Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread Anthony Anderson
One annoyance I do have is in the matter of unsolicited emails that many vendors send out in regards to new films that they are handling. No, I need to clarify that a bit. Actually such emails can be quite useful, alerting me to certain films that I might not otherwise know about. If this film i

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
rfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone 615-898-2899 Fax 615-898-2530 email gfe...@mtsu.edu Original message Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:18:46 -0700 From: scott petersen Subject: Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact To: Thanks for the info, everyone. Are

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread Anthony Anderson
Like Gary, I actually find postcards to be often quite useful in helping me to decide what to select. Ditto: the announcements that distributors post to this list about their films. And* Video Librarian *remains a great selection tool. And while I very much value the input that faculty give in wh

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread Helen P. Mack
>> Director, Media Resources >> Middle Tennessee State University >> Murfreesboro, TN 37132 >> Phone 615-898-2899 >> Fax 615-898-2530 >> email gfe...@mtsu.edu >> >> >> Original message >> >> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 20

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread ghandman
e...@mtsu.edu > > > ---- Original message > > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:18:46 -0700 > From: scott petersen > Subject: Re: [Videolib] best time of year to > contact > To: > > Thanks for the info, everyone. > > Are you more likely

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-24 Thread Helen P Mack
If I were you, I would not spend the extra time/money to send paper mailings. The last respondent indicated the details that should be included in an email message. I would expect the linked order form to contain an area for an institution's tax exemption number in order to avoid having the l

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-23 Thread gfedak
From: scott petersen Subject: Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact To: Thanks for the info, everyone. Are you more likely to buy based upon on postcard or an email? Is it worth it for me to spend the extra time and money sending out postcards? Best, Scott Peter

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-23 Thread scott petersen
Thanks for the info, everyone. Are you more likely to buy based upon on postcard or an email? Is it worth it for me to spend the extra time and money sending out postcards? Best, Scott Petersen On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Bergman, Barbara J < barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu> wrote: > Pretty mu

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-16 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Pretty much the same. During the academic year. July 1 fiscal year start. Primarily faculty requests, but I sign off on all video purchases so that I know what's getting requested before we end up purchasing 3 films on the same hot topic. Emails good. Postcards good. Catalogs okay. If you send

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread Antonella Ward
know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." (Samuel Johnson) From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deborah Benrubi Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 3:45 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread Deborah Benrubi
Title: Gail B Our buying patterns and timing are pretty much the same as Gail's, except that I occasionally have money to spend at the end of the fiscal year, so early to mid-May is a good time for end-of-the-year specials. June is too late. We have the same "mostly by facul

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread Deg Farrelly
VideoNews announcements, which I receive in digest. And that helps control email overload. -- deg farrelly, Media Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu * Subject: [Videolib] best time of year to

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread Jeanne Little
Title: Gail B I second Gail's statements. We don't have our budget even set yet, and are trying to deal with the ramifications of a state budget cut to the University. Oh, for a budget equal to 5 years ago... :'( Jeanne On 8/12/2011 1:29 PM, Gail Fedak wrote:

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread McKenzie, Rue
PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact Scott, The best time for us is between mid-August and the end of January. Most of our purchasing decisions are finished by early to mid-May. After that we are out of money until July 1. Most of our faculty are not on campus du

Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread Gail Fedak
Scott, The best time for us is between mid-August and the end of January. Most of our purchasing decisions are finished by early to mid-May. After that we are out of money until July 1. Most of our faculty are not on campus during the summer, so notifying us of new titles between July and early

[Videolib] best time of year to contact

2011-08-12 Thread scott petersen
Hi Folks, What is the best time of year to email librarians about new titles? Do orders for individual titles originate from librarians or the professors? Best, Scott Petersen http://www.MataOrtizMovie VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion