Hello collective wisdom, Is anyone using Browser paks, made by Chicago One Stop, Inc. for their DVD collection? Would you be willing to share your experience?
I first saw these in action at the ALA exhibits. They seem like a great compromise between space saving versus displaying the DVD artwork. We have open stacks for the DVDs and circulate to students. We are lucky that we have very minimal loss. One caveat for us is that our collection is in LC call number, and I wonder how the browser paks would affect the findability of the collection for users. Now they can scan the spines and look for titles or call numbers or see that there's a lot of photography documentaries in this one section. Once the DVDs are in the paks, users will need to flip through them to find what they are looking for. I feel this set up will require a stronger knowledge of LCC to put a finger right on a need. Although we have contemplated switching to a video store style classification within the media collection, we are not ready to make the plunge in that direction any time soon. We are also wondering the best way to house the browser paks. What, in your collective wisdom, is the most successful way to house them? In a one level system? In a multi-level system with drawers? Thanks in advance! Jacqueline -- Jacqueline L. Protka Digtial Assets and Media Librarian Corcoran Library, Corcoran Gallery/College of Art + Design 500 Seventeenth St., NW Washington, DC 20006 t. 202-639-1765/f. 202-628-7908 e. [email protected] (Note new name and new e-mail) www.corcoran.org/library www.facebook.com/corcoranlibrary<http://www.facebook.com/corcoranlibrary> www.twitter.com/corcoranlibrary
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