In case you are not already aware, the Association of College & Research Libraries' Research Planning and Review Committee released their "Environmental Scan 2013" this past April.
The 45 page document is freely available at http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/EnvironmentalScan13.pdf The report focuses on the following areas: Trends in Higher Education; Future of the Profession; Scholarly Communication; Radical Collaboration; Technology; and Assessment and Accountability. Go ahead, I dare you…. Find the references to media in the report. No mention of the upsurge in streaming video, the demise of vast collections of VHS that are approaching obsolescence and may be irreplaceable, no mention of collaborative media collection development, or of the possibilities of PDA for media collection development. Pathetic. I'll get off my soap box now. deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- http://tinyurl.com/AboutNMM To market, to market, to find some fresh film… I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there?
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.
