I'm of the same mindset personally, Elaine. Our administration likes to hear what other peer institutions are doing when revisiting policies / procedures, which is what I'm anticipating in this instance. The feedback is very helpful in building / backing up a picture of the complications that would be involved. -- Meghann

On 9/17/2010 2:41 PM, Elaine Kovacs wrote:
we do not have a book drop for av materials, and probably never will. Too complicated, and not a good idea for us in Media.
Elaine

Meghann Matwichuk wrote:
Hello Everyone and Happy Friday! The issue of placing AV material in bookdrops has come up at my library, and I wanted to put out a quick, informal survey to my fellow VidLibbers in academic libraries to pose a few questions...

1) Do you allow for the return of AV materials (DVDs, VHS, etc.) via book drop? If not, what are your reasons for not doing so?

2) If you do allow return of AV materials via book drop, do you have a separate book drop dedicated to media?

3) If you do allow use of (or have allowed use of in the past) of a book drop for media return, what (if any) challenges / problems have you encountered?

Many thanks in advance for your time,

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Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Instructional Media Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/instructionalmedia/
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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 
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