Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
] Question about LC call numbers 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

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-24 Thread Anthony Anderson
Barbara! I am afraid I was suffering from a profound case of whimsies when I penned my little little missive yesterday afternoon. My apologies! Best, Anthony Bergman, Barbara J wrote: Anthony- You're overthinking it. It was an effective way to get away from having hundreds of PN1997s. We

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of CROWLEY, CHRISTINE Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:20 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers Maybe I am missing something --I can see accession numbers for closed stacks where the DVDs

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Karen Glover
@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 11:41:11 AM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers Christine, Indeed, our DVDs are in open stacks now (we moved them out a few years ago) which our patrons LOVE

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Randal Baier
of Rick Faaberg Sent: Sun 5/22/2011 9:51 PM To: Videolib List Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers On 5/22/11 7:02 PM, Randal Baierrba...@emich.edu sent this: In my opinion, humbled by such an august group, this is a compulsion up with which I will not put. Given

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread CROWLEY, CHRISTINE
...@alamo.edu Northwest Vista College is one of the Alamo Colleges www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrc From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of Randal Baier Sent: Mon 5/23/2011 12:59 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
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

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread Anthony Anderson
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

Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-23 Thread ghandman
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

[Videolib] Question about LC call numbers

2011-05-22 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
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