Yes. In my previous position as a media selector for a large library district (a job I left 6 mos. ago) one of the primary searches I used to locate media was the UPC number. ISBN's for media were not reliable and oftentimes not even listed on the vendor sites.
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Randy Pitman <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Wise People, > > A subscriber emailed me today to ask if Video Librarian could start > including UPC codes in the header information of reviews. It's been over 20 > years since I was working in the library, so I might be a little out of > touch on ye olde day-to-day. Two decades ago, ISBN was king (and we still > include those) and no one gave a rat's patootie about UPC codes. Has there > been a tectonic plate shift that I missed? In short, are UPC codes now > important bits of information? > > Best, > > Randy > > Randy Pitman > Publisher/Editor > Video Librarian > 8705 Honeycomb Ct. NW > Seabeck, WA 98380 > Tel: (800) 692-2270; Fax: (360) 830-9346 > Email: [email protected] > Web: www.videolibrarian.com > > > 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. > -- Danielle Phillips
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.
