At Duke we request that patrons return videos to the media library (Lilly) only. We do have a video drop slot that's just big enough for videocassettes, and we open the drop slot only during the times that we're closed. Lilly houses the art collection, so we've always been unwilling to have a regular book drop for fear that big, heavy art books will be damaged in the drop process, not to mention the serious damage some of those bad boys could do in crushing fragile dvd cases. So far we've had negligible damage to videos in our video drop. --Danette
Danette R. Pachtner Librarian for Film, Video & Digital Media Duke University Lilly Library Box 90725/Durham, NC/27708 919-660-5886 [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hooper, Lisa K Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Media in Book Drops At Tulane we request our patrons to return borrowed media to the Music & Media Center. Items returned after we are closed but the library is open we simply ask they return it to the main circulation desk. We check media in returned to the main library circ desk each morning and back date it to the previous day to avoid placing late fines on something that wasn't late. Some patrons do drop DVDs through the mail slot in the door to Music & Media Center and on occasion discs have slid out of their cases and gotten a few scratches but these are comparatively negligible. The regular book drops are not checked with great frequency and on rare occasions we do find CDs that were dropped in there and as a result have cracked cases. -lisa From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Anderson Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 4:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Media in Book Drops Here at USC we adamantly request that our patrons return their dvds directly to the Circulation Desk at our Leavey Library. Absolutely no returning films to other libraries on campus or depositing them in book drops or book bins. As the Leavey Library is open 24 hours during the semester (except on Saturday nights), we have been able to maintain this policy with a good conscience. Cheers, Anthony ******************************* Anthony E. Anderson Social Studies and Arts & Humanities Librarian Von KleinSmid Library University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182 (213) 740-1190 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." ********************************* 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, ************************* 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/ ________________________________ 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.
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.
