affordability
issues, copies of many of this semester's textbooks are being sent to the
Library to be placed on reserve...free of charge. They are
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